Libri fundationis ordinis Beate Maria de Mercede redemptionis captuorum.
Robbins MS 66
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Libri fundationis ordinis Beate Maria de Mercede redemptionis captuorum.
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Variant Title
Secundo folio: templo [et] abstondit se
Produced
[Barcelona], [between 1445 and 1513]
Description
137 leaves : parchment ; 237 x 172 (165 x 115) mm bound to 249 x 180 mm
1 microfilm reel : negative (MN 82-131) and positive (Robbins MS 66)
1 microfilm reel : negative (MN 82-131) and positive (Robbins MS 66)
Formatted Contents Note
1. fol. 1r-6r: "[rubr.] Prohemium libri fundationis ordinis Beate Maria de Mercede redemptionis captuorum. [text] Frater Nathalis in artibus et in theologia professor ... Et vale in Christo Ihesu Domino nostro pro me orando."
2. fol. 6r-33r: "[rubr.] In Christi nomine amen. Incipit speculum fratrum Ordinis beatissime Dei genitricis Marie de Mercede redemptionis captivorum, qui sanctissimus christianissimus ordo predicutus habuit exordium a revelatione divina per beatissimam virginem Mariam factam ut sequitur. Anno Domini millessimo ducentessimo decimo octavo kalendis Augusti, stilicet [sic] prima mensis pontifficatus domini Honorii Pape Tertii, anno sexto. Creatorem [text] rerum insinuans scriptura Deum esse creatorem ... Millesimo quadrmgentessimo qudragessimo [sic] quarto, Vicessima quarta Octobris. Et confirmata per reverendum magistrum generalem vicessima octava eiusdem mensis, si licet die apostolourm Simonis et inde anno predicto in eodem mense."
3. fol. 33v-34v: blank but for penmarks on 34r.
4. fol. 35r-100r: "[rubr.] In nomine Domini nostri Ihesu Christi. Et gloriossime genetricis eius et omnium civium supernorum. Incipiunt constitutiones fratrum Ordine Sancte a Marie de Mercede redemptionis captivorum.Quoniam [text] ex precepto regule iubemur habere cor unum ... In cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum presentibus duximus apponendum datum in nostro conventu etc."
5. fol. 100r-105r: "[rubr.] Incipit Regula beati Agustini. [text] Ante omnia fratres karissimi diligatur deus ... Caveat de futuro ut sibi debitum dimutatur et intentionem non deductur. Amen. [rubr.] Expliciunt Regule Beati Augustyni. Deo gratias."
6. fol. 105v-132v: "[rubr] Incipit expositio Regule beati Augustini. [text] Hec precepta que substripta [sic] sunt. Ideo regula appellantur ... et quanto exterior pulchritudo diligitur tanto interior minus amatur."
7. fol. 133r: "[text] Constitutiones hae sunt fratris Ildefonsi di Rogas ... Ordinis hic infra per ipsum."
8. fol. 133v-134v: Signed professions of Didacus de Lebrixa, made 1 March 1529; Andreas de Torquemada, made 5 May; and Johannes de Vaena, made 15 October 1513; and notes.
2. fol. 6r-33r: "[rubr.] In Christi nomine amen. Incipit speculum fratrum Ordinis beatissime Dei genitricis Marie de Mercede redemptionis captivorum, qui sanctissimus christianissimus ordo predicutus habuit exordium a revelatione divina per beatissimam virginem Mariam factam ut sequitur. Anno Domini millessimo ducentessimo decimo octavo kalendis Augusti, stilicet [sic] prima mensis pontifficatus domini Honorii Pape Tertii, anno sexto. Creatorem [text] rerum insinuans scriptura Deum esse creatorem ... Millesimo quadrmgentessimo qudragessimo [sic] quarto, Vicessima quarta Octobris. Et confirmata per reverendum magistrum generalem vicessima octava eiusdem mensis, si licet die apostolourm Simonis et inde anno predicto in eodem mense."
3. fol. 33v-34v: blank but for penmarks on 34r.
4. fol. 35r-100r: "[rubr.] In nomine Domini nostri Ihesu Christi. Et gloriossime genetricis eius et omnium civium supernorum. Incipiunt constitutiones fratrum Ordine Sancte a Marie de Mercede redemptionis captivorum.Quoniam [text] ex precepto regule iubemur habere cor unum ... In cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum presentibus duximus apponendum datum in nostro conventu etc."
5. fol. 100r-105r: "[rubr.] Incipit Regula beati Agustini. [text] Ante omnia fratres karissimi diligatur deus ... Caveat de futuro ut sibi debitum dimutatur et intentionem non deductur. Amen. [rubr.] Expliciunt Regule Beati Augustyni. Deo gratias."
6. fol. 105v-132v: "[rubr] Incipit expositio Regule beati Augustini. [text] Hec precepta que substripta [sic] sunt. Ideo regula appellantur ... et quanto exterior pulchritudo diligitur tanto interior minus amatur."
