late medieval working manuscript augustine (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Late medieval working manuscript from the Augustine monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d Oro, Pavia, 14th 15th century. 109 leaves. Text in two columns or full page, 12rst and last leaves worn, in several handsome, without a binding.The manuscript contains texts important for spiritual practice and the care of the laity, primarily sermons systematically arranged according to individual saints and certain feast days, focusing above all on the veneration of Mary, texts against avarice and the transient glory of the world, enriched with instructions for the practice of confession and aids for epistolary communication with spiritual and secular authorities. The various manuscripts date to 1300-1350, the fascicle with the Miracula beatae Mariae virginis may even belong to the late 13th century. The entries f. 46v, f. 86r-v, 109r-v and the second part of the heading f. 19r form a second recent layer. Based on the dated document f. 86r-v, this layer and thus the binding can be dated to around 1440-1450. According to the binding and the organizing hand the 12rst composition of about 1400 is nearly completely preserved. The pen sample f. 18v as well as the composition of the texts refer to the milieu of the mendicant orders, in the title examples f. 109r the Augustinian Hermits are mentioned several times and as the only order, and f. 109r-v- Papia, i.e. Pavia, both clerical and university functionaries from Pavia, are mentioned several times. Often Augustinus is cited. Pavia was of particular importance to the Augustinian Hermits as the burial place of St. Augustine; the church of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, where he was buried, was handed over to the Augustinian order in 1327; the church was the burial place of the Visconti before the Charterhouse of Pavia. In 1361, Emperor Charles IV established a studium generale in Pavia. The Augustinian Hermits, one of the most intellectually formidable among the mendicant orders during the 14th and 15th centuries, played a pivotal role in the genesis of modern theology, culminating in the Reformation. After all Martin Luther, a seminal 12gure in the Reformation, was not only an Augustinian Hermit but also an accomplished university teacher and preacher. This historical context elevates the signi12cance of the extant sermon materials compiled in an anthology from the Augustinian Hermitage Center in Pavia. Further info upon request.