Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 521: Johannes Tortsch of Leipzig, Onus mundi. Glossed Hymnal
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 521, made in Germany, is part of the Elbing Collection brought back from the abandoned Brigittine monastery at what is now Elblag in Poland by Richard Pernham (1583?-1628) in the early 1620s and donated to Corpus Christi either by himself or by his wife Mary, whose name is inscribed in many books of the collection. Scribal colophons allow the two volumes that make of this codex to be precisely dated to 1424-5 and 1388 respectively. The first volume, of 1424-5, contains a number of tracts relating to prophecy, including the earliest version of the Onus mundi by Johannes Tortsch (c. 1400-45), and Richard of Saint-Victor OSA (d. 1173), De meditandis plagis quae circa finem mundi euenient. Also in this part are extracts from the Vitae Patrum (Vitas Patrum, a compilation of lives of early monk and hermit saints), the Revelations of the pseudo-Methodius, and at the end, of local significance, the synodal statutes of the Henry III, Bishop of Varmia (1373-1401), formerly in East Prussia but now in Poland (Warmia). The second, earlier, volume, contains a glossed hymnal, with a colophon dating its completion to 1388, and a tract on events portending the coming of plague.
- Contents
- Onus mundi (compilation from Reuelationes of Birgitta of Sweden) -- De meditandis plagis quae circa finem mundi euenient -- Vitae Patrum (extracts) -- Revelations (abridged version) -- Synodal statutes of Bishop of Varmia (Östpreussen) -- List of popes and historical events -- Glossed Hymnal -- De signis pestilencie
Description
| Alternative title | [Untitled] |
|---|---|
| Type of resource | mixed material |
| Extent | ff. 176 |
| Date created | [ca. 1388 - 1424] |
| Language | Latin; German |
| Material | Paper |
| Layout | double columns of 40 and 46 lines, two volumes |
| Height (mm) | 290 |
| Width (mm) | 199 |
| Collation | 1(12) (+1) 2(12)-6(12) (4-12 torn out): more leaves torn out: 7 (two) | 8(12) 9(12) 10(10) 11(12) 12(10) 13(10) 14(12)-16(12) 17(10) 18(10). |
| Foliation | ff. i-iii + 1-12 (13 missing) + 14-93 + a (loose leaf) + 94-176 + iv |
| Provenance | Mary Pernham on f. 1v. |
| Additions | List of contents in the cover (f. iiv). |
| Binding | Stamped leather binding, bosses, one metal tag and one loop, label ·112· |
Bibliographic information
| M.R. James Date | 1424 and 1388 |
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| Downloadable James Catalogue Record | |
| Superseded Interim Catalogue Record | |
| Contains |
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| Elbing | N. 23 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/yk983tq9075 |
| Location | MS 521 |
| Repository | UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library |
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