Item Summary

Collection of three religious works.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Regula pastoralis] ... [etc.]
Call Number
Princeton MS. 119
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcz029ph74v
Publisher
[England], [between 1200 and 1225]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1200-1225
Format
Manuscript
Extent
130 leaves : parchment ; 200 x 155 (150 x 112) mm bound to 204 x 166 mm.
Provenance
Unknown early and intermediate provenance. There are 13th- and 14th-century annotations in various hands. The Princeton University Library purchased it from Alan G. Thomas, proprietor of Commins Bookshop, Bournemouth, probably in the late 1970s.
Source Acquisition
Purchase.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 348-349.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1r-53v: [Regula pastoralis] / [Pope Gregory I]
2. fol. 54r: [Diadema monachorum (preface)].
3. fol. 54r-55v: [List of 100 chapters in Diadema monachorum]
4. fol. 55v-121v: [Diadema monachorum]
5. fol. 122r-123r: [List of chapters in Penitentialis]
6. fol. 123v-130v: Penitentialis. Chapters 1-20.
Notes
Incipit: [Regula pastoralis] "etiam ammonitionis modo per singula quanta possumus breuitate pandamus?" -- [Diadema monachorum] "Incipit primum capitulum. De oratione. Hoc remedium eius qui uitiorum temptamentis exestuat. Ut quotiens aliquo tangitur uitio ..." -- [Penitentialis] "Numquam nimis docetur aut scitur quod cum salutis dispendio caretur et ignoratur. Studeant itaque sacerdotes omnibus innotescere et mala cum quibus et bona sine quibus nemo saluari ..."
Explicit: [Regula pastoralis] "... ut quia pondus proprium deprimit, tui me meriti manus leuet." -- [Diadema monachorum] "... sic inuisibiliter de corporis castitate uel animi puritate spirituale gaudium habere mereamur. Amen." -- [Penitentialis] "... exutus indumento nudum se in spinarum aculeis et urticarum incendiis proiecit, et per"
Ms. composite codex.
Title devised by cataloger based on first work.
Thread page markers, medieval "tabs" of plaited red, white and blue thread (fol. 54 and 121).
Collation: Parchment ; fol. iii (paper) + 130 + ii (paper) ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 27 lines per page ; ruled.
Decoration: Three 3-line red and pale blue initials, with red penwork and extensions. 2- to 3-line initials alternating in red and pale blue, generally with penwork of the other color throughout.
Origin: Written in England in the beginning of the 13th century.
Binding Note
Later binding by Bayntun of Bath. England, 20th century. Brown calf over pasteboard. Gold-tooled turn-ins. Rose and teal marbled paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Multi-colored endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Pastoral theology—Catholic Church—Early works to 1800
Monastic and religious life—Early works to 1800
Repentance—Christianity—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
274

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e8a70f95-f93c-4296-bcb8-8d5aec689332/manifest