Valerius Maximus (ca. S. I a.C.n.- ca. S. I. p.C.n.)
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This small-format codex probably is from the Carthusian monastery of Mainz, from where it came to the Carthusian monastery of Basel, where numerous ownership notes were added. It contains a great variety of excerpts from religious, historical and other literature from the Middle Ages and antiquity. The length of the texts also varies considerably: in addition to short excerpts and two- or four-line verses about various things such as popes or bees, there are longer pieces such as Hugh of Fouilloy's De rota verae et falsae religionis or the first half of Paradisus Animae by Pseudo-Albertus Magnus.
Online Since: 06/18/2020
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This manuscript originally consisted of at least two books, as can still be seen from the separate original foliation. The first part was written in the 13th century by several very similar hands; it contains numerous sermons, among others some by Gilbertus Tornacensis and Bonaventure. The second part, written by a main hand from the 14th century, contains a vast collection of exempla of various origins. This plain manuscript belonged to the library of the Carthusian Monastery of Basel, as confirmed by numerous notes of ownership, two old title labels and various old shelfmarks.
Online Since: 12/14/2018
- Valerius Maximus: Exempla (138r-v)
Incipit: Valerius libro .5. c. 5. Narratur de quodam qui
Explicit: aluit uberibus suis et ille donatus est filie et in memoriam tanti preconii reservatus
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This composite manuscript from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel was written by various hands; it contains primarily astrological writings, among them texts by Abraham ibn Esra, Al-Zarkali and Hermes Trismegistus translated from the Arabic, Hebrew and Greek. In the margin of f. 120r there is a blessing against worms, on f. 145v medical advice in a blend of German and Latin. In addition to handwritten parts, the volume also contains three prints. One of the two original leather clasps is still intact.
Online Since: 03/29/2019
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- Alfonsus, Bonihominis (Translator) | Aristoteles (Author) | Bruni, Leonardo (Author) | Bruni, Leonardo (Translator) | Campanus, Johannes (Author) | Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author) | Florus, Lucius Annaeus (Author) | Henricus, Bate (Translator) | Hermes, Trismegistus (Author) | Hippocrates (Author) | Ibn-ʿEzra, Avraham Ben-Meʾir (Author) | Johannes, de Lineriis (Author) | Louber, Jakob (Librarian) | Maġribī, as-Samauʾal Ibn-Yaḥyā al- (Author) | Nicolaus, de Tudeschis (Author) | Petrus, de Abano (Translator) | Petrus, De Andelo (Author) | Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius (Author) | Ṯābit Ibn-Qurra (Author) | Valerius Maximus (Author) | Valescus, de Taranta (Author) | Zarqālī, Ibrāhīm Ibn-Yaḥyā az- (Author) Found in: Standard description
One of the earliest and most famous manuscripts of Valerius Maximus; its importance lies in the autograph reworkings by Lupus of Ferrières. Lupus himself wrote the Exempla and the comment on the sometime "flyleaves" (f. II-III), repeatedly collated the main text, added supplements from the parallel transmission of Iulius Paris (an abbreviator of Valerius Maximus) and also its accompanying text (Gaius Titius Probus: De praenominibus; f. 158va-159r). In making the fresh description a hitherto unnoticed letter- or charter-like text was discovered on the last page (f. 159v).
Online Since: 06/23/2016
- Valerius Maximus: Facta et dicta memorabilia, cum exemplis e Iulio Paride et fragmentis. Found in: Standard description
- Valerius Maximus: Facta et dicta memorabilia, cum exemplis e Iulio Paride et fragmentis. Found in: Standard description
- Valerius Maximus: Facta et dicta memorabilia. (1ra–158rb) Found in: Standard description
- Valerius Maximus: Capitulatio. (1ra–2ra)
Incipit: Incipiunt capitula librorum Valerii Maximi factorum et dictorum memorabilium. Liber primus. I. De religione
Explicit: liber VIIII LXXXII. De his qui infimo loco nati mendacio se clarissimis familiis inserere conati sunt.
