Manuscript Summary:This second volume of the three-part Engelberger Bible contains the books of the Old Testament remaining after Cod. 3. On 1v, the codex is dedicated in verse by Abbot Frowin (1143-1178) to Mary, the patron saint of the monastery. The codex’s structure and organization reflect the simple but elegant style of Frowin’s library. The colophon on 213r identifies the copyist as Richene, whose hand is also responsible for the other two volumes of the Engelberger Bible (Cod. 3 and Cod. 5); the illuminations and titles are the work of the so-called Engelberger Master. 69v contains a full-page colour depiction of Christ and the Church.(grd)
Standard description: P. Benedictus Gottwald, Catalogus codicum manu scriptorum qui asservantur in Bibliotheca Monasterii O.S.B. Engelbergensis in Helvetia, Freiburg im Breisgau 1891, p. 14-15.
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Additional description: Bruckner Albert, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 8, Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz, Stift Engelberg, Genf 1950, S. 109-110.
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Additional description: Katalog der datierten Handschriften in der Schweiz in lateinischer Schrift vom Anfang des Mittelalters bis 1550, Bd. II: Die Handschriften der Bibliotheken Bern-Porrentruy, bearbeitet von Beat Matthias von Scarpatetti, Dietikon-Zürich 1983, Nr. 224, S. 83.
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Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 4
Parchment · 213 ff. · 38 x 28 cm · Engelberg · 1143-1178
Biblia latina vulgatae versionis cum prologis
How to quote:
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 4, f. 195v – Biblia latina vulgatae versionis cum prologis (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bke/0004)
P. Benedictus Gottwald, Catalogus codicum manu scriptorum qui asservantur in Bibliotheca Monasterii O.S.B. Engelbergensis in Helvetia, Freiburg im Breisgau 1891, p. 14-15.
Manuscript title: Biblia latina vulgatae versionis cum prologis.
Date of origin: Exaratus saeculo XII.
Former shelfmark:
olim signatus 1/2.
Extent:
Foliorum 213
Format: 380 : 280 mm
Page layout:
columnis binis
Writing and hands:
sub b. Frowino abbate per manus Richenes monachi
Praefationes in Paralip. (fol. 2 et 3.) et in Job (fol. 116.) atque integros libros Esdrae (fol. 197-213) alia manus saeculi XII. adiecit.
Decoration: Codex diligenter rubricatus atque figuris et litteris initialibus decoratus est.
Contents:
Biblia latina vulgatae versionis cum prologis. Tomus II., in quo exstant: Paralipomenon *I. et II. *Proverbia. *Ecclesiastes. Canticum canticorum. *Liber sapientiae. *Ecclesiasticus cum prologo et oratione Salomonis. Job. Tobias. Judith. Esther. Machabaeorum I. et II. Esdrae I. et II.
Asteriscus indicat 'Capitula', quae nonnullos libros praecedunt. Prologi at praefationes occurrunt sequentes:
Fol. 2
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>Praefatio sancti Jeronimi presb. in libro Paralipomenon.<
(rubr.)
Quomodo Graecorum historias …
P. L. 29, 401-404.
Fol. 3.>Item alia eiusdem ad Cromatium episc. super librum Paralipomenon.<
(rubr.)
Si septuaginta interpretum …
P. L. 28, 1323-1328.
Fol. 46'.>Prologus s. Jeronimi presb. in Parabolas Salomonis.<
(rubr.)
Jungat epistola quos …
P. L. 28, 1241-1244.
Fol. 114'.>Prologus s. Jeronimi presb. in librum Job.<
(rubr.)
Cogor per singulos scripturae …
P. L. 28, 1079-1084.
Fol. 115'.>Item alius prologus.<
(rubr.)
In terra quidem habitasse Job. …
P. L.113, 747.
Eodem folio.>Item prologus.<
(rubr.)
Si aut fiscellam iunco texerem …
P. L. 29, 61 et 62.
Fol. 116.Job exemplar patientiae …–…
spes mea in sinu meo.
S. Hieronymus in ep. ad Paulinum.
P. L. 22, 545.
Eodem folio.>Quis auctor fuerit libri b. Job.<
(rubr.)
Inter multos saepe quaeritur …–…
quae hominis sunt.
S. Greg. Moral. in Job.
P. L. 75, 515-518.
Fol. 134.>Prologus s. Jeronimi presb. in librum Tobiae.<
(rubr.)
Mirari non desino …
P. L. 29, 23-26.
Fol. 141.>Prologus s. Jeronimi presb. in librum Judith.<
(rubr.)
Apud Hebraeos liber Judith …
P. L. 29, 37-40.
Fol. 150.>Prologus s. Jeronimi presb. in librum Hester.<
(rubr.)
Librum Hester variis translatoribus …
P. L. 28, 1433-1436. cum add. nota a. col. 1435.
Fol. 196'.>Praefatio s. Jeronimi presb. in Esdram.<
(rubr.)
Utrum difficilius sit facere …
P. L. 28, 1401-1406.
Origin of the manuscript: sub b. Frowino abbate per manus Richenes monachi, quod probant versus sequentes fol. 1':
Ista tibi dona. Genitrix et virgo patrona Frowinum dantem serves apud Omnitonantem.
et folio 213:
Littora nauta videns fit victum post mare ridens, Sic quia perscripsit hunc librum Richene risit; Quare dentur ei, peto, pax lux et speciei.