Item Summary

Collection of theological writings, many by Hugh of St. Victor and Bernard of Clairvaux.

Descriptive Information

Title
De arca Noe ... [etc.]
Call Number
Garrett MS. 78
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcgt54m1954
Publisher
[Spain], [between 1150 and 1225]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1150-1225
Format
Manuscript
Extent
123 leaves : parchment ; 260 x 170 (195 x 105) mm bound to 265 x 175 mm.
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.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1r-52v: De arca Noe / [Hugh of St. Victor]
2. fol. 40v-52v: Libellus de formatione arche / [Hugh of St. Victor]
3. fol. 52v: [Poem]. Anonymous 30-line poem.
4. fol. 53r-62r: [Allegoriae in Novum Testamentum] / [Hugh of St. Victor]
5. fol. 62r-64r: [De septem donis spiritus sancti] / / [Hugh of St. Victor]
6. fol. 64r-90v: [Florilegium]. Brief unidentified theological writings, many concerning virtues and vices.
7. fol. 91r-111v: [De gradibus humilitatis et superbie] / [St. Bernard of Clairvaux]
8. fol. 111v-117r: [Sermon] / [St. Bernard of Clairvaux]
9. fol. 117r-118v: [Sermon LV] / [St. Bernard of Clairvaux]
10. fol. 118v-119v: [Sermon LVI] / [St. Bernard of Clairvaux]
11. fol. 119v-122r: [Sermon XCI] / [St. Bernard of Clairvaux]
12. fol. 122r: [Verses for calculating Egyptian Days, January-December]
13. fol. 122v-123v: [Sermon]. Anonymous sermon or commentary concerning a passage in Luke 10:41-42.
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title from incipit of first text (fol. 1r).
Incipit: [De arca Noe] "Incipit liber magistri Ugonis de arca Noe. Cum sederem aliquando in conuentu fratrum ..." -- [Libellus] "Primum in planicie ubi archam depingere uolo medium centrum quero ..." -- [Poem] "Ut uelox amnis cum nostris labitur annis ..." -- [Allegoriae] "Incipit de vii principalibus uiciis et vii pe̜titionibus et vii donis spiritus sancti ..." -- [De septem donis] "Scriptum est enim. Si enim uos cum sitis mali nostis bona data dare filiis uestris ..." -- [De gradibus humilitatis] "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 ..."
Incipit (continued): [Sermon] "In illo tempore, intrauit ihesus in quoddam castellum et mulier quedam martha nomine excepit eum [Luke 10:38]. Et reliqua ..." -- [Sermon LV] "Erant ibi posite lapidee, vi hydrie̜ se- dere purificationem iudeorum [John 2:6] ..." -- [Sermon LVI] "Capientes singule̜ metretas binas uel ternas [John 2:6] ..." -- [Sermon XCI] "Emissiones tue̜ paradysus [Cant. 4:13]. Vox est illius ce̜lestis ierusalem congaudentis huic quae peregrinatur ..." -- [Verses] "Uersus dierum egyptiorum uniuscuiusque mensis totius anni ..." -- [Sermon] "Sequitur. Maria optimam partem elegit que non auferetur illi ab ea [Luke 10:42] ..."
Collation: Parchment ; fol. i + 123 + i + i (re-used parchment) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 30 lines per page.
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, some with penwork decoration. Two large decorated arches (fol. 52v) and five small decorated arches (fol. 86r). A few marginal decorations (animal head on fol. 86v, note on fol. 99r, etc.). Rubrication throughout.
Origin: Produced in Spain, possibly at the Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria Poblet in Catalonia.
Binding Note
Latin binding. Spain, 15th century or possibly earlier. Alum-tawed sheepskin over oak boards (13 mm thick). Nail holes are evidence of strap (missing).

Discovery Information

Subject
Theology—History—Middle Ages, 600-1500—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
258

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1c58a10f-ce42-4a6f-b263-794a31b6b2e6/manifest