Two alphabetical indices, which do not seem to belong to the texts preserved in the manuscript. Missing leaves in the beginning, the first index starts with the letter C. The second index on f. 9va is introduced with the rubric: ‘Incipit registrum questionum secundum eundem? auctorem holcbot super libros sapiencie’. This should refer to Robert Holcot and his ‘Lectiones super librum Sapientiae’.
ut qui pondere proprio deprimor gracia tui meriti merear subleuari Amen et cetera est finis
Laudetur deus in secual seculorum amen | prime littere xx capitulorum huius libri nomen et regionem indicant auctoris
Loss of text, seven leaves missing in the beginnig. No modern edition of the text exists, for further information and details about other manuscripts, see MNLL. A hadnwritten transcription from the early 20th century of one of the Uppsala manuscripts containing the text can be found at the National Library, Acc1986/105:4.
et principes conuenerunt in unum aduersus dominum et aduersus christum eius et cetera
Loss of text, one leaf missing after f. 157 and one after f. 162. This dialogue is also availble in several incunabula, e.g. Konrad Kachelofen 1494.
7(ff. 165rb–167vb)Exerpts from the Gospel of Nicodemus
Ex ewangelio nichodemi | DE sepultura domini
Et ecce vir nomine ihoseph (Luke 23:50) ab aramathia qui erat de numero credencium et confitencium deum
cum ceteri patribus Ergo deus sit benedictus in secula seculorum AMEN
Excerpts from the apochypal Gospel of Nicodemus; the first identifiable passage is ‘Audientes iudei quia ioseph’ from the middle of f. 165rb, which corresponds to von Tischendorf (1876), p. 365.
Incipit liber de infancia saluatoris et de concepcione beate marie virginis
IN diebus illis erat vir in israel nomine ioachym ex tribu iuda
Erat autem duo boues ad plaustrum in quo necessaria portabant et cetera
The text ends early at chapter 19 of 32 in von Tischendorf's edition. There are two leaves missing after f. 172, but the text appears to be intended to end where it ends.
qui viuit et regnat per infinita secula seculorum Amen
Et sic finiuntur premeditaciones Bernhardi Felicem tribuat finem qui fine carebit Qui? viuere faciat regnum perhenne tenebit
Loss of text, two leaves missing in the beginning. The text starts at the end of Chapter 2. The final rubric is followed by three lines in red ink by the same hand: ‘Sunt tria que vere semper faciunt me dolere Est primum durum quia me scio moriturum Secundum timeo nescio tempus quia quando Sed magis flebo nescio hev vbi recumbo’. See Walther (1967), no. 30847.
DOmino suo excellentissimo in cultu religionis christiane serenissimo gluidoni (!) vere? de valencia ciuitatis tropolis (!) glorioso pontifice Philippus
diuersa signat et ad diuersa declina semper ad meliorem et probabiliorem partem
Completus est tractatus de signis et moribus naturalibus homini ad regem magnificum Alexandrum Qui dominatus fuit toti orbi dictusque monarcha in septentrione Amen Insuper si quid autem minus recte et inconcinne inueniatur scriptum hoc conmendatur lectori ad corrigendum et non scriptori imputandum maximam propter diligenciam adhibitam ab eodem in scribendo et legendo et cetera
f. 228vb: a paragraph of text by the same hand which begins: ‘
⟨T⟩Estatur rome primum scriptura fuisse Excessum valde nobilitate virum
’.
15(ff. 229r–230va)Dialogue between the body and the soul
NOctis sub silencio tempore brumali Corpus carens uideo spiritu vitali
Et me cristi manibus totum commendaui
One leaf missing after f. 230, but the text is complete. This text is found in different versions attributed to different medieval authors. This version seems to correspond best to text printed by Wright (1841), pp. 95–106.
Allexander Rex Macedonum xxiiii philippi ut putabatur et olympyadis filius regnauit
quia prophetas audire noluerat et quia ihesus predixerat hoc eis futurum
Expliciunt gesta allexandri valde curialia unicuique subtiliter intuenti Sub annis Incarnacionis dominice Millesimo quadringetesimo tricesimo octauo die mercurii xvi mensis Iulii et cetera
The chapters that concern Alexander ends on f. 245r, then follow seven chapters with other stories by the same hand. The text appears to be a version of the ‘Historia de preliis Alexandri Magni’, but it is unclear to which family in this large tradition it belongs to.
17(f. 246v)List of characteristics for life in four different places
A table introduced by four lines of text, of which the first words are: ‘Si in omnibus medium tenendum est’. The table then lists the characteristics of life ‘In ciuitate’, ‘In aula’, ‘In deserto’, and ‘In cella’, ending each list with the result of a life in that place, e.g. ‘et hec est eterne vite via’ for ‘In deserto’.
Modern foliation in pencil. Error in foliation: f. 1-4, 4bis, 5-267.
ff. 11r–130r: medieval foliation in brown ink in the bottom margin (8-127), and from f. 14r also in red ink in the upper margin; running titles in red ink.
Most texts have been given a title in red ink by a medieval hand.
