National Library of Sweden, A 215 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/101190 CC BY 4.0 Sweden Stockholm National Library of Sweden National Library of Sweden A 215 k1mcj2f1h1t95qdf 004852194 Lactantius, The Divine Institutes (excerpts)

Paper Beehive TUMBA

Modern foliation in pencil. MAgno et excellenti 1(12), 2(14), 3-8(12), 9(1+10)

VisColl collation.

Catchwords in brown ink on all quires.

Upper left corner: National Library book label with current signum.

Centre page, in brown ink by a 19th century hand: Cecilii Firmani Lactancii De Divinis Institucionibus adversus Gentes, Libri VII (Cum Registro); below, in pencil: Utdrag ur Flavi Vegeti Renati Epitoma rei militaris libri IV. Om konung Arthur.

Modern binding. Leather and paper over cardboard. , stamped in gold: A 215.

France , 1472, see colophon on .The watermarks indicate northeastern France, perhaps Troyes.

Provenance unknown.

The manuscript has been at the National Library since at least the 19th century, as testified by the 19th century binding and the note on .

 Hedlund (1980) 1 Lactantius The Divine Institutes (excerpts) Incipit prefacio in prologum et libros lactancii de diuinis institucionibus Prologue Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Book 7 : After the colophon follows one paragraph that ends with the rubric: premissa vera sancti augustini libri xx capituli xxx de ciuitate dei. Index Alphabetical index keyed to the text by mention of book. Firmianus qui et lactancius arnobii quod ipse promisit a domino consequamur Est finis laudetur deus Amen Expliciunt 7 libri caeli lactancii firmiani ad magnum constantium imperatorem de diuinis institucionibus Anno ? domini xiiiic lxxii PL Regarding Democritus and Hippocrates Sequitur notabile de democrito philozopho Et ypocrate medico DEmocritus abderites inter philosophos Hec habeo damagete que de democrito scribere possum idque profecto libens Vale d'Arezzo (1503) Flavius Vegetius De re militari (excerpts) Flauius vegecius renatus vir illustrius fecit libros quatuor de re militari partibus flare credebant sed experimentum posterior etas duodecimi comprehendit Reeve (2004) Regarding King Arthur POstquam arthurus rex maioris britanie subiugasset sibi reges hic iacet arcturus flos regum gloria regni quem probitas morum commendat laude perhenni

Paper Two keys, double lined shafts, cross on top. Similar to Piccard VIII, III, 41-48. Y with double lines. Similar to Piccard Online, DE1935-Mscr.Dresd.Oc.62_3.

Running titles in red ink. : heavily stained, which indicates that the manuscript has been stored without covers. Gothic cursive.

Top of page, in brown ink by an early modern hand: Lactantius; top left corner, in faded ink: one or two illegible words.

Occasional crosses in ink marking certain lines.

Text identification in pencil by a modern hand.

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

: chapter initials, plain initials over 4-8 lines in blue with interior reserved shapes.

: paragraph initials, plain initials over 1-2 lines alternating in red and blue ink.

: plain initial N over 5 lines in red.

: the index has an opening plain initial over 5 lines in blue with interior reserved shapes, and then plain initials over 1-7 lines in red.

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