Bod-Inc: G-115
Gerson, Johannes
Monotessaron, sive Concordantiae IV evangelistarum.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Gerson, Johannes: ‘Prohemium seu prologus.’ Gerson, Oeuvres, IX no. 450, 245-8.
[a2r] Gerson, Johannes: ‘Prologus.’ Incipit: ‘[E]wangelicas canones composuit Eusebius Cesariensis in Greco . . .’ Explicit:` . . .deambularis animo. Vale frater.’
[a2v] Gerson, Johannes: ‘Prohemium.’ Gerson, Oeuvres, IX no. 450, 248-9.
[a3r] ‘[T]abula continens 150 rubricas.’
[a5r] [Four tables of ‘rubricelle'.]
[a6v] [Table giving years and ‘Golden Numbers'.]
[a7v] [Rubric about the use of the concordance.] Incipit: ‘Circa lecturam istarum concordantiarum propere considerandum est . . .’ Explicit:` . . .omnium euangelistarum.’
[a8r] Monotessaron, sive Concordantiae IV evangelistarum. [Edited by Johannes Gerson.] Gerson, Oeuvres, IX no. 450, 249-373. This work consists of extracts from the four Gospels, with marginal commentary by Gerson.
[f7r] [Table.]
[f8v] ‘Rubricelle in magna rubrica 30.’ Incipit: ‘[O]cto beant lux lex racha(!) qui viderit est non'; 5 lines of mnemonic verse on the tables. For the reading ‘racha' see also G‑085 at1 b2r.
[f8v] ‘Rubricelle in rubrica 141.’ Incipit: ‘[S]um via cum patre do vitis quia te sed odit'; 2 lines of mnemonic verse on the tables.
[f8v] ‘Rubricelle in rubrica 146.’ Incipit: ‘[P]oncio dant vinctum Iudas albis homicida'; 2 lines of mnemonic verse on the tables.
[f8v] ‘Rubricelle in rubrica 150.’ Incipit: ‘[T]res duo stabant auete fregit stat medio pax'; 2 lines of mnemonic verse on the tables.
Imprint
Imprint: [Cologne: Arnold Ther Hoernen, c.1474]. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [a12 b–e10 f8].
References
ISTC: ig00235000
GW: GW 10772;
Hain: HC 7718;
Goff: Goff G‑235;
Proctor: Pr 959;
Others: Sheppard 734; Voulliéme, Köln, 465.
LCN: 14555715
Copies
Copy number: G-115(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century(?) paper boards.
Size: 305 × 224 × 13 mm.
Size of leaf: 297 × 216 mm.
Early manuscript catchwords at the end of each gathering.
Initials are supplied in red, blue or interlocked red and blue, paragraph marks in red or blue; capitals touched with yellow wash.
Provenance: Richard Heber (1773-1833); stamp on the recto of the front endleaf; see probably Catalogue, 2 (1834), lot 2524, sold for £0. 3. 0, although this copy is described as ‘uncut'. J. S. Hall (nineteenth century); book-label: ‘J. S. Hall & amicorum'. Purchased for £0. 9. 0; see Books Purchased (1843), 22.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 6Q inf. 1.12.
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