The manuscript contains: f. 1v: Table of contents. ff. 2r-18v: Honorius Augustodunensis, Elucidarius. ff. 19r-26v: Alain de Lille, Liber Penitentialis, appended with 'De confessione' (f. 26r) and Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo de diversis (ff. 26r-26v). ff. 27r-33v: Willelmus Peraldus, Summa de...
Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), Liber Penitentialis
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Liber Penitentialis by Alain de Lille (or Alanus ab Insula) (c. 1128–1203). Rubric: 'Incipit penitenciale secundum magistrum Alanum', incipit: 'A domine deus'. Followed by a rubric 'De confessione' (f. 26r), incipit: 'Trinum deum peccator offendit'; and a sermon by Bernard of Clairvaux (Sermo de...
An extract from the Summa de vitiis composed by Willelmus Peraldus (d. 1261) in c. 1236. Rubric: 'Incipit capituli in libro de vitiis', incipit: 'Tractatus iste continet ix partes'. The text is preceded by a set of four full-page prefatory images in tinted drawing: f. 27r: A Dominican friar ...
Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille) (c. 1128–1203) (?), De sex alis cherubim, rubric: 'De prima ale que dicitur confessio et cuiusdem prima penna que dicitur veritas', incipit: 'Prima ala est'. The earliest manuscript attributions of this text are to Clement of Llanthony (prior of Llanthony and th...
Bestiary. Rubric: 'Incipit liber de natura bestiarum', incipit: 'Leo fortissimus bestiarum'. Decoration: The text is illustrated by 136 framed tinted drawings of animals in colours: Lion (f. 36r); Tiger (f. 36v); Leopard; Panther (f. 37r); Antelope; Unicorn (f. 38r); Lynx; Griffin (f. 38v); El...
Willelmus Peraldus, Summa de vitiis, begins imperfectly: '...gaudium nostrum in hac valle lacrimarum'; explicit: 'Explicit summa de vitiis septem et eorum speciebus multimodum'.
Pseudo-Bernard, Tractatus sive meditatio Bernardi de interiori homine
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Pseudo-Bernard, Tractatus sive meditatio Bernardi de interiori homine. Rubric: 'Incipit liber beati Bernardi de interiori homine qualiter homo debeat parvenire ad cognitionem dei'; incipit: 'Multi multa sciunt et seipsos nesciunt'.