Ludolphus, de Saxonia (1300-1377)
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
- Ludolphus, de Saxonia: Excerptum ex Ludolfi de Saxonia de vita Christi, pars I, cap. 44 (67v-68v)
Incipit: Valde periculosum est
Explicit: et pura confessio, qua omnia beneficia predicta per eum facta vel sibi impensa.
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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 small, thick paper and parchment manuscript from the library of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel must have been intensely used, as suggested by soiling and signs of heavy usage. The original red leather binding is covered with another layer of leather that sticks out beyond the covers at the bottom and can be folded over the lower edge as protection. The manuscript contains prayers, hymns and other devotional texts by numerous different authors — primarily saints and popes — such as Mechthild of Magdeburg or Bernard of Clairvaux. Also represented are Carthusian authors such as Heinrich Arnoldi. Several colored woodcut and metalcut prints have been glued onto leaf 4v and 316v.
Online Since: 12/14/2018
- Ludolphus, de Saxonia: Prologus ex Vita Christi (oratio) (250v-251r)
Incipit: Domine Ihesu Christe fili dei
Explicit: per te medear salvus esse. Amen.
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- Anselm von Canterbury (Author) | Benedictus XII, Papa (Author) | Benedictus, de Nursia (Author) | Bernardinus, Senensis (Author) | Bernardus, Claraevallensis (Author) | Bitz, Wilhelm (Restorer) | Bonaventura, Sanctus (Author) | Bonifatius IX., Papst (Author) | Coelestinus V., Papa (Author) | Conradus, Gemnicensis (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Author) | Innocentius III, Papa (Author) | Innocentius IV, Papa (Author) | Johannes XXII., Papst (Author) | Ludolphus, de Saxonia (Author) | Mechthild, von Magedeburg (Author) | Thomas, Becket (Author) Found in: Standard description
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 small-format manuscript in Latin is from the Carthusian monastery of Basel; in particular, it treats the Passion of Christ. The devotional image on the front pastedown takes up this topic, as do the texts, which are by, among others, Ludolph of Saxony, Bonaventure and Eckbert of Schönau. The manuscript's first text, a long devotional text De vita et passione Iesu Christi, may have been written by Heinrich Arnoldi, Carthusian of Basel.
Online Since: 12/14/2017
- Ludolphus, de Saxonia: Orationes e vita Christi (110r-176r)
Incipit: Domine Ihesu Christe, fili dei vivi, concede michi fragili et misero peccatori, vitam et mores tuos, pre oculis cordis semper habere
Explicit: in relevacionem omnis indigencie corporis et anime singulorum. Amen.
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- Anselm von Canterbury (Author) | Bonaventura, Sanctus (Author) | Ecbertus, Schonaugiensis (Author) | Gipsmüller, Johannes (Scribe) | Heinrich Arnoldi (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Librarian) | Ludolphus, de Saxonia (Author) | Moser, Urban (Librarian) Found in: Standard description
Paper manuscript with colored pen sketches from 1396. The Passion tract follows the Vita Christi by Ludolf von Sachsen (of which it is the first German version), the liturgical tract follows Marquard von Lindau. Produced by Nicholaus Schulmeister, clerk of Lucerne from 1368 to 1402, for Lucerne patrician widow Margaretha von Waltersberg. After her death the codex was to be inherited by the nuns. It remained in their possession until 1887 and since then has been held in the library of Engelberg Abbey.
Online Since: 11/04/2010
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- Gottwald, Benedikt (Librarian) | Ludolphus, de Saxonia (Author) | Marquard, von Lindau (Author) | Schulmeister, Nikolaus (Author) | Schulmeister, Nikolaus (Scribe) Found in: Standard description
- Gottwald, Benedikt (Librarian) | Ludolphus, de Saxonia (Author) | Marquard, von Lindau (Author) | Schulmeister, Nikolaus (Author) | Schulmeister, Nikolaus (Scribe) Found in: Additional description
- Gottwald, Benedikt (Librarian) | Ludolphus, de Saxonia (Author) | Marquard, von Lindau (Author) | Schulmeister, Nikolaus (Author) | Schulmeister, Nikolaus (Scribe) Found in: Additional description
De vita solitaria is one of the Latin works by the famous Italian poet Petrarch (1304-1374), who wrote it in 1346 and revised it several times in the course of the following years. Two books praise the secluded, solitary life dedicated to study and meditation. This paper manuscript shows a certain elegance, in the page layout as well as in the two gold initials (p. 7, 103). Its origin is unknown, but before 1892, when it was acquired by the library, it was owned by the canons of Lausanne and a family of notaries from Muraz (Valais). The binding originally consisted of a series of 14th century paper fragments, which were joined together in numerous layers and were later detached and restored. Some of these fragments are papal privileges addressed to members of various French dioceses, others are in Italian from the area of Tuscany, and one contains Hebrew text.
Online Since: 12/10/2020
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- Ludolphus, de Saxonia (Author) | Petrarca, Francesco (Author) Found in: Standard description