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Subject(s)

• Christian saints—Italy—Biography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Benedict Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Immortality—Christianity—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Scribe

• Johannes, of Regensburg, active 11th century [Browse]

Former owner

• Vyšší Brod (Monastery) [Browse]
• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Bookseller

• Hirsch, Emil Gustav, 1851-1923 [Browse]
• Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930 [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 70. [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Clasps [Browse]
• Wooden boards [Browse]
• Parchment (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

A collection focusing on miracles, signs, wonders, and healings done by the holy men of sixth-century Italy in the form of a conversation between Pope Gregory and a deacon named Peter.

Notes

• Incipit: “Incipit liber dialogorvm. Qvadam die dum nimis [q]uorundam secularium tumultibus depressus essem quibus in suis negotiis plerumque…”
• Explicit: “…et fidenter dico, quia salutari hostia post mortem non indigemus, si ante mortem hostia ipsi fuerimus. Finit deo gratias ago."
• Ms. codex.
• Title from incipit (fol. 1r).
• List of chapters (fol. 84v-86r). The anonymous text Visio Karoli III, also called Visio Karoli Grossi, on folio 86v. Included in the Chronicon Centulense, this text begins :“Visio quam uidit Karolus de suo nomine tertius imperato".
• Collation: Parchment ; quiremarks for quires 5, 7, and 8 (written as “iix”) ; modern foliation in pencil.
• Layout: 35 long lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; stress marks ; chapter divisions in orange-red roman numerals in the margins; caps filled in with red; occasionally some lines re-inked in the 12th century.
• Decoration: Plain red initials of 6 to 9 lines for the beginnings of the four books: fols. 1r, 16v, 33v, and 58r. Several 2-line litterae notabiliores, and many capitals within the text stroked with red.
• Origin: Written in 1081-1082 by the Irish scribe Johannes [Eoin], working in the Irish Benedictine foundation in Regensburg, Germany.

Binding note

Germany, 13th century. Alum-tawed pigskin over beech boards (6 mm thick). The textblock was trimmed flush with the boards (253 x 190 mm). Strap-and-pin fastening from bottom to top, but previously strapped from top to bottom. Pastedowns are from a 13th-century table of running titles from an unidentified theological manuscript.

Language note

Latin;

Script

Late Carolingian minuscule.

Provenance

The MS belonged to the Cistercians of Hohenfurth until at least 1910. The Munich antiquarian bookseller Emil Hirsch (1851-1923) listed it for sale in a catalog. Robert Garrett (1875-1961) purchased the manuscript through the bookseller Wilfrid M. Voynich (1865-1930). Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift Robert Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897 1942.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 137-139.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

Germany Regensburg.

Other title(s)

• Dialog
• Visio Karoli III.

OCLC

1097220104

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