Alternative title
Codex Falkenberghianus
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Origin
Vadstena, Sweden, 15th century, early (1404-1415?, before 1446)
Physical description
Format: Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
- Script: Cursiva libraria by Johannes Johannis Kalmarnensis, in Vadstena from 1404-1446 (cfr. f. 314v: Conscriptus per manus fratris Johannis Johannis Kalmarnensis Orate pro eo. ). According to Wessén (1968, pp. 25-28, cfr. Bibliography), who does not think the script is that of an older man, the manuscript was copied after 1404 when Johannes entered the convent (cfr. Diarium Vadstenense nr. 126, 151, 172:1, 254:2, 269, 273, 562) and before May 1415 when he left for Syon in England.
- Collation: 37 quires: I: 10 (ff. 1-10), II: 10 (ff. 11-20), III: 10 (ff. 21-30), IV: 10 (ff. 31-40) V: 10 (ff. 41-50), VI: 10 (ff. 54-60; a senion with 2 leaves missing), VII: 10 (ff. 61-70; a senion with 2 leaves missing), VIII: 10 (ff. 71-80), IX: 10 (ff. 81-90), X: 10 (ff. 91-100), XI: 10 (ff. 101-110), XII: 10 (ff. 111-120), XIII: 10 (ff. 121-130), XIV: 10 (ff. 131-140), XV: 10 (ff. 141-150), XVI: 10 (ff. 151-160), XVII: 11 (ff. 161-171; f. 171 added), XVIII: 9 (ff. 172-180; a quinion with last leaf missing), XIX: 10 (ff. 181-190), XX: 10 (ff. 191-200), XXI: 10 (ff. 201-210), XXII: 10 (ff. 211-220), XXIII: 10 (ff. 221-230), XXIV: 10 (ff. 231-240), XXV: 10 (ff. 241-250), XXVI: 10 (ff. 251-260), XXVII: 8 (ff. 261-268; a ternion with 2 leaves added), XXVIII: 11 (ff. 269-279; a quinion with f. 179 added), XXIX: 10 (ff. 280-289), XXX: 10 (ff. 290-299), XXXI: 10 (ff. 300-309), XXXII: 11 (ff. 310-320; f. 315 is a lingula), XXXIII: 11 (ff. 321-331; a quinion with f. 330 added), XXXIV: 10 (ff. 332-341), XXXV: 10 (ff. 342-351), XXXVI: 7 (ff. 352-358; a ternion with f. 352 added), XXXVII: 2 (ff. 359-360).Lacunae in the text show that two quires are missing: one after f. 140 with the text to Rev. IV:59:5-81:3 and one after f. 268 with the text to Rev. VII:1-15:4 and after f. 352 one leaf, probably containing the beginning of a Birgitta vita is missing (a note in a later hand at f. 353r: Här äru ut rövade några blad ... .Catch words until f. 320.
- Foliation: Foliated in pencil by modern cataloguer in lower right corner.
- Columns: 2
- Lines: 36
Notes
Literature
Birgitta: Revelationes s. Birgittae e codice membr. Fol. 21 Bibl. Universitatis Lundensis ("Codex Falkenberg"), Suecice et Britannice praefatus ed. E. Wessén, 1-2, facsimile edition Corpus codicum Suecicorum Medii Aevi Hafniae, 1952-56. 13-14.
Wessén, E.: Svensk medeltid 2, Birgitta-texter Kungl. Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademiens handlingar, Filologiska serien Stockholm, 1968, pp. 7-32 (with a reproduction in colour of f. 3v). 10.
Hedlund, Monica: Die Handschriften Schwedens ausgenommen UB Uppsala, unter Leitung von Jan-Olof Tjäder, herausgegeben von Monica Hedlund. 1. Text. 2. Tafeln Katalog der datierten Handschriften in lateinischen Schrift vor 1600 in Schweden Stockholm, 1980. II:1(Text)-2(Tafeln) Bd. 1, pp. 16-17; Bd. 2, p. Abbildung 22.
Book binding
Binding: Brown leather binding, preserved covers contemporary with the manuscript. Rebinding Sweden 20th century. Size: 310 x 220 x 120 mm.
Brown leather binding over rounded oak boards. Rebinding with covers from former binding preserved. Two metal anchor plates from long strap fastenings at the fore-edge of the upper cover (straps and other metal fastenings missing). Rounded spine. Tight back with five raised bands. Blind-tooled white library paper label at top compartment of the back. Former edge trimming preserved, no squares. Five red and green embroidered fore-edge textmarkers of silk and one of brown leather. Single plain flyleaves and pastedowns of paper reinforced with cloth in the joints. Parchment endleaf from former binding preserved as separate pastedown of the upper board with a note on the contents of the ms.: Revelationes Sanctæ Birgittæ and an almost illegible note with the former shelf marks (cfr. above).All along sewing on five cords laced through the boards. A few quires at the end of the textblock repaired in the centrefolds.
Decoration
Decorated initials, mainly lombards in green or red with simple ornamentation, like on ff. 1r, 33r, 52r, 121v, 124r, 128r, 131v, 205r, 210v, 280r (blue) or rather crude two-coloured initials in green and red, like on ff. 1r, 111r, 143r, 144v, 145v, 147v153v, 154r, 231v, 260v. The initial of the first chapter of the main text of the first book is a minutely executed filigranated initial. Cartouches in red or green surrounding 21 of the catch words, small red crosses in the margins and numerous pointing hands and related readers' additions. Most of the two coