Language(s): Latin
1. (fols. 1r-)
Rudolf von Biberach,
De septem itineribus aeternitatis Rubric: Incipit tractatus septem itinerum eternitatis editus a fratre Redulfo de Bibracho qui beatissimi Francisci devotissimus religiosus fuit
Incipit: (preface) Eum qui venit ad me ... Jo. VIº. Sanctus Augustinus in libro de conditione vere vite
Incipit: (text) Circa primum igitur scilicet intrinsecum secretum
Explicit: Qui es trinus et unus deus in eternum benedictus. Amen.
Colophon: Explicit liber seu tractatus de septem itineribus eternitatis a.d. MºCCCCºXºL die iiijº mensis Februarii
(pr. Bonaventure, Opera (Rome, 1588), VI.145–196). 2. (fols. 122r)
Elegiacs in praise of the work Incipit: Semita sum magni mihi crede viator Olimpi
3. (fols. 122v-135r)
Alphabetical tabula to the work, preceded by instructions for use. 4. (fols. 135r)
Hexameters in praise of the work Rubric: Disertissimus vir Latino sermoneque eloquentissimus Benedictus Bursa his versibus prescriptum decoravit libellum Incipit: Si celum cupimus divumque attingere sedes
5. (fols. 135v)
Bonaventure,
Soliloquium Rubric: Liber qui inscribitur ymag vite
(pr. Opera, ed. Quaracchi, VIII.28–67). 6. (fols. 177v-)
Bonaventure,
De triplici uia Rubric: Liber de triplici via spirituali qui vocatur trinatium compliatus per beatum bonaventuram ...'
(pr. Opera, VIII.1–18). 7. (fols. 189v-)
Ps.-Augustine,
Sermon 351 Rubric: Beatissimi augustini ... liber de penitentia
Explicit: Ergo dimitte incertum et tene certum
(pr. Migne, PL, XXXIX, 1535–1549; the MS somewhat longer than the pr. edn.) 8. (fols. 201v-)
Ps.-Augustine,
Commentary on the Lord's Prayer Rubric: Eiusdem beati Augustini episcopi expositio super Pater noster
Incipit: Pater noster ... Secundum igitur virtutem predictum exponatur verbum
Explicit: dilatione purgatorii me absolvat. Benedictus deus meus in secula seculorum. Amen
10. (fols. 205r-)
Incipit: Obsecro vos fratres karissimi quod iustius seculi vanitates et peritura respuitis
Explicit: confugimus fiducialiter patrem et filium et spiritum sanctum in secula seculorum Amen
11. (fols. 208r-)
Ps.-Augustine,
Serm. 154 Rubric: Beati Augustini liber de beato latrone qui pependit in cruce
(pr. as Sermon appendix 154, Migne, PL, XXIX, 3043–7). 12. (fols. 211v-)
Ps.-Augustine,
Serm. 49 Rubric: Gloriosi Augustini episcopi de contemptu mundi sermo egregius
(pr. as Serm. App. 49, Migne, PL, XL.1332–4). 14. (fols. 226v-)
Ps.-Augustine,
Manuale Rubric: Gloriosissimi Augustini libellus devotissimus qui manuale inscribitur
[ending imperfect at:] ... ut amem deum meum ||'
(Migne, PL, XL, 951–68; ending imperfect at col. 962). 15. (fols. 235v-)
(pr. as Ambrose, Ep. 4 in appendix, Migne, PL, XVII, 749–52). 17. (fols. 256r-)
Arnulfus de Boeriis,
Speculum monachorum Rubric: Incipit liber qui intitulatur speculum monachorum ad vite correctionem editum a sancto Bernardo
(pr. Migne, PL, CLVXXXIV, 1175–8; for attribution to Boeriis see J. M. Canivez, Dict. de Spiritualite, I, 894 19. (fols. 259v-)
Ps.-Bernard Rubric: Informatio ad religionem s. Bernardi abbatis
Incipit: Ad hoc studeat quisque frater ut vivat in obedientia
Explicit: odoris optimi fragrantia
20. (fols. 260v-)
Ps.-Bernard,
Preface to Psalms Rubric: Incipit liber de melodia psalmorum beati Bernardi abbatis
Incipit: Omnis scriptura divinitus inspirata
Ending imperfect
Explicit: mortalibus ne eger||[ent]
(Stegmuller, Rep. biblicum pref., no. 411; pr. PL, XXXVIII, 63–6). Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii (paper) + 260 + iii (paper)
Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 120 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 93 × 65 mm.
Foliation: Foliated in modern pencil, i-iii, 1–263; there is a foliation, apparently by the original scribe, in red roman numerals, and a post-medieval foliation in ink in tiny arabic numbers, often partially or wholly cropped in binding.
Collation
1(10)-35(10), 14(6), 15(10)-26(10), 27 only first 4 leaves remaincatchwords
Layout
27 written lines per page, below top line; in 1 column.
Hand(s)
Fine 'fere humanistica' script, attributed to Michael de Salvaticis (see under Provenance).
Decoration
One reactangular miniature: the Stigmatization of St. Francis, his companion nearby outside a chapel, set in a lanscape with mountains, trees, bushes, a river, and animals; with a three-sided foliate border, including the Redeemer in a small roundel in the upper border, and the Virgin and Child seated on the ground in a larger roundel in the lower border (fol. 1r). (Pächt and Alexander ii. 464, pl. XLVI)
Binding
Straight-grained dark blue morocco, the upper cover stamped in gilt with the Coke crest; the spine lettered in gilt 'BIBRACHI | ITINERUM | ÆTERNITATI | ET | ALIORUM | OPERA | – | MS. | SÆC. XV. | 154'.