Add MS 39643

PARHAM MS. LXI. JOHANNES DIRKSZOON van Schoonhoven, Tractatus de passione, and St. Augustine, Manuale : Dutch versions with other theological pieces in Dutch.

1. Translation, in 10 chapters, of the Tractatus de passione Domini (also called the Exhortatorium spirituale) of Johannes Dirkszoon van Schoonhoven, canon regular of Groenendael, d. 1431 (for whom see J. G. R. Acquoy, Het Klooster te Windesheim, ii, p. 318, note 3). The Tractatus has not been printed, but exists in MSS. e.g. Brussels Roy. Libr. 15129, f. 167 ; 5848, f. I (Van den Gheyn, Cat. des MSS. de la Bibl. Royale, iii, 1903, pp. 322-3). Cf. also Moll in Kerkhistorisch Archief, Amsterdam, iv, p. 263. For MSS., of the Dutch version see W. de Vreese, De Handschriften van Jan van Ruusbroec's Werken, i, 1900, p. 434. An apparently independent version of the same work is in Add. MS. 11487, f. 110, headed " Hier beghint een seer deuote epistel die broeder lohannes regulier te Groenendale sende synen neue bi Wttrecht in die Cathusers oerde " (see De Vreese, op. cit., ii, p. 511). The present text (which appears to agree with that in Cologne MS. G B 8^o 71, f. 59) lacks the superscription and begins with the prologue, headed " Hier begint dat prologus van dat metalen serpent," and beginning "Dat metalen serpent uit cruus te scouwen." Chap. 1, headed " Een minlike vermaninghe van den leuen ende liden ons heren Ihesu Christi. Dat. i. cap.", beg. " Christo ergo in carne passo, etc. [l Pet. iv. 1]. Alre liefste alsoe du sietste dattu natuerlic niet en leues in den water." The last chapter ends " Ick bin die alre vterste van allen mannen." f. 1.

2. Translation of two excerpts from Pseudo-Bonaventura's Stimulus Amoris (ed. Peltier, Opera Bonaventurae, 1868, xii, p. 632), viz. ;-

(a) " Dit is ghenomen wt dat prekel der minnen ende tis van die ghedenckenisse des goeden vridaghes hoe die salige Maria hair doe hadde. dat iii. cap.," beg. " Die waerde moeder Maria stont bi den cruce." f. 82 ;- (b) " Wt dat selue boec van seuerhande opganc totter contemplacien in die passi ons heren Ihesu Christi. dat vi. cap. [pt. i, cap. 7 in Peltier's ed.]," beg. " In deser eersamigher passien ons heren Ihesu Christi." f. 86. In the Cologne MS. (see art. 1 above) the Tractatus is also followed by a version of an excerpt from the Stimulus Amoris (ii. 2).

3. Five devotional meditations, viz. :- (a) " Hoe die discipel Christi hem figurieren sal der passien Christi Die wijsheit," beg. " Merct nauwe dat van deser vraghen wel te rechte uwe binnenste beroeren sal te medeliden " : Christ describes His passion. f. 103;-

-(b) " Dat onse here ghedoopt was," beg. " Doe onse lieue here gedoept was " : meditation on Christ in the wilderness. f. 105 ;-

-(c) " Wt die bibel," beg. " Doe Moyses gedreuen hadde die scaren sijnre scapen tot dat innerste der woestinen " : on the burning bush. f. 108 b ;-

-(d) " O vader dat is ewich leuen dat si di bekennen alleen enen waerachtighen god ende Ihesu Christo dienstu gheseint hebste. Augustinus," beg. " Die redelike creatuer is daer toe alleen ghemaect " : on the above text of St. Augustine. f. 118 b;-

(e) " Moyses sprac tot onsen here Seynde die te seynden is " : on the words of Moses, "Mitte quem missurus es " (Exod. iv. 13). f. 125 b.

4. " Hier beghint sinte Augustijns hantboexkijn. Dat eerste capittel is van der bescouwinge ons heren Ihesu xpristi," beg. " Want wi in den middel der streke gheset sijn " : translation, in 37 chapters, of the Manuale, Enchiridion, or Liber de salute animae, variously attributed to St. Augustine, St. Anselm, St. Bernard, and Hugh of St. Victor (printed, Migne, Patr. Lat., xl. 951, cf. clxxvii.

