The manuscript includes: 1. Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), De planctu naturae (ff. 1r-41r); 2. Bernardus Silvestris, De universitate mundi (ff. 42r-73v); 3. P. Ovidius Naso, Epistulae ex Ponto (ff. 74r-109v); 4. Walter Burley, Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum (ff. 110r-147v); 5. L...
Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), De planctu naturae
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Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), De planctu naturae. Decoration: Large puzzle initials in red and black ink with penwork decoration, and smaller initials in red, some with penwork decoration; quide letters next to initials. Paraphs in red and first letters of verses highlighted in red.
Bernardus Silvestris, De universitate mundi, book 2, Megacosmos, in prose and verse. Decoration: Large puzzle initial in black and red ink, at the beginning of the text (f. 42r). Smaller initials in red, some with guide letters; paraphs in red; and first letters of verses highlighted in red.
P. Ovidius Naso, Epistulae ex Ponto. The title in the manuscript reads 'Ovidius de ponto'. Decoration: Initial in red with penwork decoration in red, at the beginning of the text, and smaller initials in red throughout the text. First letters of verses highlighted in red.
Walter Burley, Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum
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A collection of lives of philosophers, Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum, by Walter Burley (b.1274/5, d. in or after 1344), an English philosopher and fellow of Merton College, Oxford, incipit: 'Thales philosopus asianus ut ait Laertius...' Decoration: Initial in red with pen-flourished d...
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...