Summary:
Manuscript 129 is a collection of sixteen texts of a various
nature. The first three texts, Expositio salutationis angelicae
(ff. 3r-10v), Expositio orationis dominice (ff. 11r-26r), and
Expositio cantici beati Virginis (ff. 26r-42r) are anonymous
commentaries on the Ave Maria, the Pater Noster and the Magnificat
anima mea Domine respectively, built upon the writings of the
Church Fathers. The following two texts have been attributed to
Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153): (ff. 42r-58v) the Meditationes
beati Bernardi and (ff. 58v-61v) the Auctoritates beati Bernardi
abbatis de libro eiusdem Flores paradysi. Both texts are
florilegia; the first also contains excerpts from other authors
than just Bernard, although the latter is presented as the sole
author. The sixth text (ff. 61v-69v), De modo confitendi peccata a
magistro Roberto de Sorbona, is a text on the sacrament of
confession, written by the French theologian and scholar Robert de
Sorbon (1201-1274). These are followed by a number of apparently
unrelated texts: (ff. 69v-76) a Breuiloquium attributed to a
certain 'frater Johannes Bona Fortuna'; (ff. 76v-78v) a part from
the Speculum monachorum by Arnulfus de Boeriis (d. 1149); (ff.
78v-81r) a story from the Dialogus miraculorum of Caesarius of
Heisterbach; and an anonymous commentary on Psalm 53 (Dixit
insipiens in corde suo). The latter text has been added some time
later and diverges from the external characteristics of the rest of
the codex. The following four texts are all related to Hildegard of
Bingen. Ff. 83r-91r contain a commentary by Hildegard on the
Benedictine Rule, followed (ff. 91r-91v) by a letter from Bernard
to Hildegard, a letter from the latter to the former (ff. 91v-92v),
and a fragment of her masterpiece Liber divinorum operum (ff.
92v-94v). The next text is the largest part of the manuscript (ff.
95r-165v): a commentary on the Song of Songs. The final leaves (ff.
166r-208v) contain sermons for a number of important feasts:
Christmas, Purification of Mary, the feast of Saint Benedict,
Annunciation, Easter, Ascension, the feast of the Holy Spirit,
Trinity, the feast of Saint John the Baptist and the feast of Peter
and Paul. The text is written in two columns per page in a neat
textualis script. The exception is the commentary on the Psalm,
which has been added in a cursive script. Rubrics and paragraph
marks in red ink, each text begins with a decorated initial, with
additional penwork and extensive decorations in the margin. The
manuscript is bound in a late medieval leather binding, with
blindstamped covers. To fit this binding, the manuscript was
trimmed, with loss to some marginal notes. The first and last
leaves bear the cross-shaped stamp of Ten Duinen. [Summary by Dr
Mark Vermeer] Title:
[Opera varia] Note:
Convoluut
Folio 1r bevat middeleeuwse inhoudstafel van de codex met
verwijzing naar middeleeuwse foliëring
Folio's 1v-2r zijn blanco
Folio 2v bevat 18de-eeuwse inhoudstafel van de codex Topic general subdivision:
Godsdienst Material:
Perkament Extent:
208 ff. (incl. 2 voorste schutbladen) Dimensions:
18 x 13 cm Decoration and binding:
lombarden
gedecoreerde initialen
Middeleeuwse band Script:
gotische semi-textualisgotische textualis Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
