Arnoldus, Bonavallis († ca. 1156)
This manuscript contains predominantly hagiographical texts, written in various hands at the beginning of the 13th century. One could reasonably propose that it originated at Hauterive. Without doubt, the text at the beginning of the collection was most important for the monks, a Vita of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (the Vita prima), which takes up the greatest part of the manuscript. Also worth noting is a text quite surprising in a monastic context: the Liber locorum sanctorum terrae Jerusalem at the time of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem by Fretellus of Nazareth († after 1154). Another particularity of the manuscript is its binding with flaps that show traces of metalwork in the shape of a star.
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- Arnoldus, Bonavallis (Author) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Fretellus (Author) | Godefridus, Altissiodorensis (Author) | Gremaud, Jean (Librarian) | Guilelmus, de Sancto Theodorico (Author) | Hugo, de Sancto Victore (Author) Found in: Standard description