Alanus ab Insulis, Anticlaudianus

Germany, 15th century, last quarter, or 16th century, first quarter.

Paper

ii, 61, ii' leaves

290 × 210–215 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 2ra–3vb) Ralph of Longchamp, Commentary on Anticlaudianus

Incipit: SAnctissimo patri ac domino A dei gracia narbone archiepiscopo Apostolice sedis legato Rudolfi de longo campo

Explicit: sed a singulis u[--- 1 chars ---] t[--- 5 chars ---]s opposita vicia confutantur et cetera

Note: In the middle of this commentary there is a list of rubrics from the Anticlaudianus.

Edition: Sulowski (1972).

2 (ff. 4r–63r) Alain de Lille, Anticlaudianus

Incipit: CVm fulminis impetus vires suas

Explicit: Supplantare nouas saltem post fata silebit

Final rubric: Finit Alani anticlaudianus In antiruffino incliti poete

Edition: Bossuat (1955).

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, ff. SL1–1, SR1–SR2, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 290 × 210 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 2–63

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 290 × 215 mm

Watermark 1

Motif: Bull's head with eyes; above, double rod with flower with cross on top.

Note: Similar to Piccard II:3, XIII:584.

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil, ff. 1–63, takes into account the second flyleaf. Error in foliation: f. 1-56, 58-63.

Running titles in brown ink in upper corners.

Collation

Formula: 1(14, lacks 13), 2-5(12)

Note: VisColl collation.

Condition

Textblock

Minor water damage visible in lower outer corners throughout. f. 21r, bottom right part of leaf: stain that partially covers the last letters of the last three lines. f. 60, outer margin, a square measuring 10x15mm has been cut out of the paper. f. 63, inner margin, a long tear in the paper has been repaired with glued on paper.

Layout

Locus: ff. 4r–63r

Columns: 1

Written lines: 38–42

Written area: 235 × 85 mm

Note: Guidelines in lead.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Gothic cursive.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top left corner, in brown ink:‘ (5)’; bottom left corner, in pencil: ‘A. 238’.

Textblock

(ff. 2r–63r) Glossing in the margins and between lines by one or several medieval hands. The glossing varies between one line to filling the entire margin, e.g. (f. 5v).

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink.

Initials:

(ff. 2r–54r): plain initials over 3-6 lines (occasionally extending below the line). Initials outlined in brown ink. No colours.

Binding

Description:

Modern binding. Brown leather and paper over cardboard. LCO, bottom left corner: National Library book label.

Binding dimensions: 300 × 225 × 20 mm

Contemporary: No

History

Origin

Germany 15th century, last quarter, or 16th century, first quarter. Paul Lehmann argues that this text is written by the same hand who wrote National Library, MS Va 23, see Lehmann (1934), p. 112. If this is true then A 238 was written by the scholar Albert Krantz (1450-1517), who was principally active in Hamburg and Rostock.

Provenance

Provenance unknown.

Acquisition

It is unknown how the manuscript ended up at the National Library, but according to the old catalogues the manuscript has been in the library since at least the 17th century. In Jaches’s catalogue of 1698 (U 122) it is listed as ‘212’ and in the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e) as ‘Phil. in 4:o, no 5’.