Top of page: ‘In isto volumine continentur isti libri primo liber beati augustini de spiritu et anima Item de Septiformi distinctione rerum Item Omelie beati Gregorii cum aliis’.
REuerendissimo et sanctissimo fratri secundino episcopo Gregorius serus seruorum dei
deus que in vestris auribus loquitur per se in vestris cordibus loquitur qui viuit et regnat cum patre et spiritu sancto per omnia secula seculorum Amen
Expliciunt omelie beati gregorii pape et cetera
f. 90v: After the final rubric follows a list of the homilies numebred with roman numerals (I-XXXIX). The list omits a homily between vi and vii, but all 40 homilies are present in the text.
dominica prima in adventu domini Secundum Matheum Sequitur
IN illo tempore
ipse post custodiam mandatorum suorum ad beatitudinem nos sue perpetue visionis inducat Ihesus christus dominus noster Qui viuit et regnat cum patre in vnitate spiritus sancti deus per omnia secula seculorum Amen
Explicit liber per manus et non per pedes et cetera Sequitur
Collecition of homilies and a few sermons. Mainly by Bede and Heiric of Auxerre. Some of the texts are ascribed to the wrong author. The homilies are catalogued by citing the main rubric and the rubric of the homily proper.
5.1(ff. 91ra–93rb)dominica prima in adventu domini Secundum Matheum sequitur - Omelia l. e. beati iohannis episcopi
The original pastedown consists of a leaf of parchement, over which a leaf of paper has been pasted. This leaf has come loose, exposing the underlying leaf (not visible in the images).
The upper part of the leaves of the entire manuscript have been damaged by some sort of liquid. On some leaves, e.g.ff. 96–97, the liquid has run further down the page and affects the text. The manuscript also has numerous holes and tears throughout; many of these have been repaired with stitching. On f. 2, most of the upper margin has been cut away.
There are two stubs visible between ff. 13–14 and two between ff. 217–218. These are probably parts of inserted leaves, but may also be remnants of leaves cut out.
Ruling and guidelines in dark ink. Pricking in the outer margins.
Script
Textblock
Hand 1
Cursiva formata with both single- and double-compartment A.
Additions
Binding/Endleaves
(LCI)
Parchment pastedown, top left corner, National Library book label with current signum.
(LCI)
Paper pastedown, top of page in black ink by a modern hand: ‘Upptagen i Christinas katalog sid. 50. i 1734 års katalog n. 20 in folio Theologia’.
(f. SL1r)
Centre page, in brown ink by a 18th/19th century hand, a table of contents, to which a modern hand in pencil has added notes on number of leaves and number of homilies.
Textblock
(f. 1r)
Top of page, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘Augstinus de Spritu et Anima’ and at the bottom of the page in pencil ‘N. 21.’.
(ff. 2r–219r)
Occasional short glosses (usually one word) and manicules by a contemporary hand in the margins. Chapter indentifications in pencil by a modern hand in the margins.
Decorations
Textblock
Main text in black ink, capitals touched in red, rubrics in red.
(f. 2r): Opening plain initial Q over 4 lines (+ extending below the line) in red with flourishing in brown.
(f. 16v): Chapter penwork initial R over 7 lines (+ extending above and below the line) in red and black.
(f. 91r): Chapter penwork intial I over 14 lines (in the margin) in red and black.
(ff. 2r–217v): plain initials over 2 lines (+ extending below the line) in red with flourishing in brown ink.
(f. 10), (f. 16): page marks made of strips from a parchment manuscript.
Binding
Original late medieval binding. Brown leather over wooden boards. 5 double raised bands, 2 single raised bands, and endbands. Spine, torn sticker with illegible titles; in brown ink: ‘N:o 22’; stamped in gold: ‘A 213’; in brown ink on a sticker: ‘20’; remnants of a sticker at the bottom of the spine.
310 ×
235 ×
90 mm
Leather extremely worn. Wooden boards visible on all sides. Endbands completley visible. RCO, the boards may have been cracked and repaired. The original covering has at some point been patched or covered with light brown leather. The script on the paper f. SL1r indicates that the paper flyleaves and possibly also the repairs were done in the 18th or 19th century. LCO, grooves at the edge for clasps (no clasps remain); two holes at the centre, probably for attachemetns for fastening the straps.
Unknown origin and early provenance. Probably brought to Sweden as war booty or acquired by Queen Christina. The manuscript is listed in Vossius's catalogue of 1649 (U 202, p. 50) and seems to have been at the National Library ever since.
Besides the current signum, there are two additional signa on the Spine. ‘20’, is found in the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e); ‘N:o 22’ is unidentified.