Lectionale officii
Dominica II in Quadragesima? – Ambrosius Mediolanensis, Expositio in Lucam, VII, 57-58; Beda Venerabilis, Homiliae, LXXIII In festo martyrum, 6-8
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General Information
The text is written by one hand in a neat Protogothica. The letters are round, well-spaced, no considerable narrowing of their bodies is noticeable. With some exceptions, the text is encased between two lines. The length of ascenders is considerably reduced and does not go above topline. Several descenders extend below baseline ("p" in "pascha", "capili"), but most letters are placed on the line or extend only minimally bellow ("c" in cognita", where "c” and “o" are elevated to allow for the bow of "g" to sit on the line). Hairlines are added at the top of "e" ("celeritate"), at the base of straight “r” (“reparare”). The feet of the minims of “m” and “n” are curved to the right. The top of the shaft of “a” turns towards the left but does not close. Straight-backed “d” (“deus”, “de”) and round “d” (“ad”, “aliquid”) are used interchangeably. “D” with a horizontal serif to the left is included in “deus”. Tall “s” and round “s” are used indifferently in final position (“calceamentis”, “eius”). The treatment of “b” varies. In some cases, the back is slightly broken (“libet”), other forms have a straight back or are slightly slanted to the left at the very top (“solubilis”). One instance of “b” with a back slanted inwards to the right appears on the wrapper. The bow of “g” is fully closed. The limb of “h” is rounded and slightly elongated towards the end but does not go below baseline (“nihil”).
Original Condition
Current Condition
The wrapper is affected by stains, dirt, and other blemishes. The text is illegible in the upper and lower margins; there are doodles in ink on the back cover and spine.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Major foliated initial (5 lines, 37 mm, red and blue, oxidised to green) on the verso of the fragment, visible on front board.
Content
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Content Item
- Persons
- Text Language Latin
- Title Lectionale officii
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Content Description
(Back cover, col. b) [Denique ad Moysen dicit] //Solve calceamentum pedum tuorum; locus enim in quo stas, terra sancta est (Exod. III, 5). Mortale igitur atque terrenum calceamentum iubetur soluere... X ... et qui in tipo pascha celebrat, patere potest uulneri... [qui autem minister est ueritatis hebetat venena, non trepidat?] (Ambrosius Mediolanensis, Expositio in Lucam VII, 57-58; Migne, PL 15, 1423-24).
(Spine and front cover, col a) ??? Querit fortasse aliquis quomodo dicat apostolus: nunquid de bobus cura est Deo (I Cor. IX)... X (col. b) ...Nolite ergo timere, multis passeribus pluris estis. [Non plures estis legendum est, quod ad comparationem numeri pertinet...]
(Beda Venerabilis, Homiliae 3, Homilia lxxiii In festo martyrum, 6-8; Migne, PL 94, 458-59)
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- Edition Migne, PL 15, 1423-24; PL 94, 458-59
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Remarks
Ambrosius, In Lucam; Beda, Hom. LXXIII
History
Compiled and bound in Germany?
The book was owned by at least two recorded individuals.
One hand lists the acquistion price: "Valet den. 40" (front pastedown).
The earliest recorded owner, from the early 17th c. is Johannes Armbruster: "Sum Ioannis Armbruesteri D.", "Sum Johannis Armbrusteri" (front pastedown).
Johann Armbruster, who was priest in Mainz and Jesuit teacher in Speyer died in 1603 (earlier than the latest pamphlet bound in this volume, 1605), and is probably not the owner of this volume. However, several persons called Johannes Armbruster are attested in Germany and in Transylvania in the 17th c.
The volume probably reached Transylvania by 1752, as demonstrated by notes on the title page of the first pamphlet: "1752", "Petri B. Szathmári mp", "Valet den. 60". On the same page, a stamp from 1871 shows that the volume belonged to the library of the Reformed College of Cluj.
Host Volume
Former shelfmarks: "45?", "??" (spine).