Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 535: Iohannes de Mera, Brachylogus

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Summary: CCCC MS 535 is a German manuscript which contains a dictionary called Brachylogus by the Dutch lexicographer, Johannes de Mera (fl. c. 1350). The dating of this manuscript is to the last quarter of the fourteenth century. At the end of the text it is noted that the Brachylogus was completed in 1354 in Mechelen. The book is decorated with many fine large coloured ornamental initials. This volume is part of the Elbing collection; a group of manuscripts which belonged to a Brigittine convent at Elbing (Elblag), near Gdansk. The collection was donated to Corpus Christi College by either Richard Pernham (1583?-1628) or his wife Mary, whose name is inscribed in many of these books.
Contents: Brachylogus

Description

Alternative title	[Untitled]
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 207
Date created	[ca. 1354]
Language	Latin
Material	Paper
Layout	double columns of 61 lines
Height (mm)	399
Width (mm)	288
Collation	1 (eight, 1 gone and gap follows) 2(10) (wants 1) 3(10)-8(10) (5 a fragment) 9(10) (6 gone, 7 a fragment) 10(10)-20(10) 21(12) (12 canc.).
Writing	clearly written
Foliation	ff. i-iii + 1-8 + 8a +9-207 + iv-vi
Provenance	Mary Pernham on f. 1v.
Additions	Binding as usual, four tags remain, one of which is pierced; some bosses remain, the label is illegible.

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiv (1354)
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:nf292wr6059/MS_535.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:bt001jb8035/535.pdf
Contains	Title Iohannes de Mera, Brachylogus. 1r-207v James Dictionary (Brachylogus) beginning imperfectly in Acus. 1r-207v Author Iohannes de Mera Incipit (1r) transfertur ad significandum instrumentum exornandi capillos Note At the beginning of each letter is a handsome coloured initial Ends f. 176r (Zorobabel) Explicit (176r) In babilone nanque ortus erat ubi gentis iudee fuerat dominator Note Verses (176r) M. semel. l. ter c. quater i. que notant bene per seAnnorum domini numerum quando cito finiGregorii festo datus est liber hic memor estoQui legis optatus locus est andwerpia gratusIn quo fiebat. et factor mente petebatProsit ut ad famen cunctis liber et iuuet amen.Quatuor addantur numero quibus amplificanturAnni prefato predicti tempore gratoEgidii festo devote riteque gestoA multis prima septembris luce sub ymaMente quod hinc noscas lector si noscere poscasQuando machlinie bene que valeat sine fineHic liber est lectus et finitus quasi rectusBrachilogus dictus de me factore relictusStricta lectura que primo sat est valituraMulto pro parte qui paucum pollet in arteGramatica curas studio sibi si valiturasDet tabulam noscat positam retro (?) qui cito poscat.Queque sonant mire de quis veniunt reperireInterius posita mox multa valent fore scitaCum tabula facile quod (?) dogma sciens puerileEx hac perpendat ubi dissona querere tendatO lector pro me pro teque bonum pie promeAd dominum famen nos ambos quod iuuet amen (176r) Finivi librum scripsi sine manibus ipsumGloria laus et honor tibi sit rex cryste redemptor (176v) blank (177r) List of words. Abrotonum to Zozimus (207v) At the end (207v) (M) Semel l. ter. C., etc. (207v) This half-line is in different ink but the same hand (207v) Annorum numerum domini signant tibi verumBrachilogi tabulam dum finivi mychaelisProfesto maculam deus abstrahe iungeque celisMe quod sanctorum capiam mihi munera quorumVita sit eterna vivit quasi rex ubi vernaSi quid lectores vobis dat commoditatisHic liber. ad mores vergatis vos bonitatisCriminis et si quid in eo sit quod satis obsitUrbane lima rectetur mente sub ymaFacto discretus sit quivis det quoque famenGratum ne spretus fiat celestibus amen
Elbing	N. 37
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/wf975kb7498
Location	MS 535
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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