Manuscripts of Theological Works

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Liber de sancta Trinitate

Liber gratie

Expositio in orationem Dominicam

Tractatus in salutatione beate Virginis Marie ab angelo facta

Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis

Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste

Liber de penitentia

Alphabetical list of manuscripts

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Inventory of manuscripts of the Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis

56 surviving manuscripts of the Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis are known today; two further manuscripts are lost.

Surviving manuscripts

• Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, Fonds Lescalopier, 7, ff. 1-53^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: last third of 13^th century.
  • P:
  • O:
  • L: Digital images as well as a monochrome facsimile (microfilm) are available for consultation in the Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux of the Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes at Paris.

• Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek, II.1.4°.9, ff. 203^ra-251^va
  • I: The text belongs to the second part of a composite manuscript consisting of 3 parts, dating to the 13^th and 14^th centuries. It also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 2^nd half of 13^th century.
  • P: France.
  • O: Iste liber est ... fratris Iohannis de Lyra (fol. 203^r); Füssen, cl. St. Mang O.S.B.

• Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, A.XI.1, ff. 250^v-308^v
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent’s Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste and his theological treatise Liber gratie. The ms. was used as a source to the Basel 1481 incunabulum edition by Amerbach, possibly in combination with ms. Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, B.VIII.31.
  • D: Ca. 1450.
  • P:
  • O: A monastery at Basel.

• Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, B.VIII.31, ff. 1^r-64^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent’s Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste and two of his political works, the De eruditione filiorum nobilium and the Epistola consolatoria ad Ludovicum regem de morte filii. The ms. was possibly used as a source to the Basel 1481 incunabulum edition by Amerbach, in combination with ms. Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, A.XI.1.
  • D: Early 14^th century.
  • P:
  • O: Dominicans at Basel.

• Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria, 1768, ff. 1^r-123^r
  • D: 14^th century.
  • P:
  • O:

• Bonn, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, S 361, ff. 11^r-49^v
  • I: The text belongs to the second part of a composite ms. consisting of nine parts dating to the 2^nd half of 15^th century.
  • D: last third of 15^th century.
  • P: Western Germany (Niederwerth).
  • O: cl. Niederwerth, St. Maria Magdalena Can.Reg.S.Aug.; in 1821 incorporated into the University library.
  • L: A few digital images are available.

• Bruges, Stadsbibliotheek, 86, ff. 1-64^v
  • I: The text belongs to the first section of a composite manuscript consisting of 4 parts, dating to the 14^th and 15^th centuries. It also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 14^th-15^th century.
  • P:
  • O: cl. Ten Duinen O.Cist.
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, 1878-1889, ff. 2-61^v
  • I: The text belongs to the second part of a composite ms. The codex consists of at least three parts dating to the 2^nd half of the 14^th and early 15^th centuries.
  • D: 2^nd half of 14^th century.
  • P: Southern Netherlands?
  • O: cl. Korssendonk Can.Reg.S.Aug. (Windesheim Congregation), near Turnhout (fol. 1^v: Iste liber pertinet monasterio de Korssendonck).

• Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, II.950, ff. 118-179
  • I: Second part of a composite manuscript. The first part, dating to the 14^th century, once belonged to cl. Cambron O.Cist.
  • D: 1410 (fol. 179^r: Iste liber de laudibus gloriose Dei genitricis Marie fuit scriptus in monasterio septem fontium Ordinis Sancti Augustini anno dominice incarnationis millesimo quadringentesimo et decimo. Sed et meditationes beati Augustini que subsequuntur fuerunt scripte in eodem anno et in eodem monasterio et ab eodem scriptore.
  • P: Northern Netherlands (Windesheim).
  • O: cl. Windesheim, Can.Reg.S.Aug. (Windesheim Congregation), near Zwolle ?; Th. Phillips, Middle Hill; in 1888 acquired by the Royal Library.

• Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 240, ff. 2^v-230^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 13^th century.
  • P:
  • O:

• Cologne, Historisches Archiv der Stadt, W* 29, ff. 2^r-91^v
  • D: 2^nd half of 15^th century.
  • P: Western Germany (Cologne, Kreuzherren).
  • O: Cologne, Can.Reg.S.Aug. Fratrum a Vita Communi (fol. 1^r: Liber domus presbiterorum tzo Widenbach apud sanctum Panthaleonem in Colonia).
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Douai, Bibliothèque municipale, 355, ff. 122^r-165^r
  • D: 14^th century (after 1392).
  • P:
  • O: Guillaume Chrètien, abbott of cl. Marchiennes O.S.B.; afterwards incorporated into the library of cl. Marchiennes OSB.
  • L: Digital images are available for consultation in the Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux of the Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes at Paris.

