COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_nb_ms005_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
Newberry / WMU MS 5
Title:
S[er]mo[n]es gl[ori]osi B[er]nardi de cena Do[mini] Yh[es]u
Alternative Title:
Sermones gloriosi Bernardi de cena Domini Yhesu
Alternative Title:
Sermons de cent Domini Jesu
Alternative Title:
Newberry Library. Manuscript. Case MS 204
Alternative Title:
Western Michigan University / Newberry Library. Joint Purchase. MS 5
Incipit:
Incipiu[n]t s[er]mo[n]es gl[ori]osi B[er]nardi de cena do[mini] yh[es]u. Paschalib[us] dapib[us]
Incipit:
Incipiunt sermones gloriosi Bernardi de cena domini yhesu. Paschalibus dapibus
Author:
Ogier, of Locedio, Abbot of Locedio, -1214
Origin Date:
between 1300 and 1399
Origin Location:
Northern Italy
Description:
Fourteenth-century illuminated Latin manuscript from northern Italy, containing sermons written for monks of the Cistercian abbey of Locedio, near Gorizia in Friuli, by Ogier, Abbot of Locedio (and falsely attributed to another Cistercian, St. Bernard of Clairvaux). Ogier (also Ogerius, Oglerius, Ogerio) originally from Trino, Italy, served as a papal legate as well, mediating disputes between northern Italian cities. These sermons on the Last Supper, like Ogier's treatise on the Virgin Mary, had already been translated into German at the charterhouse in Senales (Italy) by the 15th century, and influenced the Christian mysticism of scholars such as Heinrich Seuse. The manuscript represents one of the very few examples of a separate transmission of the sermons, which, most of the time, were passed down as part of the work of Pseudo-Bernardus, or in other collections. The two leaves of catechism lists (88v-90v), following the sermons, include descriptions of the twelve apostles, the ten commandments, the sacraments of the Church, the seven deadly sins, and seven acts of charity; several leaves have worm damage; yellowed parchment pasted on the verso with no loss of text.
Provenance:
Illegible inscription by former owner (?) in Paris, on inside front cover. Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 2006.
Extent:
90 unnumbered leaves, bound
Subject:
Catholic Church--Sermons--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Sermons, Latin--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Last Supper--Sermons--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Lord's Supper--Sermons--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject:
Cistercians--Italy
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
173 x 128 mm
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
ff. 1r-90v
Binding:
Seventeenth-century brown leather boards; raised bands on spine; spine compartments gold-stamped with acanthus leaf ornaments; gold-stamped black leather spine label, with title "S. Bern. Ser. C.D." Bound in nine gatherings of 10 leaves each.
Decoration Description:
Text written in 1 column of 22 lines per page ruled in fading lead point. On f. 1r: a large, rather primitive, illuminated initial "P" in brown, on a 7-line square gold background, with 14-line trailing descender; body of the letter contains a drawing of a golden Host, displaying a white crucifix on a white background, and standing on a table or altar decorated in blue, red, green, white, and gold, outlined in black; in the lower margin of the same leaf, is a thick gold illuminated monogram "YHS" on a blue background, with colored leaves roughly-drawn on either side; the logo "Charitas" has been added in a later hand below the monogram; alternating red and blue 2-line capitals throughout text, with light brown or red penwork; red and blue line indicators; first 37 leaves foliated in red; catchwords in black.
Description of Hands:
Written in a careful, elegant small pre-humanistic rotunda script, in brown ink; ink flaking from f. 1r with some loss of text; foliated in Roman Numerals on top recto of each leaf in a different hand in red, some numbering has smudged.
Additions and Marginalia:
Added marginalia includes brief notes, and fists.
Is Part Of:
Newberry Library
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 005, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Is Referenced By:
Newberry Library. "S[er]mo[n]es gl[ori]osi B[er]nardi de cena Do[mini] Yh[es]u." Newberry Online Catalog. https://i-share.car… (accessed: August 1, 2019)
Access Rights:
No copyright. Digital access provided by Western Michigan University Libraries.
Rights Statement: