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This manuscript contains numerous notes by Abbot Grégoire Voirol (Les Genevez, 1751 - Porrentruy, 1827). The notes differ in content and in language (Latin or French); they were bound together at an unknown date. Among the notes are various obituaries from the Premonstratensian Bellelay Abbey and from Roggenburg Abbey in Bavaria, where Voirol fled after the French invasion of 1789, the catalog from the library of Bellelay, historical souvenirs, letters, etc. (rou)
This work has the title Théologie de Bellelay written on a piece of paper that is glued to the page containing the original Latin title: “Cursus logica compendiarius data collegio Bellagensi S.R.S. Gregorio Voirol professore anno supra millegissimum septingentesimum octogesimo quinto“. It is the notebook of a student, L’Hoste (p. 131), who followed a shortened course in logic by Abbot Grégoire Voirol (1751-1827), probably when the latter taught at the Premonstratensian Bellelay Abbey. (rer)
List of the “titres d'acquisitions, les permutations, obligations, sentences, transactions, jugemens [sic] compromissorials [sic], lettres de fiefs, d'admoniations, etc.” (p. 1), found in the archives of the Abbey of Lucelle, followed by a place index at the end of the manuscript (N32-N36). Ex-libris on the title page: “Par moi Jean Baptiste Etienne, archiviste”. (rer)
List of rights and claims as well as the responsibilities of the Abbey of Lucelle
This list was drawn up by Jean-Baptiste Etienne (N5-N6), director of the archives, to give the abbey an overview of its assets and its duties. It begins with a summary of the founding of the abbey. Ex-libris on the title page: “J. Baptiste Estienne, profès en l'Abbaye de Lucelle, directeur des archives”. (rer)
Paper · VIII + 199 + VIII pp. · 27 x 20.3 cm · 18th century
Litterae acquisitiones donationes abbatiae Lucellensis ab anno 1260 ad 1373
This manuscript, also called “Cartulaire de Lucelle no 2”, is the second volume of a collection of documents containing the transcriptions of the titles of goods and temporal privileges of the Abbey of Lucelle. The texts are in Latin and German. (rer)
Paper · I + 166 ff. · 28.7 x 21.5 cm · 17th century ?
Litterae instrumenta varia visitandi, ect abbatiae Lucellensis ab anno 1400 ad 1500
This manuscript, entitled “Protocol 3”, contains election documents, credentials and other documents by Louis, Abbot of Lucelle: “Protocol 3, anno 1473 super varia instrumenta electioni chartas visitatorias, litteras commendatitias credentiales, coeteraque formularia à Ludovico abbate Lucellensi”. It comprises an index (ff. 159r-162v) and an ex-libris dated 1630 on the flyleaf (V1r). (rer)
Analysis of the most important legal titles of the states of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel
This manuscript contains records as well as documents “tirés de l'insigne Chapitre de Moutier-Grandval”, collected mainly by J.P. Voirol. These documents concern the rights and duties of citizens towards their ruler. (rer)
Indictment by the Collegiate Church of Moutier-Grandval to the Public Prosecutor
Indictment by the ecclesiastical body of Moutier-Grandval Abbey to the Prince-Bishop of Basel against persons of public life in order to recover goods stolen from the abbey over time: “Mémoire pour l'Eglise Collégiale de Moutier Grandval contre Monsieur le Procureur général de la Chambre des finances de Sa Rev. Illustr. Monseigneur le Prince Evêque de Bâle prince du Saint Empire, servant de réponse à son plaidoyer fait le 19 décembre 1785 pardevant le Conseil aulique dudit Prince Evêque”. The indictment was written by Jean-Germain Fidèle Bajol, canon of the Chapter of Moutier-Grandval (V5). (rer)
Historicum insignis Ecclesiae collegiatae Monasterii Grandis-Vallis
Document in two parts. The first part is by François Jacques Joseph Chariatte (1700-1765), provost of Moutier-Grandval Abbey, and tells the history of Moutier-Grandval Abbey from its founding in the 7th century until 1764 (pp. 1-139). The manuscript was completed in 1814 by the canon Jean Germain Fidèle Bajol, Chariatte's nephew (pp. 147-162). (rer)
Histoire chronologique du chapitre de Moutier-Grandval
This manuscript, written in French, tells the story of Moutier-Grandval Abbey: "où sont rapportés les événements les plus remarquables qui sont arrivés dans l'Evêché de Bâle depuis l'origine et fondation du monastère de M.G.V. jusqu'à nos jours". This is followed by a Latin print, "Pièces justificatives" (pp. 103-220). It contains an index (pp. N1-N4), and, at the end of the volume, four pages titled: "Mémoire des liaisons helvétiques du chapitre de Moutier-Grand-Val" (pp. N5-N8). The document was most likely written by Jean Germain Fidèle Bajol, who was largely inspired by the Latin manuscript Historicum insigni ecclesiae collegiatae Monasterii Grandis-Vallis by François Jacques Joseph Chariatte (see A2445). (rer)
Receuil [sic] des droits, revenùs [sic] et coutumes du Chapitre de Moutier Grandval
A collection of rights, revenues and customs of Moutier-Grandval Abbey, introduced by a table of contents (p. V1-V2), occupies the first part of this manuscript (pp. V1-1_0135). This is followed by an "Extrait des protocoles du chapitre de Moutier Grand Val depuis l'an 1500 jusqu'en l'an 1788" (p. 1_0138). (rer)
Recueil des matériaux et notes pour servir à l’histoire des ci-devant mère abbaye de Moutier-Grandval
This manuscript contains a topographical description of the region of Moutier-Grandval, decrees tracing the political history of Moutier-Grandval Abbey, and isolated articles on the role of the Priory of Saint-Ursanne. The text was written in Latin and translated into French in the second column. (rer)
Paper · VI + 656 + XII pp. · 21.3 x 17.1 cm · 1759
Recueil instructif des principales résolutions et autres gérés de l’insigne Chapitre de Moutier Grandval
Alphabetical inventory of all the rules governing life in general at the Chapter of Moutier-Grandval, be it the life of the canons or relations with the villages of the Chapter. They include, for example, the dress code for the canons on certain occasions, the notary's salary, the mills, etc., for the period from 1499 to 1759. (rer)
Alphabetical overview of the rights and privileges of the Moutier-Grandval Chapter
This document lists the rules that govern the relationship between the Diocese of Basel and the Chapter of Moutier-Grandval, with regard to, for example, watercourses, hunting, forests, tributes, borders, minerals, etc., as well as the characteristics of each local community of the Chapter, for the period between 1462 and 1731. (rer)
Paper · II + 179 + II pp. · 21 x 17 cm · 1756-1789
Medical-surgical observations from the Journal from the office of Monsieur Nicolas Godin
This paper manuscript, paginated 108-286, is one of four surviving copies of the writings of Nicolas Godin (Besançon, 1727 – Porrentruy, 1805), surgeon for the last four archbishops of Basel. His 24 medical-surgical “observations” are followed by a last one, which consists of a “description abrégée” (abbreviated description) of the principality of Basel, with a medical topography and meteorological observations (p. 236-283). (rou)
Le Véritable Dragon rouge, followed by La poule noire
This manuscript contains two grimoires (magic textbooks), the Dragon rouge (pp. 4-100) and the Poule noire (pp. 101-108), which were copied in 1846 from a 1521 original. The Dragon rouge “ou l’art de commander les esprits célestes, aériens, terrestres et infernaux” (p. 2) is a collection of writings in French, Italian and Latin. As for the Poule noire, this is a ritual for conjuring ghosts. Several ungainly drawings embellish the work, depicting, for instance, the devil (p. 33, 55) or cabalistic diagrams (p. 19, 54). (rou)
Romont, Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu Romont, Ms. liturg. FiD 1
Parchment · I + 9 + I ff. · 30 x 20.5 cm · end of the 12th century (after 1174). The flyleaves are from 1136/1140
Office of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Bernard
The
first liturgical library of the nuns of Fille-Dieu, which today is dispersed
across all of Europe, has great significance for the history of the Cistercian
Order. The booklet FiD 1 (French musical notation) contains the oldest offices of St. Bernard and of the
Trinity, which were introduced into the order in 1175 or shortly thereafter.
The flyleaves are remarkable as well. Together with FiD 2, they represent
relics of antiphonaries that were copied around 1136/1140 and contain the
original Cistercian liturgy, which was copied shortly after 1108 in Metz by
monks sent by Abbot Stephen Harding. This liturgy was corrected within the
framework of the reforms of Bernard of Clairvaux. The existence of Bernardine
drafts had until now been known through antiphonary 12A-B from Westmalle Abbey
(Belgium) and through the one from Tamié Abbey 6 (Savoy). Codicological
analysis of the flyleaves of FiD 1 and of the fragments of FiD 2 reveals that
all pieces come from the Swiss Abbey of Fille-Dieu; they share identical status
and common characteristics, irrespective of current holding sites. The same
hands and correcting hands can be recognized, the same types of ornamentation
and the same later touch-ups, which were done at the earliest in the 16th
century, probably by the nuns or by the monks of Hautcrêt Abbey (Oron, VD),
which was the mother house of Fille-Dieu until 1536. (sca)
Romont, Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu Romont, Ms. liturg. FiD 2
Parchment · 4 pp. · 36 x 24.5 cm · around 1136/1140
Early Cistercian antiphonary fragments
These antiphonary fragments, which were copied around 1136/1140 and were scraped and corrected around 1140/1143, constitute a blank cover. Doubtlessly the parchment pieces of various sizes were glued together by the nuns of Fille-Dieu in order to cover a now lost liturgical formulary. Together, FiD 1 and FiD 2 constitute relics of antiphonaries that contained the primitive Cistercian liturgy. This was defined by Fr. Kovacs (“Fragments du chant cistercien primitif“, ASOC 6 [1950], pp. 140–150) and Chr. Waddell (The Primitive Cistercian Breviary, Fribourg, 2007 [Spicilegium Friburgense 44]) as the liturgy reformed by Stephen Harding shortly after 1108. During this reform, the abbot of Cîteaux forced the order to adopt the antiphonary of Metz, which was in use by the order until the time of the second reform under Bernard of Clairvaux. This second reform was completed in the early 1140s. The existence of Bernardine drafts had until now been known through antiphonary 12A-B from Westmalle Abbey (Belgium) and through the one from Tamié Abbey 6 (Savoy). Codicological analysis of the flyleaves of FiD 1 and of the fragments of FiD 2 reveals that all pieces come from the Swiss Abbey of Fille-Dieu; they share identical status and common characteristics, irrespective of current holding sites. The same hands and correcting hands can be recognized, the same types of ornamentation and the same later touch-ups, which were done at the earliest in the 16th century, probably by the nuns or by the monks of Hautcrêt Abbey (Oron, VD), which was the mother house of Fille-Dieu until 1536. (sca)