• Douai, Bibliothèque municipale, 387, ff. 444^r-478^v (?)
  • D: last quarter of 13^th century.
  • P:
  • O: cl. Saint-Sauveur d'Anchin O.S.B. (on the first flyleaf: Ex bibliotheca Aquicinctensi).

• Edinburgh, University Library, 21, ff. 1^r-118^r
  • D: 13^th century.
  • P: Northern France or England.
  • O: f. 118^v: Richardus Barton Kal. Oct. 1628 (probably Richard Bradshaigh [alias Barton] S.J. (1601/1602-1669), successively rector of the English colleges at Liege and Saint-Omer); Jacobus Charlemont Anno Domini 1741 (James Caulfeild, 4th Viscount and 1st Earl of Charlemont (1728-99).

• Freiburg im Breisgau, Universitätsbibliothek, 58, ff. 2^r-102^v
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 15^th century (ca. 1475).
  • P: Southern Germany
  • O: cl. Tennenbach O.Cist. near Freiburg.
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Fribourg (Freiburg im Üchtland), Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 730, ff. 67^r-150^v
  • I: The text belongs to the third unit of a composite manuscript consisting of 4 units, dating to the 14^th and early 15^th centuries. This unit also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 14^th/15^th century.
  • P:
  • O: Gruyère, Archives du Clergé de Gruyères (before 1898); since 1900 in the Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire.
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Graz, Universitätsbibliothek, 1058, ff. 4^r-83^r
  • D: 15^th century (before 1477).
  • P: Austria.
  • O: Jacobus de Kremsa O.P.; Egidius de Suben, priest and canon; Petrus Weinperger O.Carm.; (fol.83^r: Hic fuit frater Jacobus de Kremsa ord. pred. Iste liber est Egidii de Suben presb. et can. et fr. Laurencius Ernsten dedit michi hunc librum et fui caplanus suus 1477 anno fr. Petrus Weinperger ord. carmelitarum); cl. Seckau Can. S.Aug. (f. 253^r: Seckau number E. M. 29).

• Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek, CC 48, ff. 97^r-140^va
  • D: 2^nd quarter of 15^th century
  • P: Bohemia?
  • O:

• Lambach, Stiftsbibliothek, CCL 74, ff. 4^r-56^v
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 15^th century.
  • P:
  • O:

• London, British Library, Add. 29984, ff. 60^r-146^v
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 15^th century.
  • P: Germany.
  • O: Merijen Schuryngh (16^th century owner's mark at fol. 32^r).

• London, British Library, Arundel 290, ff. 1^r-97^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 2^nd half of 13^th century.
  • P: Northern France.
  • O:
  • L: A few digital images are available in the online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts.

• London, British Library, Royal 7.D.XXVI, ff. 28^r-138^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D:
  • P:
  • O:

• Metz, Bibliothèque-mediathèque, 369, ff. 173^r-254^v
  • I: The text is ascribed to Peter Damascenus.
  • D: early 16^th century.
  • P:
  • O: Metz, cl. Saint-Clément O.S.B.
  • L: Digital facsimile in the Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux of the Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes at Paris.

• Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 6948, ff. 292^v-351^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 1450-1451
  • P:
  • O: cl. Fürstenfeld O.Cist.

• Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 7696, ff. 1^r-90^v
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 13^th century.
  • P:
  • O: cl. Indersdorf Can. S.Aug.

• New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Marston 285, ff. 1^r-38^r
  • I: The manuscript is composed of five distinct parts; it is unclear when the parts were joined together. The first part, ff. 1-44, contains the Liber de laudibus Beatae Mariae Virginis. It also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 2^nd half of 14^th century.
  • P: Italy.
  • O: Venice, cl. SS. Giovanni e Paolo O.P.; Baron C. A. de Cosson; Thomas E. Marston.
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Nürnberg, Stadtbibliothek, Cent. I.29, ff. 76^r-102^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 1^st half of 15^th century.
  • P: Southern Germany (Nürnberg, Dominicans).
  • O: Dominicans at Nürnberg.

