MS 17 Vita s. martini, etc.
Title
Vita s. martini, etc.Authors
- Severus, Sulpicius (https://lccn.loc.gov/n79129029)
- Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint, 538-594 (https://lccn.loc.gov/n80128596)
Other related names
- Haddon Hindley, Sir John, former owner
- Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner (https://lccn.loc.gov/n50078542)
- Goodhart, Howard Lehman, 1884?-1951, former owner (https://lccn.loc.gov/nr99022084)
Funders
- Council on Library and Information Resources
Call number
MS 17(Bryn Mawr, United States, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr College Library)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Bryn Mawr College LibraryLanguage
LatinOrigin
15th century
- Place
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Verona?, Northern Italy
Summary
This is a fifteenth-century manuscript from Northern Italy, possibly Verona, which contains Sulpicius Severus' Life of Saint Martin and his Dialogues; Gregory of Tours' Life of Saint Martin of Tours; Tituli Metrici de Sancto Martino; and the Life of Saint Zeno.
Extent
I+90+i; 201 x 140 mm bound to 214 x 150 mmFoliation
Foliation in ink, upper right recto; some refoliation in pencil, upper right rectoCollation
1-6 (10), 7 (12), 8 (10), 9 (8)Support
ParchmentCatchwords
Horizontal catchwords centered in lower margin, verso, accompanied by four similar flourishes above, below, and on both sidesBinding
Original wooden boards with eighteenth-century blind-tooled leather backing, leather and metal clasp; on spine, gold-tooled: SEU. SVLPITII/ VITA S. MARTINI MSS; On back cover in ink: "Vita B. Martini"Layout
Decoration
Four two-line red initials; spaces for all other initials left unfilled with guide letters for decorator visible; headings and tables of contents in red, almost totally faded
Script
Provenance
- Written in the fifteenth century; the inclusion of the Life of Zeno suggests that it may have been written in Verona, that saint's diocese; early provenance unknown; library shelf mark: "533" in ink and on a paper label on inside front cover; on verso of folio i: "MS 32"; two unidentified catalogue entries glued to inside cover, # 5335 and #139; in lead on inside back cover: "#12884"; in the collection of Sir John Hadden Hindley (1765-1827; bookplate); Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 6732 on fol. 1r, listed in the Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum) acquired it in 1834 from Howell and Steward; in the collection of Howard L. Goodhart (bookplate), and presented by him to Bryn Mawr College (bookplate) in 1943
Keywords
- Biography
- 15th century
- Italian
- Original binding
- Italy
Licenses
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- Text
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Table of contents
- fol. 1r — Sulpicius Severus, Life of Saint Martin, Prologue, Table of Contents; incipit: [S]EVERVS Desiderio fratri karissimo salutem. Ego quidem frater unanimis libellum quem de uita Sancti Martini scripseram seda sua comprimere et intra domesticos parietes cohibere decreueram; explicit: Subueniat lapsis memor ipse sue pietatis.
- fol. 3r — Sulpicius Severus, Life of Saint Martin; incipit: Plerique mortalium studio et glorie seculari innaniter dediti exinde perhennem ut putabant memoriam nominis sui quesierunt.; explicit: Martinus habrahe sinu letus excipitur. Martinus hic pauper et modicus celum diues ingreditur.
- fol. 28r — Sulpicius Severus, Dialogue I; incipit: [C]um in unum locum ego et Gallus noster conuenissemus uir mihi et propter Martini memoriam ex illius enim discipulis erat et propter sua merita carissimus; explicit: Unde prima illius interim mutilando gesta pretereo neque ea attingam que laycus egit ac Monachus nec vero audita ab aliis potius quamque uidi ipse dicturus sum.
