National Library of Sweden, A 195 Medieval Latin Manuscripts in the National Library: Cataloguing and Digitization National Library of Sweden Riksbankens jubileumsfond – The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences Patrik Granholm Robin Böckerman manuscripta.se: A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/101171 CC BY 4.0 Sweden Stockholm National Library of Sweden National Library of Sweden A 195 l2rjnc97jg6dn5nd 004854242 Thomas a Kempis, Jean Gerson, and miscellaneous theological texts

Parchment was originally the pastedown, but it has come loose from the .

Modern foliation in pencil. libenter volunt videri pulsauerit 1(1+1+10), 2(8), 3(2+2), 4(8), 5-11(12), 12(8, lacks 8), 13(2+8)

Viscoll collation.

Top of page, in ink by a 19th century hand: Inköpt till Kongl. Bibliotheket på Heberles auktion i Cölln 5 April 1853. No 3593 Pris 1 Thaler 9 gr ; bottom left corner: National Library book label with current signum.

Centre page, in black ink by an early modern/modern hand: Finis coronat opus.

Medieval binding. Brown leather over wooden boards. 4 double raised bands, 2 single raised bands, and endbands. Originally, brass hook and clasp. , in white paint: T? Kempis; in white paint: N 2 ; in white paint: 2; stamped in gold: A 195.

Blind tooled decoration consisting of panels, frames and x-shapes.

 Leather heavily worn. Spine detached, bands visible underneath. Clasp missing. , boards and board attachments visible due to detached flyleaf.

The Netherlands , 15th century

On , the manuscript is said to belong to the brothers of the Sint Jansklooster near Vollenhove (Campus sancti Johannis). It is possible that the manuscript was also produced there. This monastery was destroyed in . The fate of the manuscript between then until it was acquired by the Royal Library is unknown.

Bought at Heberle auction house in Cologne by the Royal Library in .

 Lampen (1945) 1 Table of contents Thomas à Kempis De imitatione Christi Table of contents De imitatione Christi, Book 1 De ymitacione christi et contemptu omnium vanitatum mundi Capitulum primum QVi sequitur me non ambulat in tenebris dicit dominus Hec sunt uerba christi Tantum proficies quantum tibi ipsi vim intuleris Amen Expliciunt ammoniciones ad spiritualem vitam satis vtiles Deo gracias A fratre Thoma kempis ordinis canonicorum regularium in monte sancte Agnetis prope Zuollis edite : guidelines, but no text. Pohl (1903) Prayer to the virgin Mary Eya mater misericordie virgo incomparabilis dignitatis videre valeat in eternitatem Amen

Parchment

Guidelines in ink. Hybrida. Gothic cursive.

Centre page, in brown ink by a 19th century hand: Ammoniciones ad vitam Spiritualem.

The page is filled with writing samples or pen-trials by a medieval hands. The samples consists of extracts from Luke 12, the phrase: vade semper mori mors numquam a te recedat (written twice), and: Incipiunt ammoniciones ad uitam spiritualem.

This little fragment, which carries text written by a medieval hand, was found between . It is now stored in an envelope.

Scattered short additions or corrections, nota marks and crosses by several medieval hands.

Lower part of page, an addition in brown by an early modern hand. The addition is an excerpt from Johannes Trithemius's De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis. Above this addition the following note has been added by a different early modern hand: Nota contra eos qui libellum Gerso Italo asseribunt.

Top of page, two additions in black ink by a medieval or early modern hand: omnia ad maiorem; maria Inmaculate concepta.

Top margin: 3 initials B V R? , likely a result of a now lost piece of paper inserted here, which left an offset.

Below the main text in black ink by a medieval hand: AVdi filia et vide et inclina aurem tuam obliuiscere populum tuum domum patris tui concupisset. The text is smudged, perhaps an attempt at erasure (these lines are the same as the first lines on ).

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

: opening plain initial Q with interior reserved shapes over 7 lines in blue. The enclosed space is filled with a foliate shape in red and blue ink. The same type of shape also forms a frame around the initial, which extends into the margin. In the lower margin there are three floral shapes in red and blue. On the body of the initial the letters w a a w have been written in black ink. Additions in black ink are also found in the enclosed space and in the decoration in the lower margin. These are most likely later additions;

: plain chapter initials over 3 lines in red.

