Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 1391

Bibliothèque municipale
Ms. 1391

Provenance:
11th cent. (in.?), Jumièges

Facsimiles available: 157v - 159v

(c) Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale

Content: ^

A collection of twenty-seven hagiographical texts in no recognizable order. The MS is mutilated at the end; the text of the Confessio, which is the last item (fol 157bisv-159v), breaks off at 244, 1 insinuant amicissimo meo. [...] — Patrick is the only Irish saint represented in the collection; his Confessio is preceded, though not immediately, by the miracles of St Gertrud (d. on St Patrick's Day 659). [Quote from Bieler's Introduction, p. 9.]

The following table of content is taken from the Catalogue général by Henri Omont:Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques des départements, Rouen, vol. 1 [Paris 1886], pp. 373-375— not mentioning the last item: St Patrick's Confessio.

Vitae sanctorum et S. Clementis Romani recognitiones.

• fol. 3. S. Clementis Romani recognitiones.
  "[T]ibi quidem papa gaudenti... Ego Clemens in urbe Romanatus... — ...(lib. X.)...quam apostolo exhiberet. Explicit Xmus."
• fol. 78. "Epistola beati Clementis pape ad Jacobum fratrem Domini de obitu apostoli Petri et de ordinatione sua. Clemens Jacobo... Notum tibi fatio, Domine... — ...dampnationem accipiet. Explicit liber hystorie Clementis pape urbis Rome."
• fol. 83. "Vita sancti Eligii, Lemovicensis (corr. Noviomensis) episcopi. Igitur Eligius Lemovecas Galliarum urbe..."
• fol. 91. "Passio sanctorum martirum Nichasii episcopi, Quirini presbiteri, atque Scubiculi diaconi. Cum a fidelibus populis sanctorum..."
• fol. 94v°., "Passio beatissimi Cornelii, episcopi urbis Romae. Temporibus Decii Cesaris maxima persecutio... " fol. 95., "Historia Cornelii pape, cum passione, quam, jubente serenissimo augusto Lothario, Hilduinus archicancellarius de diversis opusculis sancti Cipriani episcopi... collegit; in cujus calce passio sancti Cypriani continetur. In quorum veneratione, precipiente memorato augusto officium nocturnale cum antiphonis et responsoriis a supradicto archicancellario compositum est... In diebus illis, cum universus orbis..." La "Passio sancti Cypriani" commence au fol. 99: Temporibus Valeriani iniquissimi imperaloris... "
• fol. 100. "Publica penitentia Theophili... Factum est in tempore illo priusquam incursio fieret... "
• fol. 104. "Passio sancti Marci evangeliste. Per idem tempus quo dispersi erant aspostoli... "
• fol. 105. "Vita sancti Albini. Igitur beatissimus Albinus episcopus Venetice regionis... "
• fol. 107. "Vita sancti Silvini, episcopi et confessoris Modernis temporibus divina ordinante providentia... "
• fol. 109v°. Vita sanctae Mariae Aegyptiacae
  "de greco transtulit in latinum Paulus Diaconus. Seccretum regis celare bonum est... "
• fol. 117. "Passio sancti Torpetis martiris. In illo tempore, sub Nerone imperatore, qui per omnem provintiam... "
• fol. 119. "Passio sancti Theodoriti presbiteri. Temporibus bone memorie Constantini imperatoris Julianus... "
• fol. 121v°. "Vita beatissimi Vigoris episcopi. Gloria et honor omnipotenti Deo... Igitur beatus Vigor Atrabatensis... "
• fol. 125. "Vita sancti Samsonis episcopi et confessoris. Igitur inter alia sancti Samsonis... "
• fol. 128. "Passio sancte Theodosie virginis. Temporibus illis, Dioclitiano quater et Maximiano ter consulibus... "
• fol. 133. "Passio sancti Erasmi martiris. Facta est persecutio Christianorum... "
• fol. 135 v°. Passio sancti Georgii martiris. Tantas itaque ac tales martirum laudes... "
• fol. 137 v°. "Vita S. Ambrosii [Mediolanensis, auctore Paulino]. [H]ortaris, venerabilis pater Augustine, ut sicut beati viri... "
• fol. 144. "Passio sanctorum martirum Nerey et Achyllei. Nisi studia catholicorum securitatis... "
• fol. 147 v°. "Passio sancti Bonefacii martiris. Temporibus Dioclitiani impiissimi imperatoris orta est seditio maxima... "
• fol. 149 v°. "Passio sanctorum martyrum Johannis et Pauli. Sub Constantino Augusto Gallicano duce Romano exercitus Persarum... "
• fol. 151 v°. "Passio sancli Viti martiris. In provintia Lucania, tempore sub Dioclitiani... "
• fol. 154. "De virtutibus sanctae ac beatissime virginis Christi Geretrudis. Cum multos homines cernimus in hoc seculo... "
• fol. 156 v°. "Passio sancti Theodori presbiteri. Tempore illo Maximianus imperator dum imperium obtineret... "
• [fol. 157bisv°: Sancti Patricii Confessio. "Ego ptricius peccator... "; incompl., desinit fol. 159v°: insinuant amicissimo meo (244,1).]

Physical description: ^

Vellum. 159 foll. 310 x 235 mm. 41 lines; modern cover; continental minuscule saec. XI (in.?).

History: ^

The codex formerly belonged to the Benedictine abbey of Jumièges, but it is not certain that it was written there. For a description of the font Jumièges see Catalogue général, pp. XIX-XXIII.

Bibliography: ^

• Levison, p. 679.
• Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques des départements, Rouen, vol. 1 [Paris 1886], pp. 373-375
• AB 23 (1904), p. 184f.
• N.P.D. White, The Latin writings ..., in: Proceedings of the RIA 25 C (1905), p. 205-206.
• L. Bieler, Codices Patriciani Latini (1942), p. 2.
• L. Bieler, Addenda et corrigenda (1945), p. 244.
• L. Bieler, Introduction (1952), p. 9.

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