Henricus, de Calcar (1328-1408)
This volume from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel contains handwritten and printed texts concerning questions on the history of the order, on the spiritual life, as well as on theological interpretations, as for example the commentary on Ecclesiastes by Denis the Carthusian (1402-1471). The handwritten parts are by various hands, among them the Carthusian Johannes Gipsmüller of Basel (1439-1484).
Online Since: 06/14/2018
- Henricus, de Calcar: Ortus et decursus ordinis Cartusiensis (157r-175v)
Incipit: In Christo Ihesu moverint qui pie velint ortum et decursum
Explicit: quarto decimo.
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- Adamus, de Einesham (Author) | Arnoldus, de Villa Nova (Author) | Bernardus, Claraevallensis (Author) | Dionysius, Cartusianus (Author) | Gipsmüller, Johannes (Scribe) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Author) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Annotator) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Librarian) | Henricus, de Calcar (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Johannes, Andreae (Author) | Johannes, Saresberiensis (Author) | Leonardus, Nogarolus (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Librarian) | Petrus, de Alliaco (Author) | Thomas, de Aquino (Author) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript, in a strikingly narrow format, was created in Mainz and, as a gift from the Carthusians living there, it later came to the Carthusian monastery of Basel. It contains a large number of short and very short texts: in addition to some sermons, it mainly contains excerpts from theological, church historical and political treatises, including some in German.
Online Since: 06/18/2020
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- Albertus, Magnus (Author) | Anselm von Canterbury (Author) | Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Basilius, Caesariensis (Author) | Bernardus, Claraevallensis (Author) | Caesarius, Heisterbacensis (Author) | Cassianus, Johannes (Author) | Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius (Author) | Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author) | Eusebius, Caesariensis (Author) | Galfredus, de Vinosalvo (Author) | Gratianus, de Clusio (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Gregorius, Nazianzenus (Author) | Groote, Geert (Author) | Grosseteste, Robertus (Author) | Guilelmus, Parisiensis (Author) | Henricus, de Calcar (Author) | Henricus, de Langenstein (Author) | Hildegard, von Bingen, Heilige (Author) | Hugo, de Sancto Victore (Author) | Isidorus, Hispalensis (Author) | Johannes, Damascenus (Author) | Johannes, Zotzenheim (Author) | Konrad, von Soltau (Author) | Leo I, Papa (Author) | Prosper, de Aquitania (Author) | Remigius, Altissiodorensis (Author) | Richardus, de Sancto Victore (Author) | Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Author) | Tauler, Johannes (Author) | Thomas, de Aquino (Author) Found in: Standard description
This volume contains a large number of texts about theology and canon law. All of it was written by one scribe, the Carthusian Heinrich von Vullenhoe of Basel. In a long note he provides information about the motives that guided him during the compilation: Since as a Carthusian he could not himself act as a preacher, he only had the possibility to spread the Word of God with his hands, i.e. by writing books. He expresses the hope that this compilation he has organized may strengthen the pious on their path and may offer an occasion for remorse for the sinners. Many of the texts that Vullenhoe has combined in this volume refer directly to the Carthusian Order. One example is the treatise de esu carnium, which defends the Carthusian practice of renouncing meat as a foodstuff. Many texts have also been handed down in other manuscripts from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel.
Online Since: 12/12/2019
- Henricus, de Calcar: Ortus et decursus ordinis Cartusiensis (68r-79v)
Incipit: In Christo Iesu noverint qui pie velint ortum et decursum a trecentis et quatuordecim annis ordinis Carthusiensis dei misericordia in domibus et personis continue incrementum sanctum recipientis. Anno domini millesimo octuagesimo secundo
Explicit: hic in gracia et illic in gloria per eum qui venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos et regnat salvator Iesus Christus deus per infinita secula amen. Datum scriptum et actum anno eiusdem domini nostri Iesu Christi millesimo tricentesimo nonagesimo viiiº circa festum beati Iohannis baptiste, duracionis vero ordinis Carthusiensis anno tricentesimo quarto decimo. Deo gracias.
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- Arnoldus, de Villa Nova (Author) | Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Bernardinus, Senensis (Author) | Bernardus, Claraevallensis (Author) | Gerardus, de Vliederhoven (Author) | Gregorius IX, Papa (Author) | Guilelmus, de Sancto Theodorico (Author) | Hélinant, de Froidmont (Author) | Henricus, de Calcar (Author) | Jacobus, de Paradiso (Author) | Johannes, Andreae (Author) | Johannes, de Schonhavia (Author) | Johannes, Gerson (Author) | Johannes, Saresberiensis (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Librarian) | Ludolphus, de Saxonia (Author) | Marsilius, Carthusiensis (Author) | Patricius, Dublinensis (Author) | Petrus, de Alliaco (Author) | Vullenhoe, Heinrich von (Scribe) Found in: Standard description
This paper manuscript, prepared specifically by the scribe Johannes Loy for the Carthusian Monastery of Basel, contains a collection of sermons for reading in the chapter. The sermons were written by three Carthusians: Hieronymus Brönick, Heinrich Arnoldi and Heinrich Eger von Kalkar. An introductory note on folio 1v explains that in order to avoid uniformity, which is the mother of tedium, four different sermons are assembled for every feast day so that the same sermon will be held once only every leap year.
Online Since: 12/14/2018
- Henricus, de Calcar: Sermones capitulares (64r-75r)
Incipit: Verbum caro factum est [Joh 1,14]. Illum magnum prophetam Ihesum potentem in opere et sermone qui de excelso celorum monte descendens
Explicit: Ipso prestante qui est laudabilis et benedictus per eterna secula seculorum. Amen.
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- Henricus, de Calcar: Sermones capitulares (77v-85r)
Incipit: Una est columba mea perfecta mea [Cant 6,8].
Explicit: perveniamus ad patriam claritatis eterne per Ihesum Christum salvatorem nostrum viventem et regnantem per omnia secula seculorum. Amen.
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- Carpentarii, Georgius (Librarian) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Author) | Henricus, de Calcar (Author) | Hieronymus Brünick de Lignitz OCart (Author) | Loy, Johannes (Scribe) Found in: Standard description
This volume from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel contains prayers and meditations by various authors, but most of them written by, or at least attributed to, Anselm of Canterbury. In addition, there is an instruction in spiritual exercises for novices and a Passion of Christ compiled from all four Gospels by Heinrich Arnoldi. Texts by other Carthusian authors are also represented. The codex was written by Martin Ströulin, a Carthusian from Basel.
Online Since: 12/12/2019
- Henricus, de Calcar: Excerptum de via purgativa (89r-94r)
Incipit: Domine Ihesu Christe ego sum ille peccator nequissimus miserrimus infelicior
Explicit: etiam de talibus qui tibi videantur minima etc. >Explicit exercicium patris Heinrici Kalkar<
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- Anselm von Canterbury (Author) | Bernardus, Claraevallensis (Author) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Author) | Henricus, de Calcar (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Librarian) | Rudgerus Cartusensis (Author) | Ströulin, Martin (Scribe) Found in: Standard description
15th century devotional volume, mostly written by the Carthusian Johannes Gipsmüller and owned by the Carthusian monastery of Basel. On the verso side of a parchment leaf, inserted as f. 57 into the paper manuscript, there is a full-page image of Christ on the cross with Mary and John. A peculiarity is a collection of Bible passages in Latin and sayings in German by Petrus Wolfer, which are said to have been written on a wall of the Carthusian monastery, surrounding a crucifixion.
Online Since: 09/26/2017
- Henricus, de Calcar: Tractatus de cottidiano holocausto spiritualis exercitii (119r-130r)
Incipit: Volens purgari de peccatis
Explicit: et amaberis in eternum
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- Carpentarii, Georgius (Scribe) | Gipsmüller, Johannes (Scribe) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Author) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Scribe) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Annotator) | Henricus, de Calcar (Author) | Iordanus, de Quedlinburgo (Author) | Jacobus, Mediolanensis (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Annotator) | Sieber, Ludwig (Annotator) | Wolfer, Peter (Author) Found in: Standard description
This composite manuscript from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel, written by various 15th century hands, is decorated simply. The manuscript contains a miniature; on a torn out page, only remnants of a second miniature can be discerned. In two places, musical notes are added to the text. The texts collected in this volume consist almost exclusively of prayers, most of which are quite short, sometimes taking up no more than half a page of the already small-format manuscript. Some prayers are in prose, others are in verses.
Online Since: 12/10/2020
- Henricus, de Calcar: Oratio (22r)
Incipit: Pie domine, qui me vile lutum
Explicit: virtus et fortitudo deo nostro nunc et in eternum in omnia secula seculorum amen.
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- Anselm von Canterbury (Author) | Arnulfus, de Boeriis (Author) | Arnulfus, de Lovanio (Author) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Bernardus, Claraevallensis (Author) | Bonaventura, Sanctus (Author) | Henricus, de Calcar (Author) | Isaak, von Stella (Author) | Jacobus, Mediolanensis (Author) | Matthaeus, de Cracovia (Author) | Philippus, Cancellarius (Author) | Thomas, de Aquino (Author) Found in: Standard description