• Pamplona, Cathedral Library, 2, ff. 284^r-286^r
  • I: Fragment: text of the Prologue and the first chapters ending Instat namque tempus quo iam tollatur opprobrium nec habeat vir quid causetur adversus feminam.
  • D: 2^nd half of 15^th century.
  • P: Spain (Salamanca).
  • O: Dominican house in Northern Spain?

• Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 755, ff. 1^r-71^r
  • I: The manuscript is composed of three parts. The first part, ff. 1-132, contains the Liber de laudibus Beatae Mariae Virginis; it was written in the 13^th century but suffered loss of leaves afterwards; in the 15^th this damage was mended by inserting leaves and filling the textual lacunas. The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 13^th and 15^th centuries.
  • P: France.
  • O: Paris, cl. St. Victor Can.S.Aug.

• Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 756, ff. 1^r-88^v
  • D: 13^th century.
  • P: France.
  • O: Paris, Collège de Navarre (fol. 88 ^v: Pro libraria regalis collegii Navarre, de dono m[agistri] Alexandri, quondam janitoris ejusdem).

• Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 758, ff. 1^r-141^r
  • D: ca. 1300.
  • P: France
  • O: cl. Celestines of Notre-Dame, at Colombier (Vivarais).

• Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 946, ff. 35^r-70^v
  • I: The manuscript is composed of two parts. The first part contains the Liber de laudibus Beate Marie Virginis. It also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 13^th century.
  • P: France.
  • O: Paris, cl. St. Victor Can.S.Aug.

• Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 3698, ff. 1^r-94^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 14^th century.
  • P: France.
  • O: Narbonne ("oste de Saint F."); Card. Mazarin.

• Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 7605, ff. 146^r-177^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste and his De eruditione filiorum nobilium.
  • D: 14^th century.
  • P: France.
  • O: Colbert.

• Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 16056, ff. 69^r-111^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: Ca. 1300.
  • P: France.
  • O: Paris, Sorbonne.
  • L: A monochrome facsimile (microfilm) is available for consultation in the Gallica database.

• Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 16496, ff. 102^r-126^v
  • The ms. belongs to a collection of sermons and other material assembled for or by Jean d'Essonnes (lat. 16496-16499).
  • D: 13^th century.
  • P:
  • O:
  • L: A monochrome facsimile (microfilm) is available for consultation in the Gallica database.

• Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 18134, ff. 1^r-91^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 13^th century (1250-1275).
  • P:
  • O:
  • L: A monochrome facsimile (microfilm) is available for consultation in the Gallica database.

• Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, 1096, fols. 137^r-140^r
  • I: The manuscript also contains ps.-Vincent of Beauvais De fructibus penitentie, and books V and VI of the Speculum Doctrinale by Vincent of Beauvais.
  • D: Final quarter of 13^th century.
  • P: Italy (Northern Lazio).
  • O: Leonardo Mansueti O.P., Master General of the Dominican Order (1474–1480); cl. Santa María sopra Minerva O.P. at Rome; cl. San Domenico O.P. at Perugia.

• Prague, Knihovna Metropolitní Kapituli, A.CLVIII, ff. 83^r-153^v
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 14^th century.
  • P:
  • O:

• Reims, Bibliothèque municipale, 1397, ff. 1^r-142^r
  • D: 15^th century (1412?).
  • P: France.
  • O: Reims, chapter library.
  • L: A monochrome facsimile (microfilm) is available for consultation in the Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux of the Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes at Paris.

• San Daniele del Friuli, Biblioteca civica Guarneriana, 83, ff. 1^r-114^v
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 15^th century.
  • P:
  • O:

• Siena, Biblioteca communale degli Intronati, 82^r-141^r
  • D: 1441 (fol. 46^v: Scriptum per me Iohannem Minocci Senensem die XXI settembris 1441).
  • P: Italy (Siena)
  • O: Cristoforo, O.P. (fol. 251^v: Iste liber est fratris Christofori Ordinis predicatorum in Sancto Dominico in Camporegi Senis); Giovanni Battista, O.P. (fol. 251^v: modo est fratris Iohannis Baptiste eiusdem Ordinis); Siena, Convento di San Domenico, O.P.

