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Ambrosius

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Part I.

a1r [Brant, Sebastian]: [In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii.] Incipit: ‘Quid tibi sancta fides, pater o memorande, rependet | Quam tua collustrant scripta decora nimis?'; 5 elegiac distichs. Lines 7-16 of the poem In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii printed among Brant's Varia carmina, Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1 May [14]98 (GW 5068), H7r -H8r. Walther, Initia, 15930.

a1v [Table of contents of parts one to three.] ‘Librorum sancti Ambrosii episcopi Basilee impressorum preuia annotatio.’

a2r [Heynlin] de Lapide, Johannes: [Letter] to Johannes de Amerbach. Hans Rupprich, Humanismus und Renaissance in den deutschen Städten und an den Universitäten (Leipzig, 1935), 55-61. Partly edited in Amerbachkorrespondenz, I 31-3.

a3v [Table of contents for the pars prima.]

a3v Ambrosius: De officiis [ministrorum], three books. PL XVI 23-184. Ambrosius, De officiis ministrorum libri III, ed. Jo. Georgius Krabinger (Tübingen, 1857), 31-223. Book I only: Saint Ambroise, Les devoirs. Livre I, ed. Maurice Testard (Paris 1984), 95-222. With tables of contents preceding each book. See CPL 144.

A1r Ambrosius [pseudo-; Prosper Tiro Aquitanus]: De vocatione omnium gentium, two books. PL XVII 1073-1132 (among the works of Ambrosius). PL LI 647-722 (among the works of Prosper Tiro Aquitanus). With preceding table of contents.

2a1r Ambrosius: Hexaemeron, six books. PL XIV 123-274. CSEL XXXII/1a, 3-261. With tables of contents preceding each book. See CPL 123; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1227.

2g2v Ambrosius [Pseudo]: De dignitate humanae conditionis. PL XVII 1015-18 and PL XL, 1213-14. See CPPM 131.

2g3v Ambrosius: De paradiso. PL XIV 275-314. CSEL XXXII/1a, 265-336. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 124; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1228.

2i2v Ambrosius: De Cain et Abel, two books. PL XIV 315-60. CSEL XXXII/1a, 339-409 With tables of contents preceding each book. See CPL 125; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1229.

2l1v Ambrosius: De Noe et arca. PL XIV 361-416. CSEL XXXII/1a, 413-97. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 126; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1230.

3a1r Ambrosius: De Abraham patriarcha, two books. PL XIV 419-500. CSEL XXXII/1b, 501-638. With tables of contents preceding each book. See CPL 127; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1231.

3c7r Ambrosius: De Isaac vel anima. PL XIV 501-34. CSEL XXXII/1b, 641-700. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 128; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1232.

3e1r Ambrosius: De bono mortis. PL XIV 539-68. CSEL XXXII/1b, 703-53. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 129.

3f3r Ambrosius: De fuga saeculi. PL XIV 569-96. CSEL XXXII/2, 163-207. See CPL 133.

3g1v Ambrosius: De Jacob et vita beata, two books. PL XIV 597-638. CSEL XXXII/2, 3-70. With tables of contents preceding each book. See CPL 130; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1233.

3i2v Ambrosius: De Joseph patriarcha. PL XIV 641-72. CSEL XXXII/2, 73-122. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 131; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1234.

3k2v Ambrosius: De benedictionibus patriarcharum (De patriarchis). PL XIV 673-94. CSEL XXXII/2, 125-60. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 132; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1235.

3l2r Ambrosius: De Nabuthe Iezraelita PL XIV 731-56. CSEL XXXII/2, 469-516. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 138; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1237.

3l8v [Brant, Sebastian]: [In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii.] Incipit: ‘Plurima habere cupit qui possidet omnia diues, | nempe inopes reddit copia magna viros. | Unde habeant, cura est paucis, sed oportet habere | per scelus atque nefas: pauper vbique iacet. | Hoc pater Ambrosius Nabuthe testatur in vmbra, | qui pro rure suo, rege volente, cadit.'; 3 elegiac distichs. Lines 19-24 of the poem In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii printed among Brant's Varia carmina, Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1 May [14]98 (GW 5068), H7r -H8r.

3m1r Ambrosius: De Helia et ieiunio PL XIV 697-728. CSEL XXXII/2, 411-65. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 137; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1236.