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- Valerius Maximus: Liber I. (2ra–18rb)
Incipit: Valeri Maximi factorum et dictorum memorabilium liber primus incipit. Urbis Romae exterarum gentium facta simul ac dicta memoratu digna
Explicit: centum et viginti pedum in urbem missum. Valeri Maximi factorum et dictorum memorabilium liber primus explicit.
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- Valerius Maximus: Liber II. (18rb–36ra)
Incipit: Incipit liber secundus feliciter. I. De institutis antiquis … (18va) Dives et praepotens naturae regnum scrutatus iniciam stilum
Explicit: sinceritati eius concedendum existimarunt. Explicit liber secundus.
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- Valerius Maximus: Liber III. (36ra–54rb)
Incipit: Incipit tertius. I. De indole (36rb) Adtingam quasi cunabula quaedam et elementa virtutis
Explicit: qui incolumitatis eius praesidium falso interpellari indicio noluerunt. Valeri Maximi explicit liber III.
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- Valerius Maximus: Liber IV. (54rb–73ra)
Incipit: Incipit liber IIII. (54va) Transgrediar ad saluberrimam partem animi
Explicit: aliquanto existimes illam inpensam quam hanc custodiam. Valeri Maximi factorum et dictorum memorabilium liber IIII explicit.
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- Valerius Maximus: Liber V. (73ra–92vb)
Incipit: Incipit liber V. I. De humanitate aut clementia (73rb) De humanitate aut clementia. Liberalitati quas aptiores comites quam humanitatem et clementiam dederim
Explicit: ita ne vivere aliquem quidem posse qui non sit moriturus. Valeri Maximi liber V explicit.
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- Valerius Maximus: Liber VI. (92vb–110ra)
Incipit: Incipit VI feliciter. De pudicitia. Unde te virorum pariter ac feminarum praecipuum firmamentum
Explicit: ut inflictorum malorum amaritudine desiderium sui duplicent. Valeri Maximi liber VI explicit.
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- Valerius Maximus: Liber VII. (110rb–125ra)
Incipit: Incipit liber VII. I. De felicitate De felicitate. Volubilis fortunae complura exempla retulimus
Explicit: et spiritu supremos anhelitus reddente scurrili lusu suggillanda sibi desumpsit. Valeri Maximi liber VII explicit.
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- Valerius Maximus: Liber VIII. (125ra–141va)
Incipit: Incipit liber VIII. I. Infames rei (125rb) Infames rei quibus de causis absoluti aut damnati sint. Nunc, quoque aequiore animo ancipites iudiciorum motus tolerentur
Explicit: fratribus eandem palmam adsecutis latera eius cingentibus. Valeri Maximi liber VIII explicit.
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- Valerius Maximus: Liber IX. (141va–158rb)
Incipit: Incipit liber VIIII. I. De luxuria et libidine (141vb) De luxuria et libidine. Blandum etiam malum luxuria, quam accusare aliquanto facilius est
Explicit: imperio dementer inminens iusto inpendere supplicio coegit. Valeri Maximi factorum et dictorum memorabilium liber nonus explicit.
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- Valerius Maximus: Notiz (9./10. Jh.). (159v) Found in: Standard description
- Bongars, Jacques (Former possessor) | Daniel, Pierre (Former possessor) | Gravisset, Jakob von (Former possessor) | Hortin, Samuel (Librarian) | Iulius, Paris (Author) | Lupus, Ferrariensis (Annotator) | Titus Probus, Gaius (Author) | Valerius Maximus (Author) | Wild, Marquard (Librarian) Found in: Standard description
This is an especially lovely exemplar, written in France (Paris?) or Flanders, of The Mirror of Human Salvation, or Speculum humanae salvationis. The work itself exists in over 200 manuscript copies and numerous print editions. The Mirror of Human Salvation is divided into the prefiguring of salvation (Old Testament), the story of salvation as told in the New Testament (from the Annunciation to the Judgement Day), the 7 Stations of the Passion, the 7 Sorrows and the 7 Joys of Mary. At this time, four leaves and the opening portion are missing.
Online Since: 11/04/2010
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