Bod-Inc: T-250

Trithemius, Johannes

De statu et ruina monastici ordinis.

 

Analysis of Content

A1r [Title-page.] ‘Johannis de Trittenhem abbatis Spanhemensis ordinis sancti Benedicti de obseruantia Burszfeldensi liber lugubris de statu et ruina monastici ordinis omnibus relligiosis ac deuotis uiris non minus utilis quam iocundus'.

A1v Trithemius, Johannes: [Letter addressed to] Blasius [Scheltrub], Abbot of Hirsau. Incipit: ‘[V]enerabili et amantissimo . . .Tametsi uires ingenii mei procul excedat . . .’ Dated 21 Apr. 1493. Paralipomena, ed. Busaeus, 806-7.

A2r Trithemius, Johannes: De statu et ruina monastici ordinis. ‘Liber penthicus . . .de ruina ordinis diui patris nostri Benedicti'. Incipit: ‘[C]um ordinis nostri pristinum decorem ad mentem reuoco . . .’ Explicit: volo et sentio Paralipomena, ed. Busaeus, 807-39; see Arnold 229-30.

E6r [Explicit and publishing note.] It is stated that the treatise was read at the provincial chapter of the Mainz province of the Benedictine order held in Hirsau in 1493, where it was decided, and inserted in the statutes, that this text would be printed to be read during meals at provincial chapters in the future.

Imprint

Imprint: [Leipzig: Martin Landsberg, after May 1493]. 4°.

Remarks: As dated by BSB‑Ink, presumably the date of the provincial chapter where it was decided to print this text; see E6r. The dedicatory letter is dated 21 Apr. 1493 (Polain records as 11 Apr. in error).

Collation

Collation: A–E⁶.

References

ISTC: it00455000

Hain: H *15626;

Goff: Goff T‑455;

Proctor: not in Pr;

Others: BSB‑Ink T‑461; Polain 3822; not in Sheppard.

LCN: 14718897

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