- fol. 46r — Sulpicius Severus, Dialogue II; incipit: [Q]uo primo igitur tempore relictis scolis beato me uiro iunxi paucos post dies euntem ad ecclesiam sequebamur.; explicit: Uerum quia de Martini uirtutibus nequaquam explicari uniuersa potuerunt, hec nobis hodie audisse sufficiat, cras reliqua dicemus. Ita pariter accepta sponsione surreximus.
- fol. 57r — Sulpicius Severus, Dialogue III; incipit: [L]ucessit o Galle surgendum est. Nam ut uides et Postumianus instat. Et hic presbiter qui hesterno auditorium amisit.; explicit: Nec cum maxime flebili uoce gemeremus omnium lacrimis per nostra lamenta commotis, cum magna quidem Martini admiratione sed non minore ex nostris flectibus [sic] dolore discessum est.
- fol. 68v — Gregory of Tours, Life of Saint Martin of Tours; incipit: [C]lemens trinitas et una diuinitas ut autem per sacramentum cognoscatur. Unitas est ab eo et qui est spiritus sanctus; explicit: Nos uero de quanto nostro tempore aut fieri uidimus aut factum certe cognouimus silere nequiuimus.
- fol. 72v — Tituli Metrici de Sancto Martino; incipit: Uenimus en istuc hic nemo personat heu; explicit: Quarta die ipsius mensis missam deuotissime celebrabis. hoc si feceris et in presenti seculo et in futuro patrocinia illius promerebis. Lege ut credas, crede ut uiuas in eternum. DEO GRATIAS.
- fol. 77r — Life of Saint Zeno; incipit: Eo tempore quo Ualerianus cum filio Galieno fasces Romani Imperii suscepit; explicit: quam palam artifex durus nocuit qui magis dolis et regnis quam uiribis confidit protinus sacerdotes apertis inditiis Satam inter filios dei uenisse cognouerunt.
Decorations
- Inside front cover — Bookplate for Sir John Haddon Hindley
- Inside front cover — Bookplate: "The Library of Bryn Mawr College, The Gift of Howard L. Goodhart"
- Inside front cover — Bookplate for Howard Lehman Goodhart
- Inside front cover — Library shelf mark: "533" in ink on paper label
- Inside front cover — Catalogue entry glued in: "5335 SEVERI SULPITII VITA ST. MARTINI, a MS. on vell. in the Roman character, 4to. wooden boards"
- Inside front cover — Catalogue entry glued in #139
- Inside front cover — Note in pencil: "Census 1684 pencil"
- Inside front cover — Note in pencil: "Feb. 1943. Gift of Howard L. Goodhart"
- Flyleaf 1 verso — Note in ink: "533"
- Flyleaf 1 verso — Note in pencil: "S. Martinus XVc..."
- fol. 1r — Phillipps number in ink: "Phillipps MS 6732"
- fol. 3r — Two-line red initial P
- fol. 4v — Two-line red initial Q
- fol. 7v — Two-line red initial N
- fol. 8v — Two-line red initial I
- Flyleaf 1 verso — Note in ink: "533"
- Flyleaf 1 verso — Note in pencil: "S. Martinus XVc..."
- Inside back cover — Note in pencil: "12884"
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Decoration: Bookplate for Sir John Haddon Hindley
Decoration: Bookplate: "The Library of Bryn Mawr College, The Gift of Howard L. Goodhart"
Decoration: Bookplate for Howard Lehman Goodhart
Decoration: Library shelf mark: "533" in ink on paper label
Decoration: Catalogue entry glued in: "5335 SEVERI SULPITII VITA ST. MARTINI, a MS. on vell. in the Roman character, 4to. wooden boards"
Decoration: Catalogue entry glued in #139
Decoration: Note in pencil: "Census 1684 pencil"
Decoration: Note in pencil: "Feb. 1943. Gift of Howard L. Goodhart"

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Section: Sulpicius Severus, Life of Saint Martin, Prologue, Table of Contents
Decoration: Phillipps number in ink: "Phillipps MS 6732"

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Section: Sulpicius Severus, Dialogue I

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