Summary:
Manuscript 515 is a fourteenth-century codex combining three texts
on theology and philosophy. The first tekst (ff. 1r-31r) is the
Summa de anima; one of the main writings by Franciscan theologian
Jean de la Rochelle (Johannes de Rupella, d. 1245), a student of
Alexander of Hales. This summa, a medieval genre aiming at
synthesizing all knowledge regarding a particular subject,
discusses the nature of the soul and made use not only of Christian
texts, but also of the newly translated works of Aristotle and
Plato. The second text (ff. 32r-62v) is the De fide orthodoxa by
the early medieval monk John of Damascus. Hardly an original work,
it was written as a summary of writings of the early Fathers of
Eastern Christianity and was one of the first works that systemised
doctrine in a coherent and organized framework. As such, it was an
important precursor to scholastic thought. The final and largest
text (ff. 63r-181v) is the Distinctiones Byardi, a dictionary of
terms and words found in the scriptures, written by the
thirteenth-century theologian Nicholas of Biard. The manuscript is
written in a Gothic textualis script, with each page containing two
columns. An exception to this is the list of contents of the text
by Biard, which are found in four columns. The manuscript has been
extensively decorated throughout: all initials have been added in
alternatively red and blue ink, with decorations in penwork in the
opposite colour. This penwork often includes long tails running
down in the margins. Special attention has been given to the first
initial of each text. The manuscript is bound in a modern full
leather binding. It was originally part of the library of Ten
Duinen, as the cross-shaped stamp of the abbey is found on the
first and final leaves. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer] Title:
Summa de anima et Damascenus [titel schutblad] Note:
Titel in contemporaine hand op recto tweede schutblad. Op verso
tweede schutblad titel Carolus de Visch: 'Summa de anima fratris
joannis de rupella, libri sententiarum damasceni, distinctiones
rijardi'
Voorste schutblad bevat aantekeningen, waaronder een boomdiagram
met de 'condicio humana', en een gedeeltelijke tekst, beginnend:
'[S]ermo beati Metodii episcopi ecclesie pateris [sic] ac martiris
episcopi quem de hebraico et greco in latinis transtulit beatus
iheronimus de fine seculi'
F. 31v is leeg Topic general subdivision:
Wijsbegeerte
Wiskunde - natuurwetenschappen
Godsdienst Material:
Perkament Extent:
ii + 181 ff. Dimensions:
320 x 230 mm Decoration and binding:
lombarden
gedecoreerde initialen
randdecoratie
Moderne band Script:
gotische textualis Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
