Summary:
The manuscript contains part of the text - books 15 to 22 - from De
civitate Dei by Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430). Manuscript 108
dates back to the second half of the fifteenth century. It was
originally owned by Ter Doest Abbey and became part of Ten Duinen
Abbey after a merger. The text discusses the contrast between the
subjects of the Civitas Dei and the Civitas terrena. The miniature
on Folio IV is an illustration of this contrast. It portrays the
Civitas eterni supplicci opposite the Civitas paradise voluptatis.
Cain is being pulled towards Lucifer by human-consuming devils.
Abel, on the other hand, is being lifted above the fortified city
by angels. On Folio 127r a miniature portrays the city of God with
Mary and Jesus standing under an arch behind golden city walls,
accompanied by an angel making music. On top of the towers of the
city walls, two angels are praying. A historiated initial on the
same page shows Saint Augustine. He is kneeling with his hands
folded around a heart, a display of his love for God and his
neighbours. Saint Augustine is depicted as a bishop with his mitre
and staff. The manuscript is bound in a seventeenth-century binding
of the 'Campmans' type. [Summary by Sarah Vanroye] Title:
Sanctus Augustinus de civitate Dei a libro 15 usque ad librum 22
inclusive [titel Carolus de Visch] Note:
Folio's 1r-v bevat inhoudstafel Boek XV
Inc. (f. 1v): 'Incipit liber quintus decimus. De felicitate
paradysi et de ipso paradyso'; expl. (f. 296r): 'non michi sed Deo
mecum gratias congratulantes agant. Gloria et honor Patri et Filio
et Spiritui Sancto omnipotenti Deo in excelsis in secula seculorum.
Amen'
F. 1r: 'Incipit secunda pars librorum beati Augustini de civitate
Dei qui est in ordine deciminus quintus'
F. 126r: 'Incipit tertia pars librorum beati Augustini episcopi de
ciuitate Dei qui est in ordine decimus nonus'
Folio's 125r-v, 245r-v, 296v blanco Topic general subdivision:
Godsdienst Material:
Perkament Extent:
296 ff. Dimensions:
34 x 24 cm Decoration and binding:
lombarden
gedecoreerde initialen
gehistorieerde initialen
miniaturen
randdecoratie
Campmansband (ca. 1625-1650) Script:
gotische semi-hybrida Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ter Doest (S.O.Cist.)
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