3n2v [Brant, Sebastian]: [In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii.] Incipit: ‘Que bona sobrietas, quales gula seua reatus | Ebrietasque ferant, continet ille liber. | Abstinet Helias viuusque adit astra, Joannes | esurit et meruit tingere in amne deum. | Jeiunans Moyses legem capit. Idola adorat | ebria gens; epulo diues ad ima ruit.'; 3 elegiac distichs. Lines 27-32 (with variants) of the poem In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii printed among Brant's Varia carmina, Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1 May [14]98 (GW 5068), H7r -H8r.

3n2v Ambrosius: De Tobia. PL XIV 759-94. CSEL XXXII/2, 519-73. Ambrosius, De Tobia, ed. Marta Giacchero, Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di Filologia Classica e Medioevale, 19 (Genoa, 1965), 85-161. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 139; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1238.

3o3r Ambrosius: De interpellatione Job et David ‘De interpellationibus.’ PL XIV 797-850. CSEL XXXII/2, 211-96 Books I, III, and IV only. With tables of contents preceding each book. See CPL 134; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1239.

3q1r Ambrosius: De apologia David. PL XIV 851-84. CSEL XXXII/2, 299-355. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 135; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1240.

3r4r Ambrosius [pseudo-; Gregorius Iliberritanus: Sermo] de Salomone. PL XVII 693-9. Gregorius Iliberritanus, Quae supersunt, ed. Vincentius Bulhart, CC LXIX (Turnhout, 1967), 253-9. With preceding table of contents. See CPPM 56.

3s1r Ambrosius: De mysteriis. PL XVI 389-410. CSEL LXXIII 89-116. Ambrosius, Des sacrements. Des mystères. Explication du Symbole, 2nd augmented edn by Bernard Botte, Sources chrétiennes, 25 bis (Paris, 1961), 156-92. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 155.

3s4v Ambrosius [Pseudo?]: De sacramentis, six books. PL XVI 417-62. CSEL LXXIII 15-85. Ambrosius, Des sacrements, ed Botte, 60-154. Ambrose, On the Sacraments, ed. Henry Chadwick, Studies in Eucharistic Faith and Practice, 5 (London, 1960). With tables of contents preceding each book. On authorship see Otto Faller, ‘Was sagen die Handschriften zur Echtheit der sechs Predigten “S. Ambrosii de Sacramentis"?', Zeitschrift für Katholische Theologie, 53 (1929), 43-65 and G. Lazzati, ‘L'autenticità del “De sacramentis” e la valutazione letteraria delle opere di S. Ambrogio', Aevum, 29 (1955), 17-48. The authorship is disputed by F. R. M. Hitchcock, ‘Venerius, Bishop of Milan, Probable Author of the “De sacramentis”  ’, Hermathena, 70 (1947), 22-38; 71 (1948), 19-35 and K. Gamber, ‘Ist Niceta von Remesiana der Verfasser von “De sacramentis"?', Ostkirchliche Studien, 7 (1958), 153-72; 9 (1960), 123-73. See CPL 154.

3t4v [Brant, Sebastian: In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii.] Incipit: ‘Mysterium hic sacri fontisque et initia ponit | Quaeque illic fiant mystica cuncta docet. | Et quanto potius corpus venerabile, manna, | sanguis et a petrae flumine distet, habes. | Hostia panis erat, species manet et modo carnem | et verum domini corpus adesse scias'; 3 elegiac distichs. Lines 33-8 of the poem In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii printed among Brant's Varia carmina, Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1 May [14]98 (GW 5068), H7r -H8r.

3t4v Ambrosius [pseudo-: Pastorale]. Also known as De dignitate sacerdotali vel Cura pastorali. PL XVII 567-80; with a preceding table of contents. On authorship see F. G. Nuvolone, Gerberto, scienza, storia e mito, Archivum Bobiense, Studia, II (Bobbio, 1985), 379-564. See CPL 171a; CPPM 131.

3t7r Ambrosius [pseudo-; Johannes Fiscanensis]: Oratio praeparativa ad missae celebrationem. PL XVII 751-5. Ascribed to Johannes Fiscanensis by CIBN A‑291.

3t8r Ambrosius [pseudo-; Ambrosius Autpertus]: Oratio praeparativa ad missae celebrationem. PL XVII 755-62. Ascribed to Ambrosius Autpertus by CIBN A‑291.

Part II.

a1v Ambrosius: Expositio in Psalmum cxviii, [prologue]. PL XV 1197-9. CSEL LXII 3-5.

a2r Ambrosius: Expositio in Psalmum cxviii, 22 sermons. PL XV 1199-1526. CSEL LXII 5-510. See CPL 141; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1242.

n1v [Alphabetical table of notable dicta.]

