Summary:
Three texts have been brought together in this codex. The first (f.
1r-84v) is the Defensor pacis of Marsilius of Padua (d. 1343). In
this significant work, written during the continuous conflicts
between pope and emperor, Marsilius criticized the papal claims on
temporal power and universal aspirations. Furthermore, and even
more radical, was his view that all church authority was held by
the people (i.e. the faithful), rather than a single leader. In the
fifteenth century, the conciliarist movement took many arguments
from this work when proclaiming church councils to have higher
authority than the pope. This is one of two manuscript copies of
the text in the Public Library, the other is in ms. 226. The second
text (ff. 84v-103v) is a commentary on the Sentences. Its
authorship is as of yet unclear: we are either dealing with a work
of Michael Aiguani de Bononia (d. ca. 1400) or Petrus Spitznagel
von Frankfurt (ca. 1400-ca. 1465), both Carmelites. As the latter
used vast parts of the former's works - as a sign of reverence -
distinguishing their work is highly difficult. The third work (ff.
104r-185r) is an exposition on Aristotle's Physica, written by the
English scholar William of Ockham (ca. 1285-1349). The codex is
built from two separate units. The first two texts appear to have
been written by a single scribe, while the third text is in a
different, somewhat antiquated hand. All share the two-column
layout and the cursive script. Decoration is absent. Spaces to add
initials have been left open. The only type of textual elaboration
is the use of majuscules in the third text, to introduce new
questions and the different parts of the disputations. The binding
is medieval and consists of full leather over wooden boards, with
traces of a clasp. It is possible that the binding originally had a
fenestra; this has not survived. The codex was owned by Ten Duinen:
the cross-shaped stamp of the abbey is found on the first and final
leaves. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer] Title:
Liber de pace et tranquilitate reipublice cum aliis quibusdam
[titel 18de eeuw] Material:
Perkament Extent:
185 ff. Dimensions:
250 x 190 mm Decoration and binding:
Middeleeuwse band Script:
gotische cursiva recentiorgotische cursiva antiquior
tot en met fol. 103v.vanaf fol. 104r. Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
