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 Cluj-Napoca Biblioteca Academiei Române C.55608 I-II Homiliae 1151-1200 Italy 78v_I_back_cover_ Latin Homilia in prologum Evangelii secundum Joannem, ‘Vox spiritualis aquilae’ Joannes Scotus Eriugena ([f. lxxviii v] = vol. I – back cover) [Considera multiplicem et infinitam seminum virtutem quomodo numerositas herbarum, fructuum, animalium in singulis seminibus]// simul continetur, quomodo ex eis surgit formarum pulchra et innumerabilis multiplicitas. …X… Lux itaque hominum est dominus noster Jesus Christus qui in humana natura omni rationali et intellectuali creaturae seipsum manifestavit suȩque divinitatis qua patri aequalis est, abdita reseravit mysteria. Et lux in tenebris lucet. (f. 'lxxix' [r] = vol. II - front cover) Audi apostolum: Fuistis inquit aliquando tenebre nunc autem lux in domino. …X… Lux itaque in tenebris lucet quia dei verbum vita et lux hominum in nostra natura quȩ per se investigata et considerata informis quȩdam tenebrositas reperitur lucere non// [desinit…] (PL 122, 289A-291A)  Migne, PL 122 81v_II_back_cover_ Latin Homiliae genuinae, Homilia VII. In Natale Domini Beda Venerabilis (f. lxxxj [v] = vol. II - back cover): [Quo verbo aperte docetur quod ipsa vitalis ratio] per quam omnia disposita sunt et reguntur non omnem creaturam sed rationabilem tantum ut sapere possit illuminat. …X… Erat lucerna ardens et lucens. Ardens scilicet fide et dilectione, lucens verbo (f. 'xxxij' [r] = vol. I – front cover): et actione. Gratiam vero lucis pectoribus infundere solius est ejus de quo dicitur: Erat lux vera… X… Hominis quoque filius fieri dignatus est, non amittens quod erat, sed assumens quod non erat, ut per hoc homines in Dei filios transferret, gloriȩque suȩ faceret coheredes. (PL 94, 40B-42C) Migne, PL 94 Parchment 2 bifolia365 365490 490230 230380 380490 x 720 'f. lxxxix' on the front cover of vol. II, f. 'lxxxj' in the turn-in of the back cover of vol. II, and f. 'lxxxij' on the front cover of vol. I.  The extant fol. numbers and the flow of the text allow us to collate the fols as follows: 78r (pasted to the board of the back cover of vol. I), 78v (visible on the back cover of vol. I), 79r ('lxxxix', visible on the front cover of vol. II), 79v (pasted to the board of the front cover of vol. II), [80, singleton], 81r (pasted to the board of the back cover of vol. II, but 'lxxxj' visible in the turn-in), 81v (visible on the back cover of vol. II), 82r ('lxxxij' visible on the front cover of vol. I), 82v (pasted to the board of the front cover of vol I). Thus, we have two inner bifolia: vol. I: ff. 78 & 82; vol. II: ff. 79 & 81. 

The entire text blocks are visible on all sides. The wrappers were torn and affected by humidity, and letters are partly washed out. Altogether, the fragments remains legible.

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One hand, Protogothic script. Note the straight, half-uncial morphology of the d, the alternating morphologies of s in final position, the e caudata among other characteristics of praegothica script. The particularly round bows of b, d point towards Italy. 

 Palaeography and the origin of the host volumes, printed in Venice, suggest an Italian origin. The host volumes were printed in Venice in 1520, and were not owned by any individual before entering the collection of the Jesuit College of Cluj, where they were attested in 1604: "Collegii Soc. Jesu Claudiopoli 1604" (f. aai recto of both volumes). In 1833, they belonged to the Catholic Royal High School of Cluj (ibid.). Description by: Adrian Papahagi, UBB Cluj (CODEX Centre), 2026