Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 536: Iohannes of Frankenstein OCist (attrib.), Malogranatum

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Summary: CCCC MS 536 contains a single work, the Malogranatum by a member of the Cistercian monastery of Königsaal (Zbraslav), near Prague. The name of its author has been controversial. He was first thought to be a monk called Gallus, then one called Peter, and most recently the abbot of Zbraslav in the second half of the fourteenth century, Iohannes of Frankenstein, has been proposed. The text is in the form of spiritual advice as a guide on the road to perfection. Attendance at Mass, and in particular frequent communion, is considered as essential to achieve this. The book was probably made at Prague in the first quarter of the fifteenth century, and preserves its contemporary binding with straps and bosses of bone or ivory. 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 in many of these books.
Contents: Malogranatum

Alternative title	[Untitled]
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 4 + 288
Date created	[ca. 1400 - 1499]
Language	Latin
Material	Paper
Layout	double columns of 32 lines
Height (mm)	208
Width (mm)	148
Collation	a (four) 1(12)-10(12) \| 11(12)-24(12).
Writing	clearly written
Foliation	ff. a-d + i-ii + iiia + iv + iva + 1-288 + e-g
Provenance	Mary Pernham on f. ivv.
Additions	Stamped binding, bosses of bone, complete, three tags (one pierced), straps.

M.R. James Date	xv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:sx103hn0452/MS_536.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:bg365md8653/536.pdf
Contains	Title Iohannes of Frankenstein OCist (attrib.), Malogranatum. ir-288v Author Iohannes of Frankenstein OCist (attrib.) Note (ir) Title (smeared) (iir) Registrum libri primi Note Incipit (ivv) Notandum quod opus subsequens seu liber seu tractatus intitulatur Malogranatum, etc. Explicit (ivv) virtuosam ac eciam perfectam poterunt peruenire Note Liber I Rubric (1r) Liber primus Malogranati Incipit (1r) Fili accedens ad seruitutem dei Note 110v-120v blank (121r) Liber II Incipit (121r) Accepta igitur informacione Explicit (286v) esse expositum et explanatum. Amen Rubric (286v) Sit laus alme trinitati. tetragramaton (286v) O pie deus fac hec (?) recondere in pectore nostro Note (286v) Supply of an omission col. 2 (287r) blank (287v) Registrum of libb. I, II (288v) A second copy of the note on f. ivv
Elbing	N. 38
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/zn537zy2368
Location	MS 536
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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