Hugo de quattuor archis. Richardus de duodecim patriarchis [titel fenestra]
Hugo de Sancto Victore - 1096 - 1141 (VIAF: 9865788) - auteur
Richardus de Sancto Victore - 1110 - 1173 (VIAF: 98148813) - auteur
This early manuscript, dated to the third quarter of the twelfth century, is one of the first traces of scribal activity in the Ten Duinen abbey. The volume is a compilation of three texts: (ff. 1v-60r) De archa Noe; (ff. 60r-78v) De formatione arche; and (f. 79r-139r) De duodecim patriarchis sive Beniamin minor. The first two works were written by Hugh of Saint-Victor (d. 1141), an important pre-Thomist scholastic theologian and a prolific writer. Both deal with the subject of Noah's ark. In the De archa Noe, the ark is presented from three different perspectives: historically as a vessel; typologically as a precursor to the 'ark' that Christ built: the Church; and finally tropologically as an ark of wisdom, held in each person's heart. In the second text, De formatione arche but also known as De archa Noe mystica, a detailed description of the ark is provided. As is commonly found, in this manuscript the two texts were copied as a single work; thus reaching the total of four arks mentioned in the title. The third work was written by Richard of Saint-Victor (d. 1173), a fellow member of Hugh's monastery and one of his pupils. Just as his teacher, Richard uses a Biblical narrative (here the story of patriarch Jacob) to introduce his aim to the reader, in this case contemplation. This manuscript presents the text in a single column per page, with little decoration other than initials in red, green, and occasionally blue ink, and red accents in most majuscules. The edges of the pages have been cropped, as parts of a contemporary title are visible in the upper margin of fol. 1v. This volume has remained in the Ten Duinen abbey since its production. On the first leaf, we find an mark of ownership and a book curse: "Iste liber est ecclesie beate Marie de Dunis. Si quis eum abstulerit anathema sit." The first and last leaves carry the abbey's cross-shaped stamp. The binding is early Cistercian (12th- or 13th-century) and consists of brown leather over wooden boards, with traces of five metal mounts on each cover and one clasp. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]
Verzamelband afkomstig uit scriptorium Ten Duinen (cf. Janzen 2019)
Vroege cisterciënzerband (12de-13de eeuw)
De Poorter, A., Catalogue des manuscrits de la bibliothèque publique de la ville de Bruges (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques de Belgique 2), Gembloux: Duculot, 1934
Isaac, M.T., Les livres manuscrits de l'Abbaye des Dunes d'après le catalogue du XVIIe siècle (Livre - Idées - Société 4), Verviers: Gason, 1984
Janzen, Jenneka. Written Culture at Ten Duinen. Cistercian Monks and their Books c. 1125-c. 1250. [Onuitgegeven doctoraatsthesis: Universiteit Leiden, 2019]
van Belleghem, Doenja (ed.), De Duinenhandschriften : over de manuscripten van de cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen in het Grootseminarie Brugge en de Openbare bibliotheek Brugge, Brugge: Openbare Bibliotheek, 2016
Online catalogue description by Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Public Library Bruges). Online catalogusbeschrijving door Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge)
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
Mmmonk: Middeleeuwse Monastieke Manuscripten - Open - Netwerk - Kennis
B_OB_MS152 - Hugo de quattuor archis. Richardus de duodecim patriarchis [titel fenestra]