Augustine, De civitate Dei. Idem, Liber de cura pro mortuis gerenda

AuthorAugustine

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 71 A 1

Origin & date Tongeren; c. 1300

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 213, 380x278 (300x195) mm, 2 columns, 54 lines, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: 16th-century brown leather (with date on roll 1563)

Illumination

2 historiated initials (60x45; 85x20 mm); decorated initials (ff. 15v, 22v, 31r, 38v, 48r, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes throughout

Provenance

Chapter library of the O.L. Vrouwekerk, Tongeren. Claimed in 1796 by the French occupying forces and rediscovered in 1839 at Maastricht; acquired in 1840 as part of the Collection Maastricht (no. 352)

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922, no. 419. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 355. - Hermans 1987, p. 126. - Inventaris 2 1993, p. 13

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 1
Title (index form)	De civitate Dei; Liber de cura pro mortuis gerenda
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Tongeren
Date of origin	1300 (c.)
Related names/collections	Maastricht, Coll.; Tongeren, O.L. Vrouwekerk, Chapter library
Cataloguer's note	ask 5-99, 5-00
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Classification code	01 A 21
Geographic code	01 BE 02 FL LI TO

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 8rhistoriated initial

St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, holding a crozier

Prologue

1300 (c.)

11H(AUGUSTINE)11P31131 11Q7562 49L12(I)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	116
Sequence (global)	6679
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 1
Image size (mm)	85x20
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	8r _sc. 1
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands

f. 8rhistoriated initial

St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, with an open book and a pen-knife

Book 1

1300 (c.)

11H(AUGUSTINE)12(+0)49L12(G)49L63 49L171 49LL72

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	117
Sequence (global)	6680
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 A 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 A 1
Image size (mm)	60x45
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd; 49L63 (HB 05-04-2000); 49LL72 (HB 05-04-2000)
Scene order key	8r _sc. 2
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands