Theological treatises and decretals; Jean Gerson, De pollutione nocturna.

Netherlands, 15th century

paper

i, 27, i' leaves

205–210 × 140 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–9r) Jean Gerson, De pollutione nocturna

Incipit: [mut.] Ad digne celebrandum et absque temeraria presumpcione et imputabilitate ad nouum peccatum

Explicit: et mandata eius obserua quod in te est non omittens hoc est omnis homo

Final rubric: Explicit tractatulus venerabilis magistri Iohannis gerson de pollucione nocturna an impediat celebrantem an non et cetera

Note: The text starts with the Consideratio secunda. One leaf may be missing.

Edition: Glorieux (1960), pp. 37–50.

2 (ff. 9v–10r) On the suffrages of the Mass and their value

Rubric: De suffragiis misse et valore eiusdem

Incipit: UTrum suffragia facta pro multis equaliter prosint singulis

Explicit: aspicit nunc filium suum scilicet in altum oblatum et sacrificatum Explicit

Final rubric: Explicit de suffragiis misse et de virtute eiusdem

3 (ff. 10v–13v) Short treatise on the perils surrounding the Eucharist, extracted from Thomas Aquinas

Rubric: Incipit tractatulus de periculis qui contingunt circa sacramentum eucaristie et de remediis eorumdem ex dictis sancti thome de acquino

Incipit: PRimum periculum est Quid si sacerdos morte uel gravi infirmitate preoccupetur antequam missam finiat

Explicit: In eius rei testimonium minus sigillum dicte fabrice presentibus est appensum

4 (ff. 14r–21v) Decretals of pope John XXII

Rubric: Iohannes xxii^us ad perpetuam memoriam de dignitatibus

Incipit: Execrabilis quorundam religiosorum quam secularium

Explicit: copia ei omnino fuit subtracta

Note: f. 22r: guidelines, but no text.

5 (ff. 22v–23r) Copy of bull of indulgence for the Fraternity of the glorious Virgin Mary in 's Hertogenbosch

Rubric: Copia bulle indulgenciarum fraternitatis gloriose virginis marie in buscoducis

Incipit: Eugenius Episcopus seruus seruorum dei

Explicit: Datum bononie Anno Incarnacionis dominice millesimo quadringentesimo Tricesimo sexto Octauo kalendas februarii pontificatus nostri Anno sexto Collacionatus est presens Copia per me Symone theodrici de aemstelredam imperiali auctoritate Notarium publicum et concordat cum suo originali quod protestor manu mea propria et signo cotidiano ad hoc consweto

6 (ff. 23r–24v) Miscellaneous texts

Incipit: Item Qui desiderant subintrare prescriptam confraternitatem dabunt pro introitu septem scuneros

Explicit: fraudis et deceptionis cuiuslibet et et omni alii iure

Note: The bull of indulgence is followed by a few shorts texts by two different hands pertaining to the fraternity. ff. 25r–27v: guidelines, but no text.

Physical Description

Secundo folio

Ducit qualia sunt volubilitas

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: ff. LCI, SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 205 × 140 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1r–27v

Support: Western paper

Leaf dimensions: 210 × 140 mm

Watermark 1

Locus: ff. 1–27,

Note: Unidentified motif which seems to consist of letters on a shield with a hook or bishop's staff protruding from the shield.

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil. ff. 5–8: alternative foliation ‘1-4’ next to the first foliation.

Collation

Formula: 1-2(4), 3(1+6), 4(12)

Note: VisColl collation

Catchwords: Catchwords at the end of quires 2 and 3.

Condition

Textblock

The leaves are damaged by damp, which somewhat affects the legibility of the text. ff. 9r–27v: damage from bookworms in the upper inner corners.

Layout

Columns: 1

Written lines: 31–42

Written area: 165 × 110 mm

Note: Blind ruled and ink drawn guidelines.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

(ff. 1r–18v)Gothic cursive

Hand 2

(ff. 19r–21v)Gothic cursive

Hand 3

(ff. 22v–23v)Gothic cursive

Hand 4

(ff. 23v–24v)Gothic cursive

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(f. SL1r) Centre page, in brown ink by a modern hand: ‘mag. Jo. Gerson De Pollucioe Nocturna. De suffragiis misse et de valore eiusdem. Tractatus de periculis qui contingunt circa sacramentum eucaristie et de remediis eorumdem ex dictis sancti Thome d'Acquino. Decretales editae a Domino Johanne papa xxii. Copia bulle indulgenciarum fraternitatis gloriose virginis marie in buscoducis.’; below, by the same hand: ‘Ab initio mutilus’.

Textblock

(f. 1r) Top of page, in black ink by a modern hand: ‘Mag. Jo. Gerson, De Pollucione Nocturna. (ab initio mutilus).’; top left margin, in pencil: ‘12’; bottom of page, in brown ink by an early modern or modern hand: ‘Fuit Liber heinrici filii mathie ?? Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo quarto’.

(ff. 2r, 20r, 21r, 22v–22v) Correction and nota marks by a contemporary hand in the margin.

(ff. 14r–18r) Additions in brown ink by a medieval hand in the very top margin. The additions are for the most part illegible due to trimming.

(f. 27v) Lines and traces of writing in red, possibly offset.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

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

Initials:

(f. 9v), (f. 10v), (f. 23v): Some texts are opened by a plain initital over 3-4 lines in red. (ff. 1r–18r): plain initials over 2 lines in red.

Binding

Description:

Modern binding. Brown leather over cardboard. LCO, stamped in gold: ‘A 203’; Spine, stamped in gold: ‘Gerson, De Pollucione Nocturna’.

Binding dimensions: 215 × 145 × 10 mm

Contemporary: No

History

Origin

Netherlands, 15th century. The rubric on f. 22v refers to a monastery in s’ Hertogenbusch (Buscoducis) and the copy of the papal bull is signed by a notary in Amsterdam. Medieval owner's notes on the incunables (see below) also mention Amsterdam.

Provenance

The manuscript was previously bound together with three incunables. The manuscript and the incuncables where separated in the late 19th century and bound as separate items (today Inkunabel 344, 923, and 942). It is unknown how and when the manuscript came to Sweden.

Bound together with Incunble 344 is what looks like the original cover in plain leather on which it is written in brown ink: ‘Gammal N^o 30’. This probably refers to one of the old catalogues of the National Library, but the exact one has not been found. The inside of the old cover contains an owner's note and a note in Swedish on the manuscript's original composition. The owner's note and additional notes in all three incunables mention the same person: ‘heynrici filii mathie’. One note mentions ‘Conventus sancti francisci in amstelredam’ and several other additions then declarare that Heinric gave the book to the: ‘fratres conventus sancti pauli’. A note by a later hand on f. 1r mentions the same Heinric and also mentions the year 1504.

Bound together with the first page of incunable 344 is one manuscript leaf, which seems to contain part of a decretal by Pope Martin.