Manuscript Summary:This manuscript originated in Rodendael Abbey near Brussels. After it was obtained by Count Paul Riant, he left it to the Abbey of St. Maurice at the end of the 19th century. The manuscript consists of 24 texts of various lengths, most of which belong to the intellectual movement referred to as devotio moderna in the 15th century Low Countries. In particular, the manuscript contains exempla by Jacques Vitry, The Imitation of Christ or the Liber floretus, the latter dated to 1416. Artificial composite manuscript from the 15th century.(hau)
Standard description: Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550, Bd. III: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken St. Gallen-Zürich, bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, Rudolf Gamper und Marlis Stähli, Dietikon-Zürich 1991, S. 103.
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Additional description: Janner Sara / Jurot Romain, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus, Band IX/2 Schweiz, Wien 2001, S. 118.
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Additional description: de Germon L. / Polain L., Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu M. le Compte Riant, Paris 1899, LXI-LXII.
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Additional description: Tiré de: Norbert Viatte, Le "Codex Rubeaevallis" de la Bibliothèque de l'Abbaye de St-Maurice, in: Echos de Saint-Maurice, 36 (1937), 251-258.
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Online Since: 10/13/2016
Saint-Maurice, Abbaye de Saint-Maurice, DIV 3/0/40
Parchment and paper · 184 ff. · 21.5 x 14 cm · 15th century
Codex Rubeæ Vallis
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Saint-Maurice, Abbaye de Saint-Maurice, DIV 3/0/40, Front cover – Codex Rubeæ Vallis (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/aasm/DIV-003-000-040)
Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550, Bd. III: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken St. Gallen-Zürich, bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, Rudolf Gamper und Marlis Stähli, Dietikon-Zürich 1991, Nr. 287, S. 103.
By courtesy of Urs Graf Verlag, Dietikon. The manuscript description is copyrighted by the publisher.
Provenance of the manuscript: Liber cenobii sancti pauli. alias Rubeevallis in zonia ordinis canonicorum regularium sancti augustini prope bruxellam, f. Av: Rougecloître b. Brüssel, Hand des 15. Jhs.
Bibliography:
Bruckner/Leisibach, Scriptoria XIII, p. 131 Anm. 52 (Lit.).