 2 Excerpts from Jerome, ep. 22: Ad Eustochium, and ep. 130: Ad Demetriadem Excerptum ex epistula beati Iheronimi ad eustochium virginem de virginitate seruanda AVdi filia filia et vide quo eternitatis gloria acquiratur et cetera Explicit excep excerptio ex epistula beati iheronimi ad demetriadem virginem The excerpt of the letter to Demetiades is followed by one paragraph by the same hand which ends with: hec iheronimus in regula capitulo xiii. Jean Gerson Letter to the Celestines Incipit epistula magistri Johannis gerson cancellarii pae parisiensis quondam missa prouinciali fratrum celestinorum UEnerendo in christo patri domino prouinciali celestinorum fratri Johanni bassandi dum me visitauit benignitas tua mihi iure colenda Bene vale Explicit epistula magistri Iohannis gerson cancellarii parisiensis Glorieux (1960) Jean Gerson Tractatus pro devotis simplicibus Sequuntur documenta pro deuotis simplicibus qualiter se discrete in suis excerciciis habere debeant per magistrum iohannem gerson cancellarium parisiensem DEus wlt ut sat racionabile obsequium nostrum confidenciam et diuinam caritatem Sibi laus gloriaque in graciarum actio christi Amen Diagrams and lists Five diagrams

These folios contain five sets of diagrams consisiting of rubrics and keywords placed in blindstamped circles. The circles were probably intended to be outlined in ink or decorated in some other way. The rubrics of the diagrams are as follows: : Sequuntur gradus per quos ascenditur ad paradisum si bene per ipsos scit peccator confessus gradatim ascendere;

: Hic sequuntur gradus consiliorum ;

: Sequuntur octo beatitudine in iustorum ;

: Item videatur de septem virtutibus ;

: Sequuntur septem dotes anime.

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Lists of virtues and vices

These folios consist of several lists mainly focused on virtues and vices with different subdivisions. The two major headings are as follows:

: Incipiunt temptaciones demones quibus temptat homines de septem peccatis mortalibus et eorum ramis sic homini seruiens suggerens Dyabolus enim temptans dicit peccatori quod peccet hiis modis;

: Responsionens sancti angeli quibus premunit confortat et docet humanam fragilitatem cum sacra scriptura qualiter temptaciones et resistere vincere debeat dicens ad hominem non facies Quia scriptum est. The list on and the list on contain references to the Biblical books in the right margin.

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Excerpts from Jerome, ep. 130: Ad Demetriadem Iheronimus ad demetraidem de virginis conuersacione Si vis itaque propositi tui magnitudinem aduentu gottorum et de te iniusso habitatoribus ciuitatis PL Saint Bonaventure Parvum bonum (Regimen conscientiae) Incipit paruum bonum Bonauenture Ecce descripsi tibi eam tripliciter prouerbiorum xxii cum omnis scientia Nota predicta quibus est fons vite eterne Explicit paruum bonum boneventure Cardinalais et doctoris Deuoti ordinis fratrum minorum 68v: blank. Bonaventurae decem opuscula De motivis dileccionis domini De motiuis dileccionis domini possumus distinguere non secundum nostram deordinatam voluntatem hoc de dileccione Collection of shorter sermons Item maximus in sermone de sancto stephano pontifice ixo plurima de caritate et dileccione inimicorum et quid sit quod nos ad hoc inducat Item auctus laudator caritatis dicit vbi caritas est quid est quod Indisciplinate verberibus ac verbis austerioribus sunt corrigende

There are several blank leaves scattered through this section, 8 in total.

Tractatus de passione domini Tractatus quidam deuotus de passione domini CRisto in carne passo et vos eadem cogitacione et in nouissimo locandi instar christi qui dixit Ego sum nouissimus virorum

Paper Unidentified letters. Bull's head; above, single line rod with star. The watermarks are partially visible on the topmost part of the leaves.

Some stains and marks from spills, especially in the inner margin, but no loss of text. Blindruled guidelines, visible on e.g. ; , : guidelines in ink. Faint traces of lead also visible in places. Gothic cursive. Gothic cursive.

Additions in brown ink in the margins by a medieval or early modern hand. The additions are usually short, but on longer.

References to Migne in pencil by a modern hand.

Top of page, the alphabet written in brown ink by a medieval or early modern hand.

Inserted slip with nine lines of text in ink by a contemporary hand. Beneath, two lines of smudged/erased text by an early modern hand. The verso is blank except for the upper left corner, where an n is written by an early modern hand.

Occasional nota marks, short additions or corrections by a medieval hand in dark ink in the margins.

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

: opening plain initial A over 3 lines in red with flourishing in red and blue;

: plain chapter initials over 2-3 lines in red.

Bookmark in red leather on .

 3 Commentary on Proverbs 22:6 Adolescens iuxta viam suam Quod confirmat beatus in epistula quadam nulla tamen comparacio ad id quod mereris

: The rubric is written in Dutch, 8 lines in total, by the same hand as the rest of the text.

: blank.

 Extracts from commentaries on the sacraments De penitencia ex compendio PEnitencia est ut ait ambrosius est preterita mala plangere et vinum in corpus suum et sanguinem mutauit Sequitur ibidem De qualitate ordinandorum De ipsa ordinacione

Paper Unidentified watermark. The watermarks are partially visible on the topmost part of the leaves.

Inner margin damaged by liquid spill. Loss of text on first lines of . Guidelines in lead. Gothic cursive.

A few scattered corrections and nota marks in the margin by a medieval hand.

Main text in black ink, rubrics underlined in red, capitals touched in red.

: opening plain initial A over 3 lines in red with flourishing in brown ink;

: plain chapter initials over 2-3 lines in red.

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