Author: Tjamke Snijders (tjamke.snijders@ugent.be) Maintained by: David J. Birnbaum (djbpitt@gmail.com) Last modified: 2013-09-03T15:24:05+0000
Produced by a scribe from the Benedictine monastery of St.-Ghislain under Abbot Hildebrand (1024-ca. 1050). It seems likely that the codex was written in (or very shortly after) 1024. The codex was part of a large-scale project to produce more hagiographical manuscripts for the library of St.-Ghislain, and involved the work of multiple scribes who traveled to various Benedictine monasteries for their exemplars. This scribe worked in the libraries of Marchiennes and St.-Vaast.
In the eleventh-century catalogue from St.-Ghislain, the manuscript was labeled LLL.
Legendary
Scriptum | Folios | Title in Ms | Saint |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1r–2r | Sermo in natale beati Remigii pontificis | Remigius (Remedius) ep. Remensis |
2 | 2r–4r | Vita eiusdem sancti viri | |
3 | 4r–10r | Suscepti operis et quomodo vir dei sanctus Vedastus regi Lothuuio adiunctus esset | Vedastes (al. Vedastus) ep. Atrebatensis |
4 | 10r–23v | Vita sanctae Rictrudis | Rictrudis abb. Marchieanensis |
5 | 23v–24v | Responsorio sancti Eusebii archiepiscopi Alexandrinae civitatis de paenitentia . Sancti Eusebii archieepiscopi Alexandrinae denis qui in longa iaceni infirmitate | Brigida v. Kildariae in Hibernia |
6 | 25r–26r | ||
7 | 26v | [charter, dated to 1165, dealing with the monasteries monetary issues] | |
8 | 27r | [sermo de sancto Vincentio martyre] | [Vincentius, unidentified] |
9 | 27r–28r | Sermo ut supra eiusdem sancti | |
10 | 28r–32r | Apologia temeritatis + Lectiones in commemoratione et transitu sancti Ionati confessoris, qui celebratur kalendis Augusti + Qualiter elevatium sit corpus sci Ionati | Ionatus ab. Marchianensis |
11 | 32r–32v | Passio sancti Calisti papae et martyris, quae celebratur II idus Octobris | Callistus papa, Calepodius presb. et soc. mm. Romae |
12 | 33r–34r | [Passio sanctorum Bonifacii diaconi, Servii subdiaconi, Rustici subdiaconi, Liberati abbatis, Rogati monachi, Septimi monachi et Maximi pueri] | Liberatus ab., Bonifatius diac. et soc. mm. Carthagine |
13 | 34r–58r | Vita beati Germani Parisiacensis episcopi, quae celebratur V kal. Iunii | Germanus ep. Parisiensis |
14 | 58r–70r | ||
15 | 70v–77r | Vita vel conversatio beati Vin…ntii cnfessoris Christi qui a de nitoribus vocatus est Madelgarius + Pauca et innumerabilia miracula que divinitatis Christi pietas post obitum sanctiisimi Vincentii … | Vincentius seu Madelgarius conf. Sonegiensis |
16 | 77v | Actus sancti Silvestri papae urbis Romae cuius caelebratur festivitas pridie Kl Ianuarii | Silvester papa |
17 | 78r–85r | Veronus conf. cultus Lembecae et Montibus Hannoniae | |
18 | 85r–87v | Vita sancti Symeonis servidi. Cum discipulo suo nomine Antonino, quae est nonas Ianuarii | Symeon stylita senior |
Folio | 270*184 mm |
Writing area | 201*125 mm |
Lines per page | 33 |
Words per page | 255 |
Probably a monomerous codex, but in very bad condition and mutilated. Many folios are missing (especially between 25v-40v and 72v-80v). The writing on the last folios get progressively smaller to fit the text to the quire. The binding is modern.
Quires | 1-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-26, 27-32, 33-40, 41-48, 49-56, 57-64, 65-72, 73-77 (loose leaves), 78-80 (loose leaves), 81-87 |
Signatures | Signatures: 8v (VII), 16v (VIII), 24v (VIIII), 40v (XVIII), 48v (XVIIII), 56v (XX), 64v (XXI), 72v (XXII), 80v (XXVI) |
Catchwords | are present (a.o. 8v, 16v), but seem to be added in a younger hand. |