Marbodus, Redonensis (1035-1123)
This medieval Hebrew lexicographical and scientific miscellany dates back to 1290 and encloses three highly important texts, used as the base for published editions and studies. These are: the Maḥberet Menahem by Menahem ben Jacob Ibn Saruq (died c. 970); an anonymous Hebrew prose translation of the very popular Old French version of the lapidary by Marbode of Rennes (12th c.) and lastly, an anonymous abridged version of the talmudic and midrashic lexicon entitled Sefer ha-Arukh by Natan ben Yehiel Anav of Rome (1035-1110), called the Berner Kleiner Arukh. The particularity of this copy is the presence of Old West Yiddish and Old French glosses. Furthermore, among the numerous later notes, there are more significant additions which abound in the blank pages and margins of the manuscript, the most unusual of which is a charm in Middle High German in Hebrew characters, relative to Hulda, a German goddess comparable to Venus, taken from the Tannhäuserlied. Moreover, this manuscript belonged to several famous Jewish and Christians owners, whose scriptural witness testifies to the manuscript's remarkable stature as a treasured source of knowledge from the time it was compiled at the end of the 13th century, to its possession by Christian Hebraists in Switzerland during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Online Since: 12/12/2019
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- Buxtorf, Johann (Former possessor) | Hortin, Samuel (Former possessor) | Marbodus, Redonensis (Author) | Menaḥēm Ibn-Sārûq (Author) | Natan ben Yeḥiʾel (Author) | Pellicanus, Conrad (Former possessor) | Wild, Marquard (Librarian) Found in: Standard description
The manuscript contains two collections of sermons (one of which is the Homiliary of Angers, the other unidentified), several individual sermons and a martyrology. It also contains (usually in part and/or with omissions) the Euangelium Nicodemi, Pseudo-Matthaei Euangelium, the Liber de lapidibus of Marbod of Rennes, the Elucidarium of Honorius Augustodunensis, De Antichristo of Adso of Montier-en-Der, the Breuarium apostolorum, and extracted sententiae.
Online Since: 04/09/2014
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- Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Caesarius, Arelatensis (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Hildebertus, Lavardinensis (Author) | Honorius, Augustodunensis (Author) | Hrabanus, Maurus (Author) | Isidorus, Hispalensis (Author) | Marbodus, Redonensis (Author) | Methodius, Olympius (Author) | Paschasius, Radbertus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Marbodus, Redonensis: Lapidarius seu Liber lapidum, Marbodo Redonensi episcopo auctore. (Fol. 78'-81'.)
Incipit: Evax rex Arabum legitur scripsisse Neroni
Explicit: Nec duo quam plures unquam simul inveniuntur
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- Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Caesarius, Arelatensis (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Hildebertus, Lavardinensis (Author) | Honorius, Augustodunensis (Author) | Hrabanus, Maurus (Author) | Isidorus, Hispalensis (Author) | Marbodus, Redonensis (Author) | Methodius, Olympius (Author) | Paschasius, Radbertus (Author) Found in: Additional description
This collection, dated to the end of the 15th century or the beginning of the 16th century, contains ten scientific treatises (astronomy, physics, mechanics, etc.) written in Latin or French and accompanied by several technical drawings. While four texts remain anonymous, the others were written by Christian of Prague, Petrus Peregrinus, Franco de Polonia, Philo of Byzantium, Marbod of Rennes and Jean Fusoris. The topics cover various areas, such as the astrolabe, magnetism, precious stones,the clavichord, etc.
Online Since: 10/08/2015
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- Marbodus, Redonensis (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Christianus, de Prachaticz (Author) | Franco, de Polonia (Author) | Fusoris, Jean (Author) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Marbodus, Redonensis (Author) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) | Petau, Paul (Former possessor) | Petrus, Peregrinus (Author) | Philo, Mechanicus (Author) | Robertus, Castrensis (Author) Found in: Standard description