Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 411

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Attested title :
- De natura rerum
Other label of the document :
- Bruges Public Library, Ms. 411
- Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 411
- Brugge. Hoofdbibliotheek Biekorf, Ms. 411
- Brugge. Openbare Bibliotheek, Ms. 411
Held at : Bruges. Bibliothèque publique
Languages : Latin
Author : Thomas de Cantimpré (1201?-126.?)
Date of Origin :
- 1401 - 1600 (Source: Mmmonk)
- 15de-16de eeuw (Source: Mmmonk)
Place of Origin :
- Flandre
Script :
- gotische semi-hybrida ; lettre bâtarde?
Support Material : Perkament
Composition :
- 336 ff. + i
Dimensions :
- 35 x 25 cm

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Data Source: Mmmonk

Manuscript 411 contains part of De natura rerum by Thomas of Cantimpré (c. 1201 - 1270). De natura rerum is an encyclopedia in which Thomas of Cantimpré compiles natural historic knowledge. He drew from a number of sources such as Aristotle, Pliny the Elder, Isodore of Seville, Jacques de Vitry. The manuscript dates back to the fifteenth and sixteenth century. It was owned by Ten Duinen Abbey. The manuscript is not complete: it starts with the "monstrous men" of the East (book 3); it only contains the first part of book 20. The first books are richly illustrated, particularly the chapter on different human appearances. On Folio 4r a drawing of a human-eating cyclops is featured, as well as hairy wild men, hermaphrodites, and a giantess. [Summary by Sarah Vanroye]

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Arnould, Alain, The art historical context of the library of Raphael de Mercatellis, Gent: Diss. doct. kunstgeschiedenis en oudheidkunde, 1992
Boese, H., "Zur Textüberlieferung von Thomas Cantimpratensis' Liber de natura rerum", Archivum fratrum praedicatorum, 39 (1969), 53-68
Thorndike, L. - P. Kibre, A Catalogue of Incipits of Mediaeval Scientific Writings in Latin, Cambridge, MA: Mediaeval Academy, 1963 en supplementen (online via: http://cctr1.umkc.edu/search)

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Inc. (f. 1r): 'Hic incipit liber de hominibus monstruosis. Qvoniam de monstruosis hominibus orientis liber sequitur'; inc. Liber 1 (f. 289r): 'Incipit prologus in libro de natura rerum. [N]aturas rerum in diuersis auctorum scriptis'; expl. (f. 336v): 'potus et superflua humiditas'
Verso achterste schutblad bevat aantekening latere hand: 'O Domine Deus miserere mei et patris et matris et omnium', met daaronder schets van gekruisigde Christus
Bevat Libri 3-20 (ff. 1r-288v), 1 (ff. 289r-336v). Liber 1 is onvolledig

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