7. fol. 133r: "[text] Constitutiones hae sunt fratris Ildefonsi di Rogas ... Ordinis hic infra per ipsum."
8. fol. 133v-134v: Signed professions of Didacus de Lebrixa, made 1 March 1529; Andreas de Torquemada, made 5 May; and Johannes de Vaena, made 15 October 1513; and notes.
Summary
Manuscript regarding the foundation of the order of the Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede redemptionis captivorum (Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives), a royal and military order established in 1218 by St. Peter Nolasco in Barcelona, Spain, for the redemption of Christian captives. Contains the history of the order ("Speculum ordinis") and its Constitutiones. This manuscript also contains the Regula beati Augustini and the Expositio in Regulam beati Augustini, sometimes attributed to Hugh of St. Victor. Fol. 133v and 134v include the professions of Didacus de Lebrixa (1 March 1529), Andreas de Torquemada (5 May, no year specified), and Johannes de Vaena (15 October 1513). . Red wax seal on fol. 133v. Note written in later hand on paper affixed to fol. 1r.
Note
Ms. codex.
Title from rubric of the proemium on fol. 1r; alternate titles supplied from fol. 6r, the spine, and note attached to the upper pastedown.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 134 + ii; 1-3¹⁰ 4⁶ (-4, -6) 5-14¹⁰; catchwords at the end of each quire. Quires signed 1-5 on verso of first five leaves, except for quire 4, which is signed 102; quires 5-11 also signed a-g. Leaves belonging to first section foliated 1-34.
Layout: Written in 29 long lines, frame-ruled in lead; prickings visible, often cropped; written above top-line.
Script: Written in a textualis libraria script by one hand. Marginal corrections in a late seventeenth-century hand.
Decoration: 8-line initials in red and blue with line fillers in other color on fols. 1r, 6r, 11v, 21r, 28v, 35r, 62v, 100r, and 105v. 2-line initials in red and blue with line fillers in other color denoting section headings throughout. Red paragraph marks and red "lectio" instruction throughout
Origin: Originally produced at the Barcelona convent of the Order of Merced between 1445 and 1513.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 66.
Title from rubric of the proemium on fol. 1r; alternate titles supplied from fol. 6r, the spine, and note attached to the upper pastedown.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 134 + ii; 1-3¹⁰ 4⁶ (-4, -6) 5-14¹⁰; catchwords at the end of each quire. Quires signed 1-5 on verso of first five leaves, except for quire 4, which is signed 102; quires 5-11 also signed a-g. Leaves belonging to first section foliated 1-34.
Layout: Written in 29 long lines, frame-ruled in lead; prickings visible, often cropped; written above top-line.
Script: Written in a textualis libraria script by one hand. Marginal corrections in a late seventeenth-century hand.
Decoration: 8-line initials in red and blue with line fillers in other color on fols. 1r, 6r, 11v, 21r, 28v, 35r, 62v, 100r, and 105v. 2-line initials in red and blue with line fillers in other color denoting section headings throughout. Red paragraph marks and red "lectio" instruction throughout
Origin: Originally produced at the Barcelona convent of the Order of Merced between 1445 and 1513.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 66.
Language Note
Latin and Spanish.
Indexed In
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 6559
Ownership
The manuscript remained at the convent of the Order of Merced until at least 1699 and possibly later, according to notes on fol. ir in Spanish regarding the history of the manuscript in two different hands; the latter includes a date of 1699. At one time the manuscript was part of the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, his no. 3071.
Binding Information
Bound in brown leather over wooden boards, bearing stamps and fillets; the two original fore edge clasps are lacking. Title on spine: "Statuta redemptionis captivorum de Barchinone."
Publications About Described Materials Note
James William Brodman, Ransoming captives in Crusader Spain: the Order of Merced on Christian-Islamic frontier (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986), 146 n. 2 (for another manuscript including the Speculum, now in Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó) and 179 Appendix B, n. 1.
Access Note
RESTRICTED ORIGINAL. USE POSITIVE MICROFILM COPY ONLY: Use of original only by permission. Inquiries concerning this item should be directed, in writing, to the reference librarian for The Robbins Collection.
Linked Resources
Portion of Title
Speculum fratrum Ordinis beatissime dei genitricis Marie de Mercede redemptoris captivorum.
Speculum fratrum ordinis Sanctae Mariae de Mercede
Speculum fratrum ordinis Sanctae Mariae de Mercede
Spine Title
Statuta redemptionis captivorum de Barchinone
Place of Publication or Printing
Spain -- Barcelona.
Call Number
Robbins MS 66
Language
Latin
Includes
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Regula (Robbins Ms. 66)
Expositio regulae beati Augustini. (Robbins Ms. 66)
Expositio regulae beati Augustini. (Robbins Ms. 66)
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