Homerus (ca. S. VIII a.C.n.)
This quaestio disputata by the Augustinian Johannes of Paltz (around 1445-1511) is a perfect illustration of the working methods of medieval scholasticism. The manuscript was written in Erfurt in the summer of 1486 and has as its topic the refutation of three errors. The first regards those who claim “to be able to calculate and foresee the Last Judgment.” It seems that this document is the only handwritten version of this text, which is known through two printed editions from the 15th century. Franz Xaver Karker (1812-1892), Canon of the Cathedral of Breslau (today Wroclaw in Poland), donated this work to the Fribourg library.
Online Since: 04/09/2014
- Karker, Franz Xaver (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Johannes, von Paltz (Author) | Karker, Franz Xaver (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This small but extensive (198 ff.) prayer book is written in a variant of North German (Middle Low German). In accordance with the female form in many of the prayers, it was intended for a woman. With the exception of one full-page miniature depicting Christ as the gardener before Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), all illuminations have been removed. An ex-libris on the front pastedown informs us that this small manuscript was a gift to the Fribourg Library in 1891 from Franz Xaver Karker, canon of Wroclaw Cathedral.
Online Since: 10/08/2020
- Karker, Franz Xaver (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Karker, Franz Xaver (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This elegant codex, written in humanistic script, was commissioned by Pope Leo X († 1521). The Medici coat of arms can be found in the middle of the original binding's cover, in a rich frieze on the frontispiece, and in the initials on f. 3v and f. 134v. The decoration is attributed to the famous Florentine illuminator Attavante degli Attavanti († 1525) or his circle. This codex is from the collection of Major J.R. Abbey.
Online Since: 03/22/2017
- Leo X., Papst (Patron) Found in: Standard description
- Leo X., Papst (Patron) Found in: Standard description
- Leo X., Papst (Patron) Found in: Standard description
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Attavanti, Attavante (Illuminator) | Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London) (Seller) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius (Author) | Firmin-Didot, Ambroise (Former possessor) | Gentili, Antonio Saverio (Former possessor) | Henry Yates Thompson (Former possessor) | Leo X., Papst (Patron) | Libri, Guillaume (Former possessor) | Sidonius, Gaius Sollius Apollinaris (Author) Found in: Standard description
CB 85, a manuscript of the Iliad on paper, was copied during the 13th century in Terra d'Otranto, a famous center of Greek culture in southern Italy. The text by Homer is accompanied by interlinear and marginal scholii and commentaries by the Byzantine scholar John Tzetzes.
Online Since: 12/21/2009
- Homerus: Homère, Ilias cum scholiis Found in: Standard description
- Homerus: Ilias cum scholiis (f. 1-206) Found in: Standard description
- Homerus: Ilias (f. 1-206) Found in: Standard description
- Homerus: Commentarii in Iliaden (f. 1-206) Found in: Standard description
- Homerus: Thegonia (f. 1r-4r sup.) Found in: Standard description
- Homerus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Homerus (Author) | Tzetzes, Ioannes (Author) Found in: Standard description
The Ilias latina was frequently copied during the entire occidental middle ages, which enjoyed access to material about the Trojans via Latin adaptations. Today these manuscripts number about one hundred. The date and location of Codex Bodmer 87 can be ascertained with the help of the inscription: "Aretii die 15 Iuli 1469" (Arezzo, July 15, 1469, fol. 22). The humanistic script, a somewhat angular cursive, is the hand of a single scribe.
Online Since: 06/02/2010
- Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London) (Seller) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Homerus (Author) | Lewis, Charles (Bookbinder) | Lyell, James P. R. (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Homerus: HOMERI LIBER cum EPITAPHIO eiusdem Compendium latinum metricum Iliadis PINDARI THEBANI, i.e. SILII ITALICI Found in: Additional description
- Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London) (Seller) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Homerus (Author) | Lewis, Charles (Bookbinder) | Lyell, James P. R. (Former possessor) Found in: Additional description
This 13th century Byzantine manuscript contains a great number of scholia, which partially complete those of older manuscripts and which testify to the environment during production and to the habits of the manuscript's annotators and successive owners. To be distinguished among these are Theodorus Meliteniota, who restored and completed the already damaged manuscript in the 14th century, as well as Henri Estienne (Henricus Stephanus), who owned the manuscript in the second half of the 16th century and used it for his 1566 edition of Homer's poems, which remained the standard into the 18th century. With the exception of several accidental short lacunas or gaps, the manuscript contains a complete Iliad, including an interlinear paraphrase for the first twelve books.
Online Since: 12/13/2013
- Homerus: Ilias cum scholiis Found in: Standard description
- Homerus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Estienne, Henri (Annotator) | Estienne, Henri (Former possessor) | Giovannini, Andrea (Restorer) | Homerus (Author) | Manuel, Moschopulus (Former possessor) | Theodorus, Meliteniota (Annotator) | Theodorus, Meliteniota (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
Fragment from a Glagolitic breviary with texts for August 13th and 14th; based on the script, it can be dated to the 15th century. It belonged to Franz Miklosich (1813-1891), one of the most important Slavicists of his time, and was a gift to the Basel Antiques Collection, the precursor of the Basel Historical Museum.
Online Since: 06/25/2015
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description