Laon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 422 (olim: yy) / xiv H) / 119)

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Isidorus Hispalensis: De natura rerum; Etymologiae; Sententiae

Aratea text: De signis caeli

Parchment — II + 94 fols. — 295 × 185 mm — Laon — s. IX1

Binding: The original binding was restored.

Fragment from a breaviary (s. X2/XI) was used as binding waste (probably pastedown). The trimmed double leaf is now attached as a flying leaf.

Selected bibliography: Bischoff, Katalog II, p. 34. — Dell'Era (1979), esp. p. 271. — Barbara Obrist, "Le diagramme isidorien des saisons, son contenu physique et les représentations figuratives." Mélanges de l’Ecole française de Rome 108-1 (1996), p. 95-164. — J.J. Contreni, The Cathedral School of Laon from 850 to 930. Its Manuscripts and Masters, Munich, 1978, p. 31, 48. — Entry at Europeana Regia — BnF Archives et manuscripts ms. 422 — Entry in Innovative Knowledge Database. — Entry in Mirabile.

Part 1

1r-22v Isidore of Seville: De natura rerum Domino et filio sisebuto esydorus

Sic igitur ille ad crucianda corpora damnatorum finem numquam est habiturus. Exlicit liber de natura rerum deo gratias. Diagrams.

22v- In nomine dei summi incipit de astronomia

26v-30v Ps. Bede: De signis caeli Helix arcturus maior habet autem in capite … — … eo quod contraria sit cani.

54v-56v Gregory of Tours: De cursu stellarum ratio Stellarum cursus per XII mensibus et tempora et horis Stellarum cursus hoc modo obseruandus est … — … sigibertus rex obiret crinnita multos apparuit.

Part 2

73-93 leaves added for Isidore's Sententiae

Part 3

91r-93v Missae Speciales added at the end of s. IX.


Abreviated Literature:

Bischoff, Katalog IIKatalog der festländischen Handschriften des neunten Jahrhunderts: (mit Ausnahme der wisigotischen)Bernhard BischoffWiesbaden 2. Laon - Paderborn Harrassowitz 2004
Dell'Era (1979)Dell'Era, Antonio. "Una rielaborazione dell'Arato latino." In Studi Medievali ser. 3, 20:1 (1979): 269-302.

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How to quote: Ivana Dobcheva, 'Laon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 422 - Aratea Digital' (https://github.com/ivanadob/aratea-data/blob/master/data/descriptions/desc__laon_bm_422.xml last update: 2018-07-15).