Unclassified Manuscripts Speculum Historiale

Speculum Naturale
Speculum Doctrinale
Speculum Historiale
Dijon version
Klosterneuburg version
Vienna version
Saint-Jacques version
Douai version
Unclassified manuscripts
Speculum Morale
Alphabetical list of manuscripts

Key

He*	Corresponding books in the printed edition of the Douai version of the Speculum Historiale, Douai, 1624.
I	Additional information on the speculum text as present in the manuscript, or on other texts present in the manuscript, or on material damage.
D	Date of the manuscript.
P	Country, region or place of production; if available, information on the scribe(s) of the manuscript.
O	Medieval and pre-modern owners of the manuscript.
L	Hyperlink to digital facsimiles of the manuscript.
R	Reference to manuscripts listed in other parts of the inventory, with which this manuscript at the time of its production constituted a set of volumes. Manuscripts that have been collected into a set by a single medieval collector (library) within several decades, are indicated with cf.

This inventory is limited to manuscripts that contain at least one book of the Speculum Historiale.

Unclassified manuscripts of the Speculum Historiale

This page departs from the presentation of the genesis of the Speculum Historiale (see Overview of genesis) and its components (see Components). It depends on the general introduction into the manuscript inventory of the Speculum Historiale (see Manuscripts of the Speculum Historiale).

For 6 manuscripts no conclusive evidence is available that may lead to an attribution to one of the five versions of the Speculum Historiale known today.

Barcelona, Biblioteca de la Catedral, Cod. 55, books XXV-XXXI (He* ?)
- Siglum: Hx1
- I: Seems to be lost during the 20^th century.
- D: ?
- P: ?
- O: ?

Königsberg (Kaliningrad), Königliche und Universitätsbibliothek, CCCXVIII, books I-XVIII,2 (He* I-XVII,2); and CCCXIX, books XIX-XXXII (He* XVIII-XXXI)
- Siglum: Hx2
- I: Possibly a copy of the Douai version (He); missing since the Second World War.
- D: Ms. CCCXVIII: early 15^th century; ms. CCCXIX: 1408.
- P: France (Parijs)
- O: cl. Pelplin O.Cist. (Liber B. Mariae in Polplin).

Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, V.G.22, books ?; V.G.23, books ?; V.G.24, books ?
- Siglum: Hx4
- I: These volumes need further analysis.
- D: 13^th century.
- P: ?
- O: ?

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 15010, books III-VII (He* ?).
- Siglum: Hx6
- I: This is a miscellany volume. Fols. 163-313, presenting the text of the Speculum Historiale, need further analysis.
- D: 14^th century
- P: France (Paris)
- O: Paris, cl. Saint-Victor Can.S.Aug. (fol. 3^r: Jhesus, Maria, sanctus Victor, sanctus Augustinus).

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 16944 (Navarre 4), books XIV-XV (He* XIV-XV).
- Siglum: Hx5
- I: This is a miscellany volume. Fols. 1r-68v, presenting the text of the Speculum Historiale, need further analysis.
- D: 14^th century
- P: France
- O: Donated by magister Pierre du Parroy to the collège de Navarre (1396-1404) (fol. 68^v: Liber de imperio Constantini, ex dono Petri de Parrochia, quondam magistri grammaticorum, deputatus ad usum theologorum collegii Campanie, pretii VIII solidorum.; fol. 71^r: Isti codices diversarum materiarum fuerunt reperti in armariis vestibuli capelle collegii de Navarra presentibus Johannis Ballivi et aliis. Navarre).
- Digital copy of a monochrome microfilm.

Wroclaw, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, R. 340 (II.N.9.f), books ? (He* ?)
- Siglum: Hx3
- I: Possibly a copy of the Klosterneuburg version (Hb); missing since the Second World War.
- D: ca. 1315
- P: Northern-France; written by Gualterus Dominici de Platea.
- O: Breslau (Wroclaw), Thomas Rehdiger (1541-1576); library of the Elisabeth Church (since 1645); Stadtbibliothek Breslau (since 1865-1867).
- R: Hb1 ?

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Manuscripts of Speculum Maius

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Unclassified manuscripts of the Speculum Historiale

For 6 manuscripts no conclusive evidence is available that may lead to an attribution to one of the five versions of the Speculum Historiale known today.