Lactantius Opera

1460

paper

191 leaves

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–161r) Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius , Divine institutes

1.1 (f. 1v) Table of contents

1.2 (ff. 2r–2v) Preface

Incipit: De hiis libris dici potest

1.3 (ff. 2v–161r) Divine institutes

Rubric: Firmiani lactantii diuinarum institutionum aduersus gentes libri septem. Incipit primus de falsa religione. Quanti sit et fuerit semper cognitio ueritatis et quod nec sine religione sapientia nec sine sapientia nec sine sapientia fit probanda religio. I⟨hesu⟩m C⟨hristu⟩m.

Incipit: MAGNO et excellenti ingenio uiri

Explicit: a Domino consequamur

Note: f. 2v Book 1; f. 28r Book 2; f. 48v Book 3; f. 72v Book 4; f. 98v Book 5; f. 117r Book 6; f. 139r Book 7.

1.4 (f. 161r) Augustine of Hippo, The City of God, Book 20 (excerpt)

Rubric: Augustinus in libro xx^o de ciuitate dei

Incipit: Nullus uel negat uel dubitat per Christum dominum

Explicit: Existimo tamen eo quo a me commemorata sunt ordine esse ventura

2 (ff. 161r–174v) Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius , On the Anger of God

Rubric: Incipit liber lactantii de ira dei

3 (ff. 174v–187r) Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius , On the Workmanship of God

Rubric: Incipit liber eiusdem de opificio deui uel formatione hominis

Incipit: Qvam minime sim quietus

Explicit: ad iter celeste direxerit

Final rubric: Explicit liber lactantii de opificio dei uel formatione hominis amen [...] Finito libro referamus gratias christo amen [...] Explicit liber lactantii firmiani per me nicolaum wonnenberch de gdaneck sub anno domini M^o ccc^o lix^o die uero xxvii mensis aprilis et cetera deo gratias

Note: f. 187r: Two scribal verses. f. 187v: Blank page.

4 (ff. 188r–190r) The expugnation of Constantinople

Incipit: Constantinopolis expugnacionem scripturus

Explicit: Impuberes et feminas vitam parant

Edition: Thyselius (1835), pp. 1–10.

5 (ff. 190v–191r) Kort Rogge, Oration delivered before the Doctors of Perugia on the occasion of receiving the doctoral insignia

Rubric: Oracio habita in conuentu doctorum perusinorum pro impetrandis doctoratus insigniis

Incipit: Circumspicio et diligencius animaduerto

Explicit: Dixi ad laudem magni Dei Amen

Edition: Öberg (1976), pp. 22–23.

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Locus: LCI

Support: Parchment

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(ff. 1r–187r)Nicolaus Wonnenberch

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(LCI) Top of page, in brown ink by Kort Rogge: ‘Hunc lactantium emi Ego Conradus Roggo in almo studio perusino a quodam scriptore famulo domini johannis pertruzij de monte sperello legum doctoris famosissimi pro quinque ducatis in quinternis quem postea ligare feci pro medio ducato Anno domini mcccclx in mense decembris’

(RCI) In pencil by a modern hand: ‘Domkyrkobibl. Strängnäs’