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Bernardus Claraevallensis, Sermones

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1502

Birthe Verscuren, KU Leuven, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Bernardus Claraevallensis, <i>Sermones</i>
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1502
Former Shelfmarks Fragm. 615
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 13th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata, one hand.
General Remarks

Fol. 1-4 belong to the same quire, but there is (at least) 1 bifolium missing in the middle; fol. 5-6 belong to another quire, but the text is not continuous so there is at least one bifolium missing in the middle.

Original Condition

Page Height 257 mm
Page Width 173 mm
Height of Written Area 185 mm
Width of Written Area 133 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 62 – 64 mm
Number of Lines 36
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Full ruling in brown ink

Current Condition

Extent 3 bifolia
Dimensions 257 x 173 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragment underwent conservation in 2010.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red initials, red rubrication, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Bernardus Claraevallensis
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title <i>Sermones</i>
    • Content Description

      Selection from the Sermones.
    • f. [1]r

History

Provenance
The original manuscript was cut into fragments by 1581 at the latest, as the fragments contain several vertically-added annotations referring to years in the 1580s ('Anno 1585', fol. [3]v; 'Anno 81', fol. [6]r).
Fragment was part of collection kept by Jozef-Maria De Smet (1916-1996). The fragment was acquired by Leuven University Library after De Smet's death in 1996.
Persons and Institutions Jozef-Maria De Smet (previous owner)

Host Volume

Remarks

The fragments were probaly used as wrappers for documents. Fol. [3]v contains a note across the text, which was added in 1585 by a later owner ('Anno 1585'). Fol [4]r contains another later-added annotation, which is difficult to read. The left margin of f. [5]v has an early 16th-century addition in Dutch that is difficult to read ('[...]sgersche [...] in dieser van [...] gekregen'). The left margin of f. [6]v also has a note, possibly added in 1581 ('Anno 81').
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