Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 38

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Attested title :
- Magister Stephanus super libros Machabeorum et super Ezechielem
Other label of the document :
- Bruges Public Library, Ms. 038
- Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 38
- Brugge. Hoofdbibliotheek Biekorf, Ms. 38
- Brugge. Openbare Bibliotheek, Ms. 38
Held at : Bruges. Bibliothèque publique
Languages : Latin
Author : Étienne Langton (1150?-1228)
Date of Origin :
- 1201 - 1300 (Source: Mmmonk)
- 13de eeuw (Source: Mmmonk)
Place of Origin :
- Flandre
Support Material : Perkament
Composition :
- 124 ff. + i
Dimensions :
- 330 x 240 mm

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Data Source: Mmmonk

In manuscript 38 two commentaries on books of the Bible are bound together. These were written by Stephen Langton (d. 1228), archbishop of Canterbury and one of the driving forces behind the Magna Carta: (ff. 1r-42v) Stephen Langton super Macchabeorum; and (ff. 43r-124v) Stephen Langton super Hiezechielem. Both works are also present in a contemporaneous collection of Langton's Bible commentaries, known as manuscript 37. Manuscript 38 was copied in the thirteenth century, possibly in either Ten Duinen or Ter Doest. It must have been the work of multiple scribes, as more than one scribal hand can be distinguished. The layout is overall similar, with the text copied in two columns and all initials added in red ink. The back cover contains a note with the contents of manuscript 39. The manuscript is bound in a seventeenth-century binding of the 'Campmans' type. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]

Data Source: Biblissima

Hoste, Anselm. De handschriften van Ter Doest. Steenbrugge: Sint-Pietersabdij, 1993
Online catalogue description by Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Public Library Bruges). Online catalogusbeschrijving door Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge)
Janzen, Jenneka. Written Culture at Ten Duinen. Cistercian Monks and their Books c. 1125-c. 1250. [Onuitgegeven doctoraatsthesis: Universiteit Leiden, 2019]

Data Source: Mmmonk

De twee teksten zijn in twee verschillende handen geschreven
Op het achterste dekblad verwijst een inscriptie naar de inhoud van Ms. 39: 'Jeremias, Epistole canonice, Liber de anima'
Herkomst: Volgens Lieftinck 1953 is dit handschrift mogelijk afkomstig uit het scriptorium van Ter Doest of Ten Duinen

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DE POORTER, Alphonse (1934), Catalogue des manuscrits de la bibliothèque publique de la ville de Bruges, Gembloux | Paris, Duculot | Les Belles Lettres (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques de Belgique, 2), ici p. 56-57 (https://bibmedia.brugge.be/HF_images/DePoorter/CatalogusDePoorter_Compressed.pdf)
ISAAC, Marie-Thérèse (1984), Les Livres manuscrits de l'abbaye des Dunes d'après le catalogue du XVIIe siècle, Aubel, P. M. Gason (Livre - Idées - Société 4)
VAN BELLEGHEM, Doenja (éd.) (2016), De Duinenhandschriften : over de manuscripten van de cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen in het Grootseminarie Brugge en de Openbare bibliotheek Brugge, Brugge, Openbare Bibliotheek