Valerius Maximus (ca. S. I a.C.n.- ca. S. I. p.C.n.)
This small-format codex probably is from the Carthusian monastery of Mainz, from where it came to the Carthusian monastery of Basel, where numerous ownership notes were added. It contains a great variety of excerpts from religious, historical and other literature from the Middle Ages and antiquity. The length of the texts also varies considerably: in addition to short excerpts and two- or four-line verses about various things such as popes or bees, there are longer pieces such as Hugh of Fouilloy's De rota verae et falsae religionis or the first half of Paradisus Animae by Pseudo-Albertus Magnus.
Online Since: 06/18/2020
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- Adamus, de Einesham (Author) | Albertus, Magnus (Author) | Anselm von Canterbury (Author) | Aristoteles (Author) | Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Bernardus, Claraevallensis (Author) | Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (Author) | Cassianus, Johannes (Author) | Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author) | Eusebius, Caesariensis (Author) | Gratianus, de Clusio (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Henricus, de Langenstein (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Hrabanus, Maurus (Author) | Hugo, de Folieto (Author) | Hugo, de Sancto Victore (Author) | Hugo, Lincolniensis (Author) | Isaac, Ninivita (Author) | Isidorus, Hispalensis (Author) | Jacopone, da Todi (Author) | Johannes, Damascenus (Author) | Josephus, Flavius (Author) | Ludolphus, de Saxonia (Author) | Nicolaus, de Lyra (Author) | Ovidius Naso, Publius (Author) | Petrus, Lombardus (Author) | Prosper, de Aquitania (Author) | Prudentius Clemens, Aurelius (Author) | Sallustius Crispus, Gaius (Author) | Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Author) | Valerius Maximus (Author) | Venturinus, de Bergamo (Author) | Vincentius, Bellovacensis (Author) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript originally consisted of at least two books, as can still be seen from the separate original foliation. The first part was written in the 13th century by several very similar hands; it contains numerous sermons, among others some by Gilbertus Tornacensis and Bonaventure. The second part, written by a main hand from the 14th century, contains a vast collection of exempla of various origins. This plain manuscript belonged to the library of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel, as confirmed by numerous notes of ownership, two old title labels and various old shelfmarks.
Online Since: 12/14/2018
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- Bernardus, Claraevallensis (Author) | Bonaventura, Sanctus (Author) | Caesarius, Heisterbacensis (Author) | Cassianus, Johannes (Author) | Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius (Author) | Gilbertus, Tornacensis (Author) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Annotator) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Johannes, Saresberiensis (Author) | Moser, Urban (Author) | Odo, de Ceritona (Author) | Rufinus, Aquileiensis (Author) | Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Author) | Valerius Maximus (Author) Found in: Standard description
This composite manuscript from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel was written by various hands; it contains primarily astrological writings, among them texts by Abraham ibn Esra, Al-Zarkali and Hermes Trismegistus translated from the Arabic, Hebrew and Greek. In the margin of f. 120r there is a blessing against worms, on f. 145v medical advice in a blend of German and Latin. In addition to handwritten parts, the volume also contains three prints. One of the two original leather clasps is still intact.
Online Since: 03/29/2019
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- Alfonsus, Bonihominis (Translator) | Aristoteles (Author) | Bruni, Leonardo (Author) | Bruni, Leonardo (Translator) | Campanus, Johannes (Author) | Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author) | Florus, Lucius Annaeus (Author) | Henricus, Bate (Translator) | Hermes, Trismegistus (Author) | Hippocrates (Author) | Ibn-ʿEzra, Avraham Ben-Meʾir (Author) | Johannes, de Lineriis (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Librarian) | Maġribī, as-Samauʾal Ibn-Yaḥyā al- (Author) | Nicolaus, de Tudeschis (Author) | Petrus, de Abano (Translator) | Petrus, De Andelo (Author) | Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius (Author) | Ṯābit Ibn-Qurra (Author) | Valerius Maximus (Author) | Valescus, de Taranta (Author) | Zarqālī, Ibrāhīm Ibn-Yaḥyā az- (Author) Found in: Standard description
One of the earliest and most famous manuscripts of Valerius Maximus; its importance lies in the autograph reworkings by Lupus of Ferrières. Lupus himself wrote the Exempla and the comment on the sometime "flyleaves" (f. II-III), repeatedly collated the main text, added supplements from the parallel transmission of Iulius Paris (an abbreviator of Valerius Maximus) and also its accompanying text (Gaius Titius Probus: De praenominibus; f. 158va-159r). In making the fresh description a hitherto unnoticed letter- or charter-like text was discovered on the last page (f. 159v).
Online Since: 06/23/2016
- Bongars, Jacques (Former possessor) | Daniel, Pierre (Former possessor) | Gravisset, Jakob von (Former possessor) | Hortin, Samuel (Librarian) | Iulius, Paris (Author) | Lupus, Ferrariensis (Annotator) | Titus Probus, Gaius (Author) | Valerius Maximus (Author) | Wild, Marquard (Librarian) Found in: Standard description
This is an especially lovely exemplar, written in France (Paris?) or Flanders, of The Mirror of Human Salvation, or Speculum humanae salvationis. The work itself exists in over 200 manuscript copies and numerous print editions. The Mirror of Human Salvation is divided into the prefiguring of salvation (Old Testament), the story of salvation as told in the New Testament (from the Annunciation to the Judgement Day), the 7 Stations of the Passion, the 7 Sorrows and the 7 Joys of Mary. At this time, four leaves and the opening portion are missing.
Online Since: 11/04/2010
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- Morel, Gallus (Librarian) | Petrus, Comestor (Author) | Valerius Maximus (Author) Found in: Standard description