Summary:
As is the case with Ms. 17, this manuscript contains the first ten
books of Raoul of Flaix's (Radulfus Flaviacensis), a
mid-twelfth-century Benedictine monk, commentary on the Bible book
Leviticus. Unlike Ms. 17, it is clear that from the outset this
codex was intended to be the first in a two volume set. An explicit
on the final leaf states: 'explicit liber decimus pars prima huius
operis'. The text is complete and clean, with only a few markings
near passages deemed interesting. Possibly the volume was copied in
the scriptoria of either Ter Doest or Ten Duinen. An ownership
inscription on the final leaf, 'Liber sancte Marie de Thosan,
scriptus a quodam monacho cuius nomen scribatur in libro vite',
does not only reveal the book's provenance, but also suggests that
it was written at the behest of the monastery. The text is
organized in two columns per page, with decorated initials
alternatively in red and blue ink. Rubrics and chapter numbers are
added in red ink. The cross-shaped stamp of Ten Duinen is found
above the colofon, and the volume is bound in a seventeenth-century
binding of the 'Campmans' type, although without the gilded crest
of the abbot. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer] Title:
Radulfus Flauiacensis in explanatione Leuitici Note:
Herkomst: Volgens Lieftinck 1953 is dit handschrift mogelijk
afkomstig uit het scriptorium van Ter Doest of Ten Duinen
Libri 1-10
Colofon van een anonieme kopiist: '... scriptus a quodam monacho
cuius nomen scribatur in libro vite' Topic general subdivision:
Godsdienst Material:
Perkament Extent:
168 ff. Dimensions:
350 x 260 mm Decoration and binding:
(Cfr. Ms. 20)
lombarden
gedecoreerde initialen
Campmansband (ca. 1625-1650) Script:
gotische textualis Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ter Doest (S.O.Cist.)
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.) Genre/form:
Bijbelcommentaren