2a2r Ambrosius: Expositio in Evangelium secundum Lucam, [prologue]. PL XV 1527-32. CSEL XXXII/4, 3-9. CC XIV/4, I–VI and 1–6. Ambrosius, Sur S. Luc, ed. Gabriel Tissot, 2 vols, Sources chrétiennes, 45 (Paris, 1956, repr. 1971), and 52 (Paris, 1958). With preceding table of contents.

2a5r Ambrosius: Expositio in Evangelium secundum Lucam, ten books. PL XV 1533-1850. CSEL XXXII/4, 10-528. CC XIV/4, 6-400. See CPL 143; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1243.

3a2r Ambrosius [pseudo-; Ambrosiaster]: PL XVII 45-7. Ambrosiastri qui dicitur Commentarius in epistolas Paulinas, part 1, CSEL, LXXXI/1 (Vienna, 1966), 5-9 (recension Γ).

3a2r Ambrosius [pseudo-; Ambrosiaster]: Expositio in tredecim epistolas Pauli apostoli. PL XVII 47-508. Ambrosiastri qui dicitur Commentarius in epistolas Paulinas, part 1, CSEL, LXXXI/1 (Vienna, 1966), 8-496; part 2, CSEL, LXXXI/2 (Vienna, 1968); part 3, CSEL, LXXXI/3 (Vienna, 1969) (recension Α). See CPL 184; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1249-61.

Part III.

a1r [Table of contents of the pars tertia.]

a1v Ambrosius: Epistolae, ten books. PL XVI 876-1286 (rearranged: see synopsis 867-74). CSEL LXXXII/1, 3-241; LXXXII/2, 3-192; LXXXII/3, 3-140. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 160.

2a2r Gratianus: [Letter] to Ambrosius. PL XVI 875-6. CSEL LXXIX 3-4.

2a2r Ambrosius: [Letter] to Gratianus. ‘Prologus.’ PL XVI 527-30. CSEL LXXVIII 3-6.

2a2r Ambrosius: De fide ad Gratianum, five books. PL XVI 530-698. CSEL LXXVIII 6-307. With tables of contents preceding each book. See CPL 150.

2f1r Ambrosius: De spiritu sancto, three books. Dedicated to Gratianus. PL XVI 703-816. CSEL LXXIX 15-222. With tables of contents preceding each book. See CPL 151.

2i1r Ambrosius [pseudo-; Gregorius Iliberritanus]: De fide contra Arrianos. PL XVII 552-68. Gregorius Iliberritanus, Quae supersunt, ed. Vincentius Bulhart, CC LXIX (Turnhout, 1967), 224-47. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 551.

2i5v [Brant, Sebastian: In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii.] Incipit: ‘Improbe quid fidei tunicam quasi sutilis haec sit | Arri sacrilego scindere dente iuuat? | Esse aliquid patrem quod non sit filius aeque, | quod neque consubstet de patre natus, ais. | Deque deo genitumque deum, de lumine lumen, | credere dissimulans dogmata falsa seris'; 3 elegiac distichs. Lines 39-44 of the poem In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii printed among Brant's Varia carmina, Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1 May [14]98 (GW 5068), H7r -H8r.

2i5v Ambrosius: De incarnationis dominicae sacramento, [table of contents].

2i6r [Brant, Sebastian: In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii.] Incipit: ‘Quid tutum a morsu poterit gens saeua canino | esse tuo? Si non filius ipse Dei?'; 4 elegiac distichs. Lines 45-52 of the poem In laudem sanctissimi patris Ambrosii printed among Brant's Varia carmina, Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1 May [14]98 (GW 5068), H7r -H8r.

2i6r Ambrosius: De incarnationis dominicae sacramento. PL XVI 817-46. CSEL LXXIX 225-81 See CPL 152.

2I6r Ambrosius [pseudo-]: [Sermo] de mysterio paschae. PL XVII 672-5 See CPPM 45.

2k1r Ambrosius: De excessu fratris [Satyri], book I. PL XVI 1289-1316. CSEL LXXIII 209-51. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 157.

2l1v Ambrosius: De fide resurrectionis [De excessu fratris Satyri, book II]. PL XVI 1315-54. CSEL LXXIII 251-325. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 157.

2m4r Ambrosius: De poenitentia, two books. PL XVI 465-524. CSEL LXXIII 119-206. Ambrosius, La Pénitence, ed. Roger Gryson, Sources chrétiennes, 179 (Paris, 1971), 52-200. With tables of contents preceding each book. See CPL 156.

