Lentulus (ca. S. I)
“Lives of philosophers” constitute a subcategory of the ancient literary genre of “lives of illustrious men” that was considered anew beginning in the 12th century. The Latin text of this manuscript, the Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum veterum, attributed to Gautier Burley (actually an anonymous Italian author from the early 14th century), consists of a collection of moral maxims from various philosophers, whose names are indexed at the end of the work (f. 93r-94r). This copy, dated 1452, may be from the Abbey of Saint-Denis and later was the property of Paul and Alexandre Petau, before becoming part of the holdings of the Bibliothèque de Genève as part of the bequest of Ami Lullin.
Online Since: 10/10/2019
- Lentulus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Burlaeus, Gualterus (Author) | Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (Author) | Lentulus (Author) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Petau, Paul (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This codex contains the first five books of the Liber specialis gratiae by Mechthild von Hackeborn; books 6 and 7 are missing. On p. 3 there is also a fragment of the Epistola de Ihesu Christo by Ps.-Lentulus Romanus de Judea. The notes on p. 224, which name Johannes Tauler and Konrad (in the codex: Johannes) of Prussia as previous owners, suggest an origin in a Dominican environment. In the 15th century, this manuscript belonged to Ulrich Varnbüler (brother of Angela Varnbüler, who was prioress of the Dominican Convent St. Katharina in St. Gall from 1476-1509; mayor/imperial vogt of St. Gall 1481-1490).
Online Since: 06/23/2016
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Buchegger, Franz Eduard (Librarian) | Conradus, de Prussia (Former possessor) | Lentulus (Author) | Mechthild, von Hackeborn (Author) | Morel, Gallus (Librarian) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Scherrer, Gustav (Librarian) | Tauler, Johannes (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Buchegger, Franz Eduard (Librarian) | Conradus, de Prussia (Former possessor) | Lentulus (Author) | Mechthild, von Hackeborn (Author) | Morel, Gallus (Librarian) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Scherrer, Gustav (Librarian) | Tauler, Johannes (Former possessor) Found in: Additional description