COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_ms163_1spine
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 163
Title:
Expositio in regulam S. Benedicti, spine
Alternative Title:
Commentary on the Rule of Saint Benedict, spine
Alternative Title:
MS 163, spine
Author:
Bernardus, Abbot of Monte Cassino, -1282
Origin Date:
between 1450 and 1499
Origin Location:
France
Description:
Raised band spine and tail of a codex containing the Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict by Bernard Ayglerius (died 1282), Abbot of Monte Cassino. The Rule of St. Benedict, written in the sixth century, was the foundational document for the life in Benedictine monasteries throughout the Middle Ages. Commentaries on the Rule, like this commentary by Bernard Ayglerius, were also read in the chapter, and were an important part of the education of monastic novices. Spine label in gilt between the first and second band in a gold square, "Regl de S. Benoit Manuscr 13 Sciecl [sic]". Leather is worn and sewn together horizontally over a pasteboard.
Provenance:
From dealer description: Written in the later decades of the 15th century, probably approximately 1480-1500, in central or southwestern France, as indicated by the style of the script and the watermark. Popular in 15th century Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries, the text is likely copied for a monastic library. Only one sale of this text is listed in the Schoenberg Database. Medieval shelf-mark, bottom margin, ff. 1 and 83, "B 63," in both cases preceded by four erased words, "C de C." Armorial bookplate, front flyleaf for the Bibliothèque de Monseir le Baron de Caix de Saint-Aymour," with motto, "Fortior in adversis." The Baron Amédée Caix de Saint Aymour was the mayor of Corbie (1863-1920), educated at the l'Ecoles des chartes and at the l'Ecoles des langues orientales. Octagonal paper label on front cover edged in blue from 19th century French book deal, "Manuscript, 13ème siècle." Purchased by Western Michigan University Special Collections from Les Enluminures (TM 432).
Extent:
1 item
Subject:
Benedictines--Rules
Subject:
Monasticism and religious orders--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin--France
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
150 x 100 mm
Material:
parchment
Material:
paper
Binding:
Bound in two pieces of brown leather, sewn together horizontally, which is stitched over paste-boards formed from ten leaves from other manuscripts (now partially visible at the top, front, and along the fore edge, back). The leather turn-ins are covered with a paper leaf, now fragmentary, in the front, and by leather in the back. Part of this leather is broken off, and is now laid in, sewn on three leather bands, stitched through the inside of the covers in a "v" pattern. Lighter brown leather (sheepskin?) spine, probably later, with three raised bands with the title in gilt between the first and second in a gold square, "Regl de S. Benoit Manuscr 13 Sciecl [sic]." Remains of leather tie, front cover, with a hole in the back cover, presumably from another tie, now missing, and showing considerable wear, including a second small hole in the back cover near the spine, and with corners and some edges of the leather covers worn away. Middle of each gathering reinforced with parchment strips from another manuscript.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 163, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
25,585,884 bytes
Is Referenced By:
Walter, P. Hilarius. "Das Speculum Monachorum des Abtes Bernhard I. von Cassino," Studien und Mittheilungen aus dem Benedictiner- und der Cistercienser-Orden 21 (1900), pp. 411-423 and 22 (1901), pp. 32-48.
Is Referenced By:
Clark, James G. "Monastic Education in Late Medieval England," in The Church and Learning in Later Medieval Society; Essays in Honour of R.B. Dobson; Proceedings of the 1999 Harlaxton Symposium, edited by Caroline M. Barron and Jenny Stratford. Donington, Lincolnshire, Shaun Tyas, 2002, pp. 25- 40.
Is Referenced By:
Lowe, Elias Avery. The Beneventan Script; a History of the South Italian Minuscule, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1914.
Is Referenced By:
Leccisotti, T. "Aiglerio," in Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, vol. 1, Rome, 1960, p. 521.
Is Referenced By:
Briquet, Charles-Moïse. Les filigranes. Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier dès leur apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600, 2. éd., New York, Hacker Art Books, 1966.
Access Rights:
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Expositio in regulam S. Benedicti, spine
