Summary:
Manuscript 101 combines no less than fourteen works from Saint
Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-397): (ff. 3v-17v) De paradiso; (ff.
18r-36v) De Noe et arca; (ff. 36v-66v) De Abraham; (ff. 66v-79v) De
Isaac et anima; (ff. 79v-90v) De bono mortis; (ff. 90v-100r) De
Esau et fuga seculi; (ff. 100r-115r) De Iacob et vita beata; (ff.
115r-126r) De patriarcha Ioseph; (ff. 126r-133v) De benedictionibus
Patriarcharum; (ff. 133v-156r) De apologia Dauid ad Theodosium
Augustum; (ff. 156r-165v) De Nabuthae; (ff. 165v-187v) De excessu
fratris Satyri; (ff. 187v-194r) De obitu Valentiniani; and (ff.
194r-200r) De obitu Theodosii. Most concern Biblical exegesis,
though the last two texts are eulogies given at the death of
emperors Valentinian II (d. 392) and Theodosius I (d. 395). This
manuscript is believed to have been copied in the scriptorium of
Saint Donatian in Bruges, in the thirteenth century, and shows a
high level of skill and expertise. Following the process of
copying, the texts were meticulously corrected. Large,
well-executed and highly detailed initials in red, green, and blue
were then added to the beginning of each work, for which space had
been reserved from the outset. The manuscript contains an ownership
inscription of Ten Duinen that has been extended to include a book
curse. The manuscript is bound in a seventeenth-century binding of
the 'Campmans' type. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer] Title:
Opuscula beatissimi Ambrosii Mediolanensis episcopi de Patriarchis
et alia [titel inhoudstafel] Note:
Herkomst: Volgens Lieftinck 1953 is dit handschrift mogelijk
afkomstig uit het scriptorium van Sint-Donatiaan te Brugge
Folio's 1r-2r, 3r 200v blanco
Folio 3r bevat titel door latere hand
Folio 2v bevat de titel 'Liber Sancte Marie de Thosan in quo
continentur opuscula beatissimi Ambrosii Mediolanensis episcopi de
Patriarchis et alia que subnotata sunt' en een inhoudstafel
Folio 200v: 'Jacobus Allardus' Topic general subdivision:
Godsdienst Material:
Perkament Extent:
200 ff. (f. 1 was oorspr. dekblad) Dimensions:
390 x 280 mm Decoration and binding:
lombarden
gedecoreerde initialen
Campmansband (ca. 1625-1650) Script:
gotische textualis Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ter Doest (S.O.Cist.)
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
