Summary:
In manuscript 120 two texts are bound together that were originally
attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (d. 373): (ff. 1r-70r)
Dialogus contra Arianos, Sabellianos et Photinianus; and (ff.
70r-111v) Tractatus de incomprehensibili dominicae incarnationis et
humanae redemptionis sacramento. Scholarly consensus now ascribes
the first work to Vigilius of Thapsus, a fifth-century bishop who
authored other polemicist treatises. The attribution to Athanasius
is most likely the result of him being one of the actors in the
(fictional) dialogues between exponents of Trinitarian Christianity
and rivalling branches, later denounced as heretical. The
manuscript dates from the third quarter of the twelfth century and
is probably copied at Ten Duinen abbey. The text is written in a
single column per page, with initials in red, green and blue ink.
Four large initials are found at the beginning of each of the three
books of the Dialogus and at the beginning of the Tractatus. The
first line is written in majuscules in alternating colours. The
last (blank) leaf bears an ownership inscription of Ten Duinen. The
manuscript is bound in an early Cistercian binding from the twelfth
or thirteenth century. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer] Title:
Athanasius de fide contra Sabellium et Arrium; Item idem de
incarnationis mysterio [titel Carolus de Visch] Note:
Voorste dekblad afkomstig uit een prekenbundel
Verzamelhandschrift Topic general subdivision:
Godsdienst Material:
Perkament Extent:
i + 111 ff. + ii Dimensions:
27 x 18 cm Decoration and binding:
Duinenfoliëring
lombarden
Vroege cisterciënzerband (12de-13de eeuw) Script:
gotische textualis
early gothic script Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
