Bod-Inc: J-056

Jacobus de Voragine

Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia. With texts relating to Marian feasts as J‑041; legends as J‑043.

 

Analysis of Content

j1r [Title-page.] ‘Lombardica historia que a plerisque Aurea legenda sanctorum appellatur.’

j1v ‘Incipit tabula super legendas sanctorum secundum ordinem alphabeti collecta. Et primo premittitur prologus qui ostendit modum reperiendi materias contentas in diuersis locis huius voluminis'. ‘Prologus.’ Incipit: ‘[Q]uoniam sicut dicit Isidorus in libro De summo bono ad conuersationem et correctionem . . .’

j1v [Subject index.] ‘Tabula legendarum'. Incipit: ‘[A]bscondita diuinitus manifestantur. Legenda octuagesimasecunda capitulo B. In principio . . .’ The title is expressed in the running heading.

j9v ‘Prologus'. ed. Graesse, 1-2.

j9v ‘Capitula'. ‘De festiuitatibus que occurrunt infra tempus renouationis'.

a1r Jacobus de Voragine: Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia. ed. Graesse, nos i–xlvii, xlix–li, liii–lxiii, lxv, lxvii–lxx, lxxii–lxxxiv, lxxxvi, lxxxv, lxxxvii–xciv, xcvi, xcv (with additional section on the name), xcvii–cxxxi, cxxxiv–cxxxviii, cxxxii, cxxxix, cxxxiii, cxl–clxxxii.

E1r [First colophon.]

E1r ‘Sequuntur quedam legende a quibusdam aliis superaddite'. ed. Graesse, nos clxxxiii, cxcv.

E1v Bonifacius IX, Pont. Max.: ‘Tenor bulle per Bonifacium Papam ix transmisse ad diuersas mundi partes super festo visitationis beate Marie virginis ad Elizabeth'.’ Bulla ‘Superni benignitas conditoris' [9 Nov. 1389]. MBR 4, 602-4.

E2v Beda: Sermo. Incipit: ‘Beati dei genitrix virgo semper Maria templum domini sacrarium . . .’

E3r [Additional legends.] ed. Graesse, nos cxciii–cxciv, clxxxiv–clxxxv.

E5v Paulus II, Pont. Max.: ‘De festo presentationis Marie ad templum in Hierusalem'.’ Bulla ‘Rationi congruit et conuenit' [16 Sept. 1464]. Incipit: ‘[P]aulus episcopus seruus seruorum dei ad futuram rei memoriam. Rationi congruit et conuenit honestati vt ea que . . .’

E5v Paulus II, Pont. Max.: ‘Bulla indulgentiarum prefati festi' [21 Jan. 1464].’ Incipit: ‘Paulus episcopus seruus seruorum dei . . . Ad id maxime versatur nostra intentio vt . . .’

E6r Adolphus, Archiepiscopus Mogonciacensis: ‘Institutio huius festi' [30 Aug. 1468].’ Incipit: ‘Adolfus dei gratia sancte Maguntine sedis archiepiscopus . . . rei memoriam. Ex specialis deuotionis affectu quam ad inclitam propugnatricem . . .’

E6r ‘De eodem festo'. Incipit: ‘Que est illa puella mater et virgo semper Maria . . .’

F1r [Additional legends.] ed. Graesse, nos clxxxvi–clxxxix (part).

F4v Anselmus [S. pseudo-: Extracts from Tractatus de conceptione Mariae virginis.] PL CLIX 301-5.

F5r ‘Ex decreto concilii Basiliensis'. Incipit: ‘[S]acrosancta generalis synodus Basiliensis in spiritu sancto legitime congregata . . . Elucidantibus gratie diuine misteria mercedem gloriosam repromisit . . .’

F5r [Additional legends.] ed. Graesse, nos clxxxix (part)–cxc, lii, lxiv, lxxi, cxcvi–ccxviii.

I5r [Colophon.]

I5v Celtis, Conradus; Clamosus [I.e. Schreyer], Sebald: [Verse addressed to] S. Sebaldus. ‘Deo optimo maximo et diuo Sebaldo patrono pro felicitate vrbis Norice per Conradum Celten et Sebaldum Clamosum eius sacre sedis curatorem pie deuote et religiose positum'.’ Incipit: ‘[R]egie stirpis soboles Sebalde | Norica multum veneratus vrbe | Da tuam nobis memorare sanctam | Carmine vitam'; 28 strophes each of 3 sapphic and 1 adonic lines.

Imprint

Imprint: Nuremberg: [Anton Koberger], 2 Apr. 1496. Folio.

Collation

Collation: j¹⁰ a–e⁸ f–h⁶ i⁸ k⁶ l⁸ m–z A–I⁶.

References

ISTC: ij00132000

Hain: C 6468;

Goff: Goff J‑132;

BMC: BMC II 441;

Proctor: Pr 2105;

Others: BSB‑Ink I‑101; CIBN J‑103; Pellechet, ‘Voragine', no. 61; Sack, Freiburg, 1992; Seyboldt no. 86; Sheppard 1537.

LCN: 14496783

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