VisColl collation. First quire not possible to collate, because of modern bookbinder adjustments; seems to consist of a combination of singletons and bifolia, 11 leaves in total.
Catchwords on a few quires throughout, most lost due to trimming.
Condition
Textblock
ff. 1–10: first quire repaired by bookbinder, leaves glued on modern paper support. Leaves missing in several places throughout the manuscript, see Contents for more detailed information.
Paper stained throughout.
(LCI)
Upper left corner: National Library book label with current signum.
(f. SL1r)
Top of page, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘till - - - - 1438’; below, in pencil: ‘bl. 10 löst’, ‘12/12 -58’, ‘bl. 8-9 löst 3/10 -60’, ‘bl. 1-2 " "’, ‘åtg. nov. -92 + fol. 240-245’ (bookbinder's annotations).
Textblock
(ff. 1r–267v)
The different texts in the manuscript generally do not have very many additions. Individual texts with more substantial additions or noteworthy indivdual additions treated below. Many short texts contain only one or two additions of omitted text made by the scribe or a contempoary hand, e.g. on (f. 229r), while other texts like Historia Alexandri magni on (ff. 231r–246r) does not contain a single gloss. What seems like one single medieval hand writing in red ink has added titles, and sometimes running titles, chapter titles or summaries in the margins throughout the manuscript. This hand may also be responsible for some of the larger manicules, e.g. on (f. 13v) and the drawing on (f. 14r), which are all made in red ink. These additions are especially frequent in the first text on (ff. 11r–130r).
(f. 1r)
Top of page, glued on paper label, black ink by a modern hand: ‘No 31 Loci Theologic⟨i⟩ Papistici’.
(ff. 133r–172v)
Scattered nota marks, manicules, and corretions.
(ff. 190r–195v)
Frequent marginal additions by the scribe or contemporary hand. The additions seem to be mainly omitted text and a few manicules.
(ff. 247r–250v)
Marginal additions by the scribe or a contemporary hand, mainly omitted text. (f. 248r): Outer margin, a cut and folded piece of the margin (made before trimming), the inside of which contains an addition with a signe-de-renvoi with a corresponding sign between lines 16-17. (f. 250r): Bottom margin in hard-point: ‘HODIE DEVS HOMO FACTVS’.
(f. 256v)
Lower part of page: pen-trials, scriblings; bottom, right corner by a medieval hand: ‘
[--- 4 chars ---] per totum quinta feria per totum sexta feria [--- 2 chars ---] virginum per totum sa[--- 2 chars ---]atotus
’.
(f. 262v)
Outer margin, a cut and folded piece of the margin (made before trimming), the inside of which contains three short glosses.
Decorations
Textblock
The texts are written in inks ranging from light brown to black; rubrics underlined in red or written in red; capitals usually touched in red.
(ff. 1v–131r): plain initials over 1-5 lines in red. (f. 125ra): plain initial over 5 lines in red with flourishing in brown ink.
(ff. 134vb–172rb): plain initials over 3-4 lines outlined in red ink, some initials are filled in with yellowish brown.
(ff. 173ra–198ra): plain intials over 3 lines in red. (f. 188rb), (f. 196r): initials missing.
(ff. 199rb–227rb): plain initial over 3 lines outlined in red; on (ff. 199rb–202rb) the initials are filled in with green; on (f. 199rb) and (f. 200rb) the initials are also decorated with human faces in profile in red ink.
(f. 229ra): plain initial over 2 lines outlined in black ink.
(ff. 231r–246r): plain initials over 1-4 lines: outlined in brown and red ink.
(f. 247r): plain initial with reserved interior space over 4 lines in brown, interior space filled with red ink.
Binding
Medieval binding. Originally leather over wooden boards, now paper on LCO. 4 double raised bands. Originally, 2 clasps. Spine, stamped in gold: ‘A 209’.
315 ×
235 ×
75 mm
LCO, modern paper cover added. Spine, the leather is of later date. RCO, board largely exposed, remnants of original leather along the edges; 2 brass plates for straps.
Germany, 1393-1520. The majority of the watermarks seems to indicate Bavaria or Austria; Würzburg appears especially often among the pontial places of origin. The earliest of these watermarks is dated 1393 (watermark 8) and the latest 1519–1520 (watermakr 5 and 7). However, the identification of the watermark is tentative and thus the dating unreliable. On f. 130ra the final rubric to the first and longest text gives a clue to the name and origin of the author: ‘prime littere xx capitulorum huius libri nomen et regionem indicant auctoris’. If one follows these instructions the letters read ‘
⟨Laur⟩encius de ostistum
’. The place name refters to Östersta, in western Uppland (cf. MNLL). However, it is not obvious that the text in this manuscript was written in Sweden. On f. 246r the final rubric of the Historia Alexandri Magni mentions the date 1438.
Provenance
Early provenance unknown.
The note glued to f. 1r refers to the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e), where it is listed as: ‘No 31 Loci Theologici Papistici’.
Acquisition
The manuscript is listed in Vossius catalogue from 1651 with a detailed list of its content (U 202:1, p. 45). This indicates that it was either taken as spoils of war or bought on the continent by Queen Christina.
