Johannes, de Ragusa (1395-1443)
This composite manuscript from the second quarter of the 15th century consists of eight independent parts; accordingly several hands can be distinguished. The volume contains writings on the council; notes in his own hand suggest that the volume belonged to the Dominican John of Ragusa, who was a one of the leading theologians participating in the the Council of Basel. This volume was later owned by the Dominican Convent of Basel.
Online Since: 06/25/2015
- Johannes, de Ragusa: Initium et prosecutio Basiliensis concilii (167r-247r)
Incipit: In nomine sancte Ad consolacionem zelum domus dei habencium et ad futuram atque perpetuam memoriam
Explicit: primo devotas recommendaciones et cordiales ac intimas salutaciones
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- Johannes, de Ragusa: Tractatus quomodo Bohemi reducti sunt ad unitatem ecclesiae (379r-473v)
Incipit: Ut uniuersi Christi fideles tam presentes quam faturi sacri Basiliensis concilii devotionem et diligenciam erga extirpacionem heresum
Explicit: Quia iam tarde erat fuit finis pro ea die
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- Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Bonacursius, Bononiensis (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Guilelmus, Adae (Author) | Hieronymus, Pragensis, Camaldulensis (Author) | Johannes, de Ragusa (Author) | Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) | Johannes, Palomar (Author) | Philippus, Incontri de Pera (Author) | Thomas, de Aquino (Author) Found in: Standard description
Koran, written in Ramaḍān 639 h. [= March-April 1242] by Muḥammad Ibn al-Maʿāǧīnī. In addition to the canonical text, the manuscript also contains the variants of the seven readers of the Koran and their main transmitters. It was brought to Basel from Constantinople in 1437 by the Dominican John of Ragusa , one of the leading theologians for the Council of Basel. Since 1433 the manuscript was the property of the Dominican monastery of Basel as a bequest of John of Ragusa, and in 1559 it became the property of the university library. The Zurich theologist Theodor Bibliander made use of this manuscript in the preparation of his printing of the Latin translation of the Koran by Robert von Ketton (Basel 1543).
Online Since: 12/20/2016
- Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Ibn al-Maʿāǧīnī, Muḥammad (Scribe) | Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
Famous for the two portraits of Gregory of Nazianzus and Elias of Crete, as well as for a unique cycle of illustrations in honor of Gregory (of which 5 have been lost), this codex is also noteworthy for its content (19 commentaries by Elias of Crete, still unpublished in Greek) and for the story of its creation. The commentaries were copied around the end of the 12th or the beginning of the 13th century, a project that did not provide for miniatures on the frontispiece. These were added a short time later, together with a prologue. The codex still retains the binding that was created in Constantinople between 1435 and 1437 during a restoration for its new owner, the Dominican John of Ragusa, who brought the codex to Basel in 1437.
Online Since: 06/22/2017
- Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Billy, Jacques de (Translator) | Elias, Cretensis (Author) | Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) | Leunclavius, Johannes (Annotator) | Reuchlin, Johannes (Annotator) Found in: Standard description
In this Northern Italian manuscript from the first half of the 11th century, Virgil's works (Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis) are accompanied by the commentary of Servius. This manuscript belonged to the influential Florentine humanist Coluccio Salutati, who added his own comments on Virgil's works in the margins. This manuscript probably came to Basel with the Dominican John of Ragusa, who held a leading position in the Council of Basel. After his death, the manuscript went to the Dominican Convent of Basel.
Online Since: 03/19/2015
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- Johannes, de Ragusa (Former possessor) | Johannes, Tortellius (Former possessor) | Ovidius Naso, Publius (Author) | Salutati, Coluccio (Former possessor) | Servius (Author) | Vergilius Maro, Publius (Author) Found in: Standard description