Johannes Climacus

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Title

Johannes Climacus

Shelfmark

MS. Lyell 62

Place of origin

Italian, Venice

Date

1455

Language

Latin

St. John Scholasticus, called Climacus Scala spiritualis and Sermo ad pastorem

a. (fol. 1r) Traversari’s dedicatory letter to Fra Matteo Guidoni, prior of S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence (d. 1421)

b. (fol. 1v) Rubric: Vita sancti Iohannis Scolastici sub compendio a Daniele monacho scripta

c. (fol. 3v) Rubric: Epistola Iohannis abbatis Raithunensis ad Iohannem abbatem montis Synay Scolasticum cognominatum

d. (fol. 4r) Rubric: Prefacio Iohannis Scolastiri in librum qui Climax dicitur. Responsio: Iohannes Iohanni salutem

e. (fol. 4v) Scala Spiritualis

(fol. 68r) Rubric: Eiusdem sermo ad pastorem incipit in quo docetur qualis esse debeat racionalium ovium pastor

g. (fol. 71v) Rubric: Commendacio eiusdem Iohannis Scolastici librique a se editi a Iohanne abbate Raithensis monasterii, ubi liber fere totus brevissime ac mistice exponitur laudaturque scribens in hunc modum ut sequitur

Form

codex

Support

paper, watermarks, steer’s head with flower above and cross strokes and triangular shield below, close to Briquet no. 14872

Physical extent

iv+76 leaves (fol. i-iv, 73–6 are flyleaves),

Hands

Written in Venice in 1455 by frater Jacobus de Polonia in a current gothic hybrid hand.

Decoration

Plain red initials.

Binding

Modern parchment binding.

Acquisition

Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.

Provenance

Formerly in the library of the Abbey of Melk in Austria as MS. 862 (olim 843), with fols. 74–222 (library stamp on fol. 1r).

Bought by Lyell in November 1938 from E. P. Goldschmidt and Co.: see his Cat. 47 (1938) no. v.

James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948

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