2n8v Ambrosius [pseudo-; Caesarius Arelatensis: Adhortatio ad poenitentiam ex dictis s. Augustini.] ‘De penitentia agenda adhortatio.’ PL LXVII 1082-3. Caesarius Arelatensis Sermones, pars prima, ed. Germanus Morin, 2nd edn, CC CIII (Turnhout, 1953), 272-4. Ascribed to Ambrosius, Augustinus or Caesarius Arelatensis: see CCPM 154, 2168, 4392.

3a2r Ambrosius: De virginibus, three books. PL XVI 187-232. Ambrosius, De virginibus, ed. Otto Faller, Florilegium patristicum, 31 (Bonn, 1933). Ambrosius, De virginibus libri tres, ed. Egnatius Cazzaniga (Torino, 1948), 1-76. See CPL 145.

3c3v Ambrosius: De viduis. PL XVI 233-62. See CPL 146.

3d1r Ambrosius: Adhortationes ad virgines. PL XVI 335-64. See CPL 149.

3e1r Ambrosius: De institutione virginis. PL XVI 305-34. With preceding table of contents. See CPL 148.

3f1v Ambrosius [pseudo-; Pelagius?]: Ad virginem devotam. PL XVII 579-84; supplement I (1958), 591; see CPL 747. With preceding table of contents.

3f3r Ambrosius [pseudo-]: Ad virginem corruptam. PL XVI 3672 -37938; part of the ‘De lapsu virginis consecratae Susanne'. With preceding table of contents.

3f5r Ambrosius [pseudo-]: In corruptorem virginis obiurgatio. PL XVI 37939 -38042.

3f5v Ambrosius [pseudo-]: Ad virginem corruptam exhortatio. PL XVI 38143 -383.

4a1v Ambrosius: [Nonaginta] sermones. PL XVII 603-734 (rearranged: see synopsis 591-603). With preceding table of contents. For spurious sermons see CPL 180 and CPPM 4.

4g3v Ambrosius [pseudo-: Epistola] de passione beatae Agnetis virginis. PL XVII 735-42. Florian Jubaru, Sainte Agnès, vierge et martyre de la Voie Nomentane (Paris, 1907), 358-63. See CPL 2159.

4g5v Ambrosius: [Epistola] de inventione corporum sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii. PL XVI 1019-26. CSEL LXXXII/3, 126-40.

4g6v Ambrosius: [Sermo] de inventione corporum sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii. PL XVI 102315 -1026.

4g7v Ambrosius ?: [Sermo] de baptismo sancti Augustini. Incipit: ‘[Q]vod his diebus contigit, fratres humanissimi, vidistis, quibus domini nostri Iesu Christi summam potestatem et clementiam intelligere potuimus . . .’ Explicit: Hanc Augustini conuersionem in futurum homines diuinis prosequentur honoribus. Amen.’

4g8r [Alphabetical table of notable dicta.]

Imprint

Imprint: Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1492. Folio.

Collation

Collation: Part I: a–d^8.6 e f A–C⁶; ²a–d^8.6 e⁴ f⁸ g h⁶ i⁸ k⁶ l m⁸; ³a–d^8.6 e⁶ f⁸ g⁴ h⁶ i–o^8.6 p q⁶ r⁴ s⁸ t¹⁰. Part II: a–m^8.6 n⁶; ²a–m^8.6; ³a b–r^8.6 s⁸. Part III: a–k^8.6 l–o⁶; ²a⁸ b⁶ c–h⁸ i I k⁶ l–n⁸; ³a–d^8.6 e f⁶; ⁴a–f^8.6 g¹⁰.

Remarks: Leaf2 a1 is unsigned, signatures start on2 a2, which is signed a. Collation as GW, not as BMC.

Illustrations: On a1r of part I woodcut by the Meister des Haintz Narr depicting Ambrosius writing in his study: see Hieronymus, Buchillustration, no. 91.

References

ISTC: ia00551000

GW: GW 1599;

Hain: HC *896; C 406;

Goff: Goff A‑551;

BMC: BMC III 753;

Proctor: Pr 7592;

Others: BSB‑Ink A‑480; CIBN A‑291; Hillard 95; Oates 2780-1; Rhodes 71; Sack, Freiburg, 138-9; Schramm XXI p. 27, 600; Schreiber V 3264; Sheppard 2439.

LCN: 14427801

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