Arnoldus, de Villa Nova (1235-1312)
In 1474 Adam Keuten, since 1467 parish priest at the Hofkirche in Lucerne, compiled a large-format volume with the Proprietates rerum naturalium moralisatae, an encyclopedia in seven parts about the most important fields of creation, followed by allegorical interpretations of natural phenomena. The volume also contains a medical treatise, several short works about the Eucharist, and a longer treatise about the Mass.
Online Since: 12/14/2018
- Arnoldus, de Villa Nova: De virtute quercus. (187vb–188rb)
Incipit: Reverendo in Christo patri et domino, domino Richardo divina providencia episcopo Cantuarensi magister Arnoldus de Villanova
Explicit: nullam virtutem habere menciens.
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This volume from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel contains handwritten and printed texts concerning questions on the history of the order, on the spiritual life, as well as on theological interpretations, as for example the commentary on Ecclesiastes by Denis the Carthusian (1402-1471). The handwritten parts are by various hands, among them the Carthusian Johannes Gipsmüller of Basel (1439-1484).
Online Since: 06/14/2018
- Arnoldus, de Villa Nova: De esu carnium pro sustentatione ordinis Cartusiensis contra Iacobitas (177r-182v)
Incipit: Adversum me loquebantur qui sedebant [ps. 68,13]. Christus hiis verbis conqueritur de Phariseis
Explicit: cuius oculis cuncta patent, et cui laus est Amen. Explicit etc.
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This volume contains a large number of texts about theology and canon law. All of it was written by one scribe, the Carthusian Heinrich von Vullenhoe of Basel. In a long note he provides information about the motives that guided him during the compilation: Since as a Carthusian he could not himself act as a preacher, he only had the possibility to spread the Word of God with his hands, i.e. by writing books. He expresses the hope that this compilation he has organized may strengthen the pious on their path and may offer an occasion for remorse for the sinners. Many of the texts that Vullenhoe has combined in this volume refer directly to the Carthusian Order. One example is the treatise de esu carnium, which defends the Carthusian practice of renouncing meat as a foodstuff. Many texts have also been handed down in other manuscripts from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel.
Online Since: 12/12/2019
- Arnoldus, de Villa Nova: De esu carnium (79v-82v)
Incipit: [80r] Adversum me loquebantur
Explicit: sed illi reliquamus iudicium cuius oculis cuncta patent et cui laus est et gloria in secula seculorum amen.
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This composite manuscript of mainly astrological-astronomical content includes a journal of weather observations kept over seven years, the so-called Basler Wettermanuskript. It records meteorological observations in daily entries from January 1, 1399 until March 21, 1406, without a single gap. Towards the end of the journal, the entries become more schematic, until finally they transition to tables of the positions of the planets with only occasional comments on the weather. The volume is from the Dominican Convent of Basel.
Online Since: 06/25/2015
- Arnoldus, de Villa Nova: Regimen sanitatis (224rb-232vb)
Incipit: Prima pars vel consideracio sanitatis conservande pertinet
Explicit: Suaviter quantum poterit intromittat
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- Abū-Maʿšar, Ǧaʿfar Ibn-Muḥammad (Author) | Albertus, Magnus (Author) | Aristoteles (Author) | Arnoldus, de Villa Nova (Author) | Dorotheus, Sidonius (Author) | Eschuid, Johannes (Author) | Georgius, Antiochenus (Author) | Grosseteste, Robertus (Author) | Guilelmus, de Aragonia (Author) | Hermannus, Dalmata (Author) | Hippocrates (Author) | Ibn-Abī-'r-Riǧāl, Abu-'l-Ḥasan ʿAlī (Author) | Jerg, Philosophus (Author) | Johannes, Hispalensis (Author) | Johannes, Hispalensis (Translator) | Kindī, Ja'kûb Ibn-Ishâk al (Author) | Makīn Ibn-al-ʿAmīd, Ǧirǧīs al- (Author) | Māšā'allāh, Ibn-Aṯarī (Author) | Ptolemaeus, Claudius (Author) | Qabīṣī, Abu-'ṣ-Ṣaqr ʿAbd-al-ʿAzīz Ibn-ʿUṯmān al- (Author) | Sahl Ibn-Bišr (Author) | Schretz, Heinricus (Annotator) | Thomas, de Cantiprato (Author) Found in: Standard description
Compiled in 1593 by Felix Schmid from Stein am Rhein, this composite manuscript contains, among other items, the richly illustrated alchemistic treatise Splendor solis, various works by Paracelsus and Leonhard Thurneisser zum Thurn, and other alchemistic writings. Noteworthy is the binding by Hans Ludwig Brem from Lindau am Bodensee.
Online Since: 10/08/2015
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