• Trier, Stadtbibliothek Weberbach, 597, ff. 1^r-102^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 15^th century.
  • P:
  • O: Trier, cl. S. Alban, O. Carth.; incorporated into the Stadtbibliothek in 1803.

• Trier, Stadtbibliothek Weberbach, 725, ff. 1^r-53^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: Early 16^th century (after 1514).
  • P: Western Germany (Eberhardsklausen).
  • O: Trier region, cl. Eberhardsklausen, Can.Reg.S.Aug. (Windesheim Congregation).

• Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket, C4, ff. 2^v-20^r
  • I: This is a composite manuscript consisting of 13 parts. The first part contains the Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis, of which the prologue and several chapters are omitted.
  • D: ca. 1350.
  • P:
  • O: cl. Vadstena, Bridgettine Order (O.Ss.S.).
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket, C 404, ff. 159^r-159^v
  • I: This is a composite manuscript consisting of 2 parts. The second part contains a fragment of the Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis.
  • D: ca. 1300.
  • P:
  • O: Acquired by the librarian Pehr Fabian Aurivillius (1756-1829) for the University library.

• Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek, 291 (Eccl. 423), ff. 113^r-197^v
  • I: The prologue is missing.
  • D: 15^th century (ca. 1470).
  • P: Southern-Netherlands, Maastricht, by Jan de Test van Emmerik
  • O: Maastricht, Bogaardenklooster, O.F.M.; Maastricht, Gouvernementsgebouw (1794); Utrecht University library 1839.
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek, 338 (EccL. 374), ff. 1^r-96^v
  • D: 15^th century.
  • P:
  • O: Utrecht, Regulierenklooster, Can.Reg.S.Aug.; incorporated into the University library in about 1584.
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek, 367 (EccL. 115), ff. 194^r-288^v
  • D: Second half of 15^th century.
  • P: Netherlands.
  • O: One of the Utrecht chapters and cloisters; incorporated into the University library in about 1584.
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borg. lat. 399, ff. 1^r-89^v
  • I: Ff. 90^r-93^r offer an index to the text.
  • D: 14^th century.
  • P:
  • O:

• Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ottob. lat. 723, ff. 243^r-297^v
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 16^th century.
  • P:
  • O:

• Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 475, ff. II^r-^v, 1^r-71^v
  • I: The prologue is missing.
  • D: Second half of 15^th century.
  • P: France.
  • O: Jean Bourdelot († 1638); Pierre Michon-Bourdelot († 1685); Christina, Queen of Sweden 1632-1654 († 1689).
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 675, ff. 103^r-140^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: 14^th century.
  • P:
  • O:
  • L: Digital facsimile.

• Worcester, Cathedral and Chapter Library, Q. 72, ff. 171^r-208^r
  • I: The ms. also contains Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste.
  • D: middle of 14^th century.
  • P: England (Oxford?).
  • O: Worcester, cathedral priory St. Mary O.S.B.

• Wroclaw, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, I.F.83, ff. 241^r-303^r
  • I: This is a composite manuscript, all parts being completed in 1458. The third part contains the Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis.
  • D: 15^th century (1458).
  • P: Silesia (Explicit hoc opus. Finitum per fratrem Georgium Lange de Wernersdorf sub abbate Simone anno domini 1458).
  • O: cl. Sagan, Can.Reg.S.Aug.

• Wroclaw, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, IV.Q.147, ff. 13^r-111^r
  • I: The text is preceded by an excerpt from Vincent's Speculum Historiale (Douai version), VII, 81-106, dealing with miracles by the Virgin Maria.
  • D: 15^th century (1472).
  • P:
  • O:

Lost manuscripts

• Königsberg, Universitätsbibliothek, 1194, ff. 44^r-82^v (early 14^th century; donated after 1360 to the Franciscan convent at Wehlau, from where the ms. entered the library of the Teutonic order at Tapiau and hence the Königsberg University library; lost during the Second World War); the ms. also contained Vincent's Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste and De penitentia. Several photographs of the ms. have been recovered; see A. Kovács's contribution to the Vincent of Beauvais Newsletter 42 (2018), pp. 17-26.
• Rome, Dominican Convent S. Maria sopra Minerva (before end of 15^th century).