National Library of Sweden, A 538 Medieval Latin Manuscripts in the National Library: Cataloguing and Digitization National Library of Sweden Riksbankens jubileumsfond – The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences Robin Böckerman Patrik Granholm manuscripta.se: A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/101220 CC BY 4.0 Sweden Stockholm National Library of Sweden National Library of Sweden A 538 xdsjl2f3vq0h0kkg 004902324 Regula Salvatoris and : modern foliation in pencil. quod ne defluat tres 1-2(8)

Modern binding. Plain grey paper cover. , black ink on paper label: 16,225; black ink: A 538; pencil: B 4857.

Half of the is torn off.

Unknown origin and early provenance. A note on places the manuscript in Velen in . The two notes on , 16,225 and B4857, are thought to be derived from an auction or other type of purchase abroad, but it is unknown where and when this occurred.

1 Regula salvatoris (The Birgittine Rule, the third-person version) Incipit regula sancti Saluatoris beate Birgitte diuinitus reuelata De humilitate Castitate et paupertate Capitulum primum PRIncipium itaque huius relligionis et salutis et cogitent in cordibus suis quod terra sunt et in terram reuertentur Finit Regula sancti Saluatoris The text corresponds to Eklund's sigma version. Eklund (1975)

Western paper On these leaves, half of a watermark can be seen: a heart with a single line rod above.

: older foliation in dark ink. Paper darkened and worn. Upper outer corner missing on (no loss of text). Guidelines in ink. Blind ruling visible on . Hybrida

In the counterspace of the opening initial P, in ink by a modern hand: Biblioth Wieferl past in velen 1829; the same lines is repeated at the bottom of the page.

Additions in the margins and between lines by one or several later hands (early modern?). The additions consist of corrections and short comments.

Below the main text one line of text (colophon?) has been erased.

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

: opening plain initial P over 4 lines in blue. : plain initials over 1-2 lines in blue and red alternatingly.

First published 260512 First draft

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