71), for which cf. Hauréau, Not. et Extr., iii, 1891, p. 177. For other MSS. of the Flemish version see W. de Vreese, op. cit., ii, p. 527. and Priebsch, Deutsche Handschriften, i, pp. 85, 187. According to de Vreese there are two independent versions. The present copy agrees with Phillipps 4082 as against Egerton 677, f. 44. f. 130.

5. Extracts from a work on the Sacrament, viz. :-(a) " Een ghebet wt dat i. cap. Coemt alle," beg. " Ic dancke di o goede Ihesu." f. 176 ;-

-(b) " Hoe veel goets den ghenen gegheuen wort die deuoteliken communicieren. dat ii. cap.," beg. " O heer mijn god." ib. ;-

-(c) " Van der offerhande Christi in den cruce ende dat een mensche hem seluen gode sel offeren. dat iii. cap.," beg. " Alsoe ic mi seluen." f. 179 ;-

-(d) "Hoe dat die grote goetheit ende liefte gods den menschen bewesen wort in den heilighen sacrament. dat vi. cap.," beg. " O heer ic heb getrouwen op dijn goetheit." f. 180 b ;-

-(e) " Hoe nut ende orbaerlic dat is dicwijl te communicieren. dat .vii. capittel," beg. " Siet ie coem ." f. 183 b ;-

-(f) " Dit ghebet sprac sinte Thomas van Aquinen in sijn leste eynde totten heyligen sacrament," beg. " Ic aenbede di verborghen wairheit " : the rhythmus "Adoro te devote latens deitas " (cf. Quétif and Échard, Scriptt. Ord. Praed., i, p. 344). A longer form of the same version, with dialect differences, is in Add. 39638, f. 110 b. f. 186;-

-(g) " Als men dat heylighe sacrament ontfanghen heeft. Ghebet," beg. " Dit sijn die werscapen welken di behaghelicken sijn " : prayer after Communion. f. 187 -(h) " Een ghebet van den heylighen sacrament. Domine Ihesu Christe," beg. " Here Ihesu Christe lof si dijnre onsprekeliker goedertierenheit." f. 188 b.

6. " Van der minnen gods tot gode " : a treatise on the love of God, in three sections. Beg. " Daer wort oec god gheminnet tot gode." f . 190.

7. " Dit is ghenomen wt die consecracie in alder offerhande die daer toe behoert. Glosa": on offerings under the old and new dispensations. Beg. " Gheestelic te merken so is vriheit ons willen also een prince al ons leuens ende al onser werke." f. 196.

8. " Dit is van den balsamranc " : on Christ as a branch of balsam. Beg. " Siet al dese dinghen moghen wi verstaen geestelic in die menscheit ons heren." f. 208 b.

9. " Dit is wt cantica van den trecken gods " : six comments on the Song of Songs, i. 3. Beg. " Trecket mi na di, wi sellen in die roke dijnre saluen lopen. Dit sijn die woirden der bruut." The other comments are headed, " Na den anderen sin." f. 210 b.

Art. 10 is a later addition (16th cent.).

10. Directions how to receive the Sacrament. Beg. " Als ghy zult gaen tot dat heilyghe Sacrament." f. 221 b. Vellum ; ff. ii + 223. 4 1/8 in. x 3 3/8 in. XV cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves (x⁹, xxii⁶). Initials and penwork borders in colours : red, blue and violet. Leather binding (18th-l9th cent.). Inscription on f. ii in gold " R. Curzon. Ch[rist] Ch[urch, Oxford] 1829 " (cf. Add. 39638). In the Curzon Cat. probably MSS. in Modern Languages, no. 2.

Dutch MSS: : 15th cent.: Dutch.

Theology DUTCH: Treatises, etc.: 15th cent.

includes:

• f. 1 Johannes Dirkszoon van Schoonhoven: Tractatus de passione Domini: 15th cent.: Dutch transl.
• ff. 82, 86 Saint Bonaventura,; Cardinal-bishop of Albano: Version of two excerpts from the Stimulus Amoris falsely ascribed to: 15th cent.: Dutch.
• f. 130 Saint Augustine,; Bishop of Hippo: Translation into Dutch of Enchiridion attrib. to: 15th cent.
• f.176 Sacraments: Extracts from a work on the sacrament: 15th cent.: Dutch.
• f. 186 Saint Thomas Aquinas: Versions of the rhythmus " Adoro te " attrib. to: 15th cent.: Flem. and Dutch.
• f. 210 b Bible. Commentaries: Six comments on the Song of Songs, i. 3: 15th cent.: Dutch.
• f. 221 b Sacraments: Directions how to receive the sacrament: 16th cent.: Dutch.