Summary:
Manuscript 406 is a biography on the life of Pope Gregory I (c.
540-604), written as a conversation between master and student. It
is written in late Carolingian style. The origin of the manuscript
is unclear, the author and the place of origin are unknown. It was
made around 1160-1180 and was owned by of Ter Doest Abbey. Part of
the illumination of the text is the indication of the words of the
master, signified with an ornamental letter M(agister), and the
words of the student, indicated with an ornamental D(iscipulus).
The manuscript also contains two black and red pen drawings. The
first is a drawing of the master and the student, who are having
the conversation about Pope Gregory I (Folio 2v). They are both
holding scrolls with the first words they speak in the manuscript
printed on it. The second is a drawing of Christ in Glory (Folio
63r). Christ is depicted as a teacher, with a kneeling monk at his
feet. [Summary by Sarah Vanroye] Title:
Vita sancti Gregorii in duabus personis, videlicet magistri et
discipuli, metrice exarata [titel fenestra] Note:
De voorste twee schutbladen zijn afkomstig uit een 13de-eeuwse
Latijnse grammatica, inc.: '... potest fit sit precedentis sillabe
uel sequentis. R predictam regulam tenentes hanc'
Folio's 1r-2v bevatten een overzicht van de 87 hoofdstukken:
'Capituli sequentis opusculi'
Inc. prol. (f. 3r): 'Incipit vita sancti Gregorii in duabus
personis, videlicet magistri et discipuli, metrice exarata. I.
Discipulus. Cum omnis aecclesiasticae disciplinae profectus uerbo
et exemplo eorum'. Inc. (f. 5r): 'Incipit vita sancti Gregorii. Ex
Rome roseo prorupit flosculus orto / viuificis teretem qui replens
fluctibus orbem / Exsatiat plebes per germinis alta fideles'; expl.
(f. 62v): 'Et uoluisse bona eius dat gratia sola. Explicit vita S.
Gregorii'. Inc. vervolg (f. 63r): 'Vita Deus rerum quem contremit
omne creatum'; expl. (f. 65r): 'Quod manus est et idem iudex Deus
et pater idem'
Tussen de voorlaatste en de laatste katern is een brede strook
perkament, afkomstig uit een 12de-eeuws handschrift, ter
versteviging ingebonden
Folio 65v bevat een hymne met muzieknotatie, inc.: 'Fortissime
spirituum uniuerse carnis [Num. 16:22] Criste Iesu unice
patris'
Folio 66r bevat een 17de-eeuwse aantekening: 'Vita haec sancti
Gregorii metrica est correcta et aucta, cui addita est prosa
carmina explanans. Haec omnia fecit unus religiosus Dunensis, anno
1666, et seruantur apud fratrem Edmundum Schipman, priorem Dunensem
tunc temporis. Ita est. Edmundus Schipman prior Dunensis. Actum 15
Maii 1667. Nauclerus ad alta. F. Edmundus'
Folio 66v blanco Topic general subdivision:
Godsdienst Material:
Perkament Extent:
ii + 66 ff. + i Dimensions:
16 x 11 cm Decoration and binding:
8
f. 2v
80 x 80 mm
meester Sigeboto en leerling Liotoldus
lombarden
miniaturen
muzieknotatie
Middeleeuwse band Script:
gotische textualis
early gothic script Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ter Doest (S.O.Cist.)
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
