Thomas Ebendorfer von Haselbach, Sermons

Austria, 15th century, middle of

paper

i, 502, i' leaves

305 × 215 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 2ra–2va) Thomas Ebendorfer von Haselbach, Prologue

Incipit: Crebro multa sollicitudine dum in minoribus

Explicit: Ideo ut cicius querenti occurrat ad nota quesitum tabulam oportuit secundum ordinem foliorum premittere

Note: f. 1, f. 3r: guidelines, no text.

2 (ff. 3va–240vb) Thomas Ebendorfer von Haselbach, Sermons for Advent to Lent

Rubric: Sermo primus

Incipit: CVm appropinquasset Ihesus Ierosolimis (Luke 19:29) [...] hodie sancta mater eccelsia incipit celebrare aduentum domini

Explicit: Et similiter si mens? ex magna desertacione finaliter

Final rubric: ~~sequitur ... et cetera~~

Note:

Begins with the First Sunday in Advent, ends with first Sunday of Lent, on ff. 221rb–240vb follows a sermon on fasting. The text contains two rubrics that mention dates:

f. 39ra: ‘Secuntur sermones de dominica quarta aduentus domini nostri ihesu christi 1447’;

f. 145vb: ‘Dominica tercia post octauas epiphanie domini 1448’.

f. 62: guidelines and running titles, but no text.

3 (ff. 240vb–287rb) Thomas Ebendorfer von Haselbach, Treatise on penance

Rubric: Sequitur nunc consequenter tractatus de tribus partibus penitencie honorandi domini doctoris magistri thome de haselpach scilicet de contricione confessione et satisfaccione necnon et de restitucione Et primo de contricione Et quoniam homo debeat conteri de suis peccatis

Incipit: Quia ut ayt Ambrosius in sermone de ? Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile adest

Explicit: Boni uiri precipue ad impensas in medicos

Final rubric: sequitur sermo dominica 2^a quadragesime reminiscere

Note:

f. 240va: ‘de contritione’;

f. 250rb: ‘de confessione’;

f. 255rb: ‘de satisfactione’;

f. 265rb: ‘de restitutione’.

ff. 270va–275rb: ‘de rapina’ (sub-category to ‘de restitutione’).

4 (ff. 287rb–491vb) Sermons for Lent to Ascension

Rubric: Sequitur nunc ulterius sermo de dominica secunda in quadragesima scilicet Reminiscere Et cetera stephanus zyricher de potendorff

Incipit: EGressus Ihesus secessit (Mat. 15:21) [...] inter cetera que reconciliant peccatorem deo

Explicit: ut oportet assistere coram eo de istis et pluribus aliis uide in simone dominice secunde post pascha Rogatus

Final rubric: Sequitur nunc pars estiualis Et tamen de parte yemali 14

Note:

Begins with the Second Week of Lent and ends with the Sunday in the Octave of Ascension. The first rubric mentions stephanus zyricher de potendorff, potentially as the author or editor of the text. The text contains one rubric that mentions a date:

f. 393rb: ‘Sermo in die festo pashe primus 1448’.

ff. 492–503: guidelines, but no text.

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: ff. LCI, SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 305 × 215 mm

Watermark 1

Locus: ff. SL1,

Motif: Beehive surrounded by 4 bees.

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–503

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 305 × 215 mm

Watermark 1

Locus: ff. 1–503,

Motif: Oxhead with eyes and ears, above double lined rod ending in flower with 5 petals.

Note: Similar to Piccard II:3, XIII, 1.

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil. Error in foliation: f. 1-500, 502-503.

Running titles in red; ff. 3v–491r:foliation in Arabic numerals: 1-498.

Collation

Formula: 1(?), 2-4(12), 5(10), 6(12), 7(14), 8-9(12), 10(14), 11(8), 12-42(12), 43(?).

Note: VisColl collation. The construction of the first and last quire cannot be analysed. The first quire consists of one remaining leaf and stubs from excised leaves. The last quire consists of 11 leaves, but stubs in two places indicate a quire of more than 12 leaves, alternative two quires of perhaps 8 leave each. Parchment guards made of strips from manuscripts in the centre of each quire.

Signatures: Quire signatures in red ink at the beginning of each quire. From quire 21 (f. 240r) onwards the signatures have been corrected (from 22 to 21 etc.)

