Louber, Jakob (1440-1513)
This composite manuscript, property of the scholar and Carthusian monk Johannes Heynlin from Basel, consists of various handwritten and printed pieces of theological content: among them the treatise De saecularium religionibus by the Dominican and church reformer Johannes Nider, written in 1465 by a French scribe and annotated in the margin by Heynlin; or the text De miseria humanae conditionis by Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, one of the most important humanists of the Italian Renaissance. After Heynlin's death, the volume became part of the library of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel.
Online Since: 06/25/2015
- Albertanus, Brixiensis (Author) | Alexander, de Villa Dei (Author) | Heynlin, Johannes (Annotator) | Heynlin, Johannes (Former possessor) | Johannes, Chrysostomus (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Former possessor) | Nider, Johannes (Author) | Palatius, Arnoldus de (Author) | Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco (Author) Found in: Standard description
This composite manuscript is from the library of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel; it contains the first part of the Orationes et meditationes de vita Christi by the mystic Thomas à Kempis (1379-1471), one of the most important representatives of the Devotio moderna. The script and decoration of the fascicle indicate a Dutch school. A central printed part is followed by a collection of supplications and prayers in Latin.
Online Since: 12/14/2017
- Amerbach, Johannes (Former possessor) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Librarian) | Loy, Johannes (Scribe) | Moser, Urban (Librarian) | Thomas, von Kempen (Author) Found in: Standard description
Composite manuscript of philosophical content, owned by Jakob Lauber and even partially written by him. Jakob Lauber from Lindau studied at the then newly founded University of Basel from 1466 until 1475, first in the Faculty of Arts, then canon law in the Faculty of Law. After serving as rector for a short period, he entered the Carthusian Monastery of Basel in 1477; as its prior from 1480 on, he expanded it significantly and reorganized its library. When he entered the monastery, Lauber's library became the property of the monastery.
Online Since: 06/25/2015
- Louber, Jakob (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Anonymus (Author) | Aristoteles (Author) | Euclides (Author) | Gerardus, Cremonensis (Author) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Former possessor) | Louber, Jakob (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Scribe) | Louber, Jakob (Former possessor) | Petrus, Dresdensis (Author) | Siber, Johannes (Author) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript, which was written in part by Johannes Heynlin de Lapide and which came to the Carthusian Monastery of Basel with him, contains Johannes de Fonte's florilegium Auctoritates Aristotelis, a collection of quotations in alphabetical order, two anonymous treatises, as well as treatises by the Franciscan Francis of Meyronnes, by the pseudo John Duns Scotus and by Johannes Breslauer de Braunsberg. A print (5 leaves) of the Tractatus de memoria augenda by Matheolus Perusinus is also bound into this volume.
Online Since: 10/04/2018
- Duns Scotus, Johannes (Author) | Franciscus, de Maironis (Author) | Heynlin, Johannes (Scribe) | Heynlin, Johannes (Former possessor) | Johannes, Breslauer de Braunsberg (Author) | Johannes, de Fonte (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Librarian) | Matteo, da Perugia (Author) | Thomas, de Aquino (Author) Found in: Standard description