Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 310: Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA, De sacramentis christianae fidei
Hugo de Sacramentis
mixed material
ff. 2 + 150
Vellum
double columns of 42 lines
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a(2) 1(6) (+1) 2(8)-8(8) | I(8)-XI(8) (wants 8).
in a beautiful small pointed hand
ff. a-b + i-ii + 1-150 + c-d
On f. ir at top is the date 1569. Below this is the set-off of an inscription in a hand of cent. xv: iber Sanct ...th. qui vocatur hugo. I do not think this can be read Sancti Cuthberti; Swyth' seems more likely.
Explicatio
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This is a late twelfth-century copy of Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA (c. 1096-1141), De sacramentis christianae fidei written c. 1134; this was one of the earliest complete theological works of the Paris schools and one of Hugh's most important and influential works. CCCC MS 310 is one of many surviving manuscript copies. The text is written in a fine, small hand and there are a number of initials, including some fine figure and ornamental initials on gold grounds. Unfortunately some of the margins of the manuscript are damaged, as it has been gnawed by mice or rats.
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De sacramentis christianae fidei
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https://purl.stanford.edu/xv032gf3763
MS 310
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:gj140gq8476/MS_310.pdf
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:fv670vx1851/310.pdf
Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA, De sacramentis christianae fidei
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Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA
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(1r) Incipit prologus libri de sacramentis ab initio usque ad finem in unam seriem dispositis
(P. L. CLXXVI 174)
(1r) Librum de sacramentis christiane fidei studio quorundam
Fine initial. Gold ground; a beardless man, black haired, in long close robe mainly blue (with decorated collar, girdle and hem), holds up kite-shaped shield in L. hand behind his shoulder, and pierces with a spear the mouth of a green dragon with red wings and white head, on which he stands
(1r) Capitula
(3r) Cum igitur de prima erudicione sacri eloquii
(4v) tractando extendunt
(4v) Explicit prologus
(4v) Incipit liber hugonis de sacramentis ad secundam erudicionem sacris eloquii quod est fundamentum sciencie. Prima pars exameron in opera conditionis
(4v) Arduum profecto et laboriosum opus
Initials alternately red and blue
Ends
(62v) precepta. sacramenta promissa
(62v) Explicit liber primus xii clausulas siue partes continens
63r-63v blank
(64r) Incipit liber sacramentorum noui testamenti
(64r) Magne sunt in scripturis sacris
Fine decorative initial on gold ground
(64r) Capitula
Text
(66r) In superiori parte operis
Ends
(150r) Ecce quod erit in fine sine fine
(150r) Explicit liber magistris hugonis. Anima eius in pace requiescat
(150r) ????? (xvi)
150v blank
Parker Manuscripts
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