Catchwords: Catchwords in brown ink at the end of each quire (most lost or partially lost due to trimming).

Condition

Textblock

Leaves missing after ff. 1, 491, 494, 502. f. 2: bottom part of leaf torn out. ff. 2–11, f. 491: slash in the inner margin, perhaps from leaves that were excised before and after these leaves. Leaves dirty and stained in places, dirt or some sort of loose particles stuck in the gutter in places, e.g between f. 15 and f. 16. ff. 226–227: outer part of leaves damaged resulting in loss of a a few letters from the text.

Layout

Columns: 2

Written lines: 28–33

Written area: 200 × 140 mm

Note: Guidelines in ink.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Semihybrida.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Upper left corner: National Library book label with current signum; centre page: paper envelope glued to the pastedown, containing (Note_1) and (Fragment_D–Fragment_H).

Textblock

(ff. 2r–472r) Scattered interlinear and marginal additions. The majority seems to be corrections by the scribe or a contemporary hand.

(ff. Fragment_Ar–Fragment_Av, Fragment_Br–Fragment_Bv, Fragment_Cr–Fragment_Cv, Fragment_Dr–Fragment_Dv, Fragment_Er–Fragment_Ev, Fragment_Fr–Fragment_Fv, Fragment_Gr–Fragment_Gv, Fragment_Hr–Fragment_Hv) Fragments A-C are still placed between leaves in the manuscript. Small pieces seemingly cut from a manuscript. (Fragment_B) contains text in German. Fragments D-H have been removed and placed in an envelope. Somewhat larger than the first three fragments. (Fragment_D), (Fragment_F) and (Fragment_G) contain text in German. (Note_1r) contains information in Swedish and partial transcritpions of some of the fragments.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink, rubrics in red, capitals touched in red.

Initials:

(ff. 3va–489rb): penwork initial over 4-7 lines alternating in blue and red.

Edges:

(Tail):‘ Sermones honorabilis domini doctoris magistri thome de haselpach super’; (Fore-edge): ‘ewangelia dominicalia per yiemem’; (Head): two lines of illegible text.

Binding

Description:

Medieval binding. Red leather over wooden boards. 4 double raised bands and endbands. Originally two hook-clasps. Corner and centre bosses in brass on both covers; studded brass plates on edges. Spine, ink on torn label: ‘ ⟨po⟩stilla ’; stamped in gold: ‘A 189’; ink on label: ‘35’; ink on label: ‘185. (20)’; ink on label: ‘e. 30. 4. ’.

Binding dimensions: 325 × 240 × 120 mm

Clasps:

Decorated catchplates and clasp.

Tooling:

Blind tooled decoration consisting of geometrical patterns and stamped circles and lozenges containing floral shapes. Motifs difficult to discern on account of the worn leather.

Condition: Leather worn. New leather added to Spine and part of RCO. LCO, cracked in the middle; one boss missing. RCO, one boss missing, one strap missing completley and one with clasp missing. 8 of the original 12 brass plates on the edges missing. According to Hammarsköld's catalgoue from the 19th century (U 133, p. 44) the manuscript had a woodcut of the Virgin Mary on the cover, presumably on the inside as part of the pastedown (‘På fremre pärmen ses, i träsnitt, en icke obehaglig figur en miniature af Jungfru Maria.’). This woodcut is no longer present in the manuscript, but must have been removed after Hammarsköld's cataogue was made (early 19th century).

Contemporary: Yes

History

Origin

Austria, 15th century, middle of. According to Lehmann the text was written by an assistant of Thomas Ebendorfer and then corrected by the master himself, see Lehmann (1936), p. 55. The text contains three dated rubrics (f. 39ra, f. 145vb, f. 393rb), which provides a terminus post quem of 1447 for the manuscript.

Provenance

Early provenance unknown. It is listed in Vossius catalogue from 1651 (U 202:1, p. 36), which means it was either brought to Sweden as spoils of war or acquired by Queen Christina.

The signa on the spine correspond to older library catalogues. ‘20’ and ‘185’ correspond to Jaches' catalogues of 1695 (U 118:10) and 1698 (U 122); ‘35’ corresponds the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e); ‘e 30 4’ to Hammarsköld's catalogue from the 19th century (U 133), where it is listed as ‘e. 30. 4. 10.’. The signa ‘12’ and ‘48’ have not been identified.