Guarinus, Veronensis (1374-1460)
This quaestio disputata by the Augustinian Johannes of Paltz (around 1445-1511) is a perfect illustration of the working methods of medieval scholasticism. The manuscript was written in Erfurt in the summer of 1486 and has as its topic the refutation of three errors. The first regards those who claim “to be able to calculate and foresee the Last Judgment.” It seems that this document is the only handwritten version of this text, which is known through two printed editions from the 15th century. Franz Xaver Karker (1812-1892), Canon of the Cathedral of Breslau (today Wroclaw in Poland), donated this work to the Fribourg library.
Online Since: 04/09/2014
- Karker, Franz Xaver (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Johannes, von Paltz (Author) | Karker, Franz Xaver (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This small but extensive (198 ff.) prayer book is written in a variant of North German (Middle Low German). In accordance with the female form in many of the prayers, it was intended for a woman. With the exception of one full-page miniature depicting Christ as the gardener before Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), all illuminations have been removed. An ex-libris on the front pastedown informs us that this small manuscript was a gift to the Fribourg Library in 1891 from Franz Xaver Karker, canon of Wroclaw Cathedral.
Online Since: 10/08/2020
- Karker, Franz Xaver (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Karker, Franz Xaver (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This elegant codex, written in humanistic script, was commissioned by Pope Leo X († 1521). The Medici coat of arms can be found in the middle of the original binding's cover, in a rich frieze on the frontispiece, and in the initials on f. 3v and f. 134v. The decoration is attributed to the famous Florentine illuminator Attavante degli Attavanti († 1525) or his circle. This codex is from the collection of Major J.R. Abbey.
Online Since: 03/22/2017
- Leo X., Papst (Patron) Found in: Standard description
- Leo X., Papst (Patron) Found in: Standard description
- Leo X., Papst (Patron) Found in: Standard description
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Attavanti, Attavante (Illuminator) | Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London) (Seller) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius (Author) | Firmin-Didot, Ambroise (Former possessor) | Gentili, Antonio Saverio (Former possessor) | Henry Yates Thompson (Former possessor) | Leo X., Papst (Patron) | Libri, Guillaume (Former possessor) | Sidonius, Gaius Sollius Apollinaris (Author) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript was owned by Johannes Heynlin de Lapide, who donated it to the Carthusian Monastery of Basel; it contains a collection of speeches and letters by renowned humanists such as Poggio Bracciolini and Enea Silvio Piccolomini— among them an original letter from Johannes Reuchlin to Jakob Louber— with texts by Greek and Oriental authors in Latin translation. Parts of the manuscript are written by Heynlin and Reuchlin.
Online Since: 10/04/2018
- Balue, Jean (Author) | Basilius, Caesariensis (Author) | Blondus, Flavius (Author) | Bruni, Leonardo (Author) | Bruni, Leonardo (Translator) | Guarinus, Veronensis (Translator) | Heynlin, Johannes (Librarian) | Heynlin, Johannes (Former possessor) | Heynlin, Johannes (Annotator) | Heynlin, Johannes (Scribe) | Heynlin, Johannes (Author) | Hippocrates (Author) | Johannes, Ioffridi (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Librarian) | Louis XI., France, Roi (Author) | Maximus, Tyrius (Author) | Mehmed II., Osmanisches Reich, Sultan (Author) | Perottus, Nicolaus (Translator) | Pius II, Papa (Author) | Plutarchus (Author) | Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco (Author) | Proclus, Constantinopolitanus (Author) | Reuchlin, Johannes (Scribe) | Reuchlin, Johannes (Author) | Reuchlin, Johannes (Translator) | Senilis, Paulus (Author) Found in: Standard description
Vasco de Lucena translated Quintus Curtius' history of Alexander into French at the request of Isabella of Portugal, the wife of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. The translator drew on texts by Plutarch and Justin in order to complete the Roman writer's text which contains gaps. The translation, completed in 1468, presents Alexander as conqueror, devoid of all legends transmitted through courtly literature; it is dedicated to Charles the Bold, the son of Isabella. This copy from the Bibliothèque de Genève was illustrated by a Flemish artist, Maître d'Edouard IV, who was active in Bruges around the end of the 15th century, as well as by a second hand not yet definitively identified.
Online Since: 09/23/2014
- Guarinus, Veronensis (Translator) Found in: Standard description
- Curtius Rufus, Quintus (Author) | Guarinus, Veronensis (Translator) | Isabelle, Bourgogne, Duchesse (Patron) | Lucena, Vasco de (Translator) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Master of Edward IV (Illuminator) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) | Plutarchus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Curtius Rufus, Quintus (Author) | Guarinus, Veronensis (Translator) | Isabelle, Bourgogne, Duchesse (Patron) | Lucena, Vasco de (Translator) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Master of Edward IV (Illuminator) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) | Plutarchus (Author) Found in: Additional description
The provost and dramatist Johannes Aal (ca. 1500-1551) was a leading figure in 16th century Solothurn. This composite manuscript, produced between 1517 and 1518, gives an insight into his time as a student. It contains excerpts on Greek and Latin grammar and rhetoric, writings on music theory, as well as excerpts from Petrarch, Guarini, Johannes Reuchlin, Sebastian Brant and others.
Online Since: 06/25/2015
- Aal, Johannes (Former possessor) | Basilius, Caesariensis (Author) | Guarinus, Veronensis (Author) | Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (Author) | Ovidius Naso, Publius (Author) | Petrarca, Francesco (Author) | Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius (Author) | Reuchlin, Johannes (Author) | Vegius, Mapheus (Author) Found in: Standard description
Fragment from a Glagolitic breviary with texts for August 13th and 14th; based on the script, it can be dated to the 15th century. It belonged to Franz Miklosich (1813-1891), one of the most important Slavicists of his time, and was a gift to the Basel Antiques Collection, the precursor of the Basel Historical Museum.
Online Since: 06/25/2015
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description