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Subject(s)

• Theology—History—Middle Ages, 600-1500—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Spain [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Illumination of books and manuscripts [Browse]

Author

• Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153 [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Bookseller

• Bernard Quaritch (Firm) [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 78. [Browse]

Notes

• Title from printed catalog.
• Text in Latin.
• Script: Protogothic, with Spanish characteristics such as et ligature, and Cistercian punctuation including punctus flexus.
• Decoration: Initials include an 8-line C in pale yellow on red and blue square background, with foliate penwork decoration (fol. 1r); a 5-line S on a red and blue square background, with foliate penwork (fol. 53r); and many 2- and 3-line red or blue initials, sometimes red and blue, some with penwork decoration. There are two large decorated arches framing the Latin poem (“Ut uelox...”) on fol. 52v, as well as five small dec- orated arches on fol. 86r. Rubrication throughout manuscript.

Binding note

Spain, 15th century or possibly earlier. Alum-tawed sheepskin (?), partly worn and repaired, covering oak boards (13 mm thick).

Contents

• 1.1r-40v: “Incipit liber magistri Ugonis de arca Noe. Cum sederem aliquando in conuentu fratrum....”
• 2.40v-52v: “Primum in planicie ubi archam depingere uolo medium centrum quero....”
• 3.52v: “Ut uelox amnis cum nostris labitur annis ...."
• 4.53r-62r: “Incipit de vii principalibus uiciis et vii pe̜titionibus et vii donis spiritus sancti ...."
• 5.62r-64r: “Scriptum est enim. Si enim uos cum sitis mali nostis bona data dare filiis uestris....”
• 6.64r-90v: [Florilegium of brief, unidentified theological writings, many concerning virtues and vices] --
• 7.91r-111v: “Incipit tractatus beati bernardi de xii gradibus superbie̜ contrariis xii gradibus humilitatis. In hoc opusculo cum de euangelio illud quod dominus ait diem ultimi iudicii se nescire ad aliquam sententiam confirmandam....”
• 8.111v-117r: “In illo tempore, intrauit ihesus in quoddam castellum et mulier quedam martha nomine excepit eum [Luke 10:38]. Et reliqua...."
• 9. 117r-118v: “Erant ibi posite lapidee, vi hydrie̜ se- dere purificationem iudeorum [John 2:6]...."
• 10.118v-119v: “Capientes singule̜ metretas binas uel ternas [John 2:6]...."
• 11.119v-122r: “Emissiones tue̜ paradysus [Cant. 4:13]. Vox est illius ce̜lestis ierusalem congaudentis huic quae peregrinatur....”
• 12.122r: “Uersus dierum egyptiorum uniuscuiusque mensis totius anni...."
• 13.122v-123v: “Sequitur. Maria optimam partem elegit que non auferetur illi ab ea [Luke 10:42]...."

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Provenance

Garrett MS. 78 was produced in Spain, possibly at the Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria Poblet in Catalonia, founded in 1151, the burial place of many kings of Aragon. Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897, purchased the manuscript from Quaritch on 27 September 1900. He later deposited it in the Princeton University Library (deposit no. 1450, written in the lower margin of fol. 2r). His gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 157-161.

Cite as

Garrett MS. 78, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

OCLC

1097222063

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