De lapidibus et gemmis (Medeltidshandskrift 59, Universitetsbiblioteket, Lunds Universitet)
(2006)Latin
- Abstract
- ABSTRACT
This thesis contains a partial edition of a previously unpublished manuscript, De lapidibus et gemmis (MH 59, Lund University Library). The manuscript was probably written in the late XVth century and consists of five parts. Part 1 (ff 1r-1v) and 2 (ff 2r-14r) are written in Latin, part 3 (ff 14v), which is probably later than the rest of manuscript (XVI century?), in German, part 4 (ff 18r-33r) in Latin (some smaller passages in Swedish), part 5 (ff 34r-34v) in Latin and Swedish. The manuscript was written by at least two hands, probably more.
I have chosen to examine and edit part 2, ff 2r-14r, which I have identified as a partial transcript of the franciscan Bartholomeus Anglicus encyclopedic work De proprietatibus
... (More) - ABSTRACT
This thesis contains a partial edition of a previously unpublished manuscript, De lapidibus et gemmis (MH 59, Lund University Library). The manuscript was probably written in the late XVth century and consists of five parts. Part 1 (ff 1r-1v) and 2 (ff 2r-14r) are written in Latin, part 3 (ff 14v), which is probably later than the rest of manuscript (XVI century?), in German, part 4 (ff 18r-33r) in Latin (some smaller passages in Swedish), part 5 (ff 34r-34v) in Latin and Swedish. The manuscript was written by at least two hands, probably more.
I have chosen to examine and edit part 2, ff 2r-14r, which I have identified as a partial transcript of the franciscan Bartholomeus Anglicus encyclopedic work De proprietatibus
rerum, probably written between 1230 and 1260. The encyclopedia was immensly popular
during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Its popularity is shown by the large number of
manuscript copies and printed editions to be found in European libraries. MH 59 contains a
very abridged copy of parts of book XVI, De lapidibus preciosis and a few items from book
XVII, De arboribus et herbis. The stones in book XVI are described with their medical and
magical properties.
It is impossible to know which manuscripts or (possibly) printed editions of De
proprietatibus rerum the scribe had at his disposal. In my edition I have compared the
manuscript with Argentine 1485, an early edition of De proprietatibus rerum, which belongs
to Lund University Library. (Less)
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http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1325553
- author
- Svensson, Johanna
- supervisor
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- Arne Jönsson LU
- organization
- year
- 2006
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Latinsk litteratur, Latin literature, Latin language, Latinska språket, medeltidslatin, medeltidshandskrift, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, lapidarier, läkekonst, medeltiden, magi, encyklopedier, Medieval manuscripts, encyclopaedias, Medieval medecine, lapidaries
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1325553
- date added to LUP
- 2006-05-16 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2009-03-19 14:57:43
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abstract = {{ABSTRACT
This thesis contains a partial edition of a previously unpublished manuscript, De lapidibus et gemmis (MH 59, Lund University Library). The manuscript was probably written in the late XVth century and consists of five parts. Part 1 (ff 1r-1v) and 2 (ff 2r-14r) are written in Latin, part 3 (ff 14v), which is probably later than the rest of manuscript (XVI century?), in German, part 4 (ff 18r-33r) in Latin (some smaller passages in Swedish), part 5 (ff 34r-34v) in Latin and Swedish. The manuscript was written by at least two hands, probably more.
I have chosen to examine and edit part 2, ff 2r-14r, which I have identified as a partial transcript of the franciscan Bartholomeus Anglicus encyclopedic work De proprietatibus
rerum, probably written between 1230 and 1260. The encyclopedia was immensly popular
during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Its popularity is shown by the large number of
manuscript copies and printed editions to be found in European libraries. MH 59 contains a
very abridged copy of parts of book XVI, De lapidibus preciosis and a few items from book
XVII, De arboribus et herbis. The stones in book XVI are described with their medical and
magical properties.
It is impossible to know which manuscripts or (possibly) printed editions of De
proprietatibus rerum the scribe had at his disposal. In my edition I have compared the
manuscript with Argentine 1485, an early edition of De proprietatibus rerum, which belongs
to Lund University Library.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{De lapidibus et gemmis (Medeltidshandskrift 59, Universitetsbiblioteket, Lunds Universitet)}},
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