Burlaeus, Gualterus (1275-1345)
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
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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
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- 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
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- 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
This manuscript with philosophical and theological content was written by assorted hands on paper; the 5 codicological parts contain 11 tracts by various 14th century authors, including 6 unique texts. The parts were produced between 1370 and 1410 and were re-ordered various times before the codex was bound in its current order, probably at the beginning of the 15th century in Fribourg. One of the scribes, who was also the owner and redactor of the volume, was Fredrich von Amberg (about 1350/60-1432), who lived from 1393-1432 in the Franciscan cloister in Fribourg and served two terms as guardian there. Friedrich was able to assemble these copies of the texts by either copying or purchasing them while studying in Strassburg, Paris, and Avignon.
Online Since: 03/31/2011
- Rogerus, Anglicus: Traktate von Roger Roseth OFM, Facinus de Ast OESA und Walter Burley. (f. 1-33) Found in: Standard description
- Burlaeus, Gualterus: Quaestio disputata: Utrum contradictio sit maxima oppositio / De contradictoriis. (f. 29ra-30va)
Incipit: In presenti tractatu restat inquirendum, vtrum Contradiccio sit maxima opposicio
Explicit: scilicet quod illa, que in nullo conueniunt, sunt magis opposita quam illa, que in alico conueniunt. Et hec de quescione sufficiant.
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- Burlaeus, Gualterus: Quodlibet: Quaestio de primo et ultimo instanti. (f. 30va-33ra)
Incipit: Qveritur, vtrum sit dare primum et vltimum instans, in quo res permanens habeat esse
Explicit: et racio ipsius non-cursus est dare vltimum. Et sic patet, quid sit dicendum ad istam quescionem etc.
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- Burlaeus, Gualterus: Utrum ens sit univocum ad decem praedicamenta. (33vb)
Incipit: Vtrum ens sit vniuocum ad decem predicamenta
Explicit: vtrum vero ens in sua maxima communitate receptum uel aliter habeat vnum conceptum vel plures, patet ex dictis et eciam ex alijs.
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- Burlaeus, Gualterus: Tractatus seu quaestio de contradictoriis. (f. 29r-30v)
Incipit: In praesenti tractatu restat inquirendum: Utrum contradictio sit maxima oppositio
Explicit: quae in aliquo conveniunt. Et haec de quaestione sufficiant.
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- Burlaeus, Gualterus: Quaestio de instanti. (f. 30v-33r)
Incipit: Quaeritur: Utrum sit dare primum et ultimum instans in quo res permanens habet esse
Explicit: est dare ultimum. Et sic patet quid sit dicendum ad istam quaestionem.
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- Burlaeus, Gualterus: Nota de ente. (f. 33r-v)
Incipit: Utrum ens sit univocum ad decem praedicamenta? Probatur quod non
Explicit: vide figura. Analogum dicitur tripliciter
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- Anonymus (Author) | Burlaeus, Gualterus (Author) | Facinus, de Ast (Author) | Fridericus, de Amberg (Scribe) | Fridericus, de Amberg (Annotator) | Fridericus, de Amberg (Former possessor) | Guilelmus, de Cremona (Author) | Johannes, de Basilea (Author) | Monachus, Niger (Author) | Rogerus, Anglicus (Author) Found in: Additional description
“Lives of philosophers” constitute a subcategory of the ancient literary genre of “lives of illustrious men” that was considered anew beginning in the 12th century. The Latin text of this manuscript, the Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum veterum, attributed to Gautier Burley (actually an anonymous Italian author from the early 14th century), consists of a collection of moral maxims from various philosophers, whose names are indexed at the end of the work (f. 93r-94r). This copy, dated 1452, may be from the Abbey of Saint-Denis and later was the property of Paul and Alexandre Petau, before becoming part of the holdings of the Bibliothèque de Genève as part of the bequest of Ami Lullin.
Online Since: 10/10/2019
- Burlaeus, Gualterus: Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum veterum (Livre de la vie et des moeurs des anciens philosophes), attribué à Walter Burley Found in: Standard description
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- Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Burlaeus, Gualterus (Author) | Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (Author) | Lentulus (Author) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Petau, Paul (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This collection of works was produced during the third quart of the 15th century, under the influence of early humanism, in one of the southwestern German states. It contains German and Latin texts from the late middle ages as well as some interlinear and marginal glosses. The newer works by humanist authors include contributions by Petrarch, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II), Hieronymus de Vallibus and Antonio Barzizza.
Online Since: 11/04/2010
- Burlaeus, Gualterus: Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum. (1va–36vb) Found in: Standard description
- Adolfus, Viennensis (Author) | Alanus, ab Insulis (Author) | Albertanus, Brixiensis (Author) | Arnoldus, Leodiensis (Author) | Barzizza, Antonio (Author) | Burlaeus, Gualterus (Author) | Hieronymus, de Vallibus (Author) | Jacobus, de Cessolis (Author) | Mönch, von Salzburg (Author) | Petrarca, Francesco (Author) | Pius II, Papa (Author) | Steinhöwel, Heinrich (Author) | Vergilius Maro, Publius (Author) | Vincentius, Bellovacensis (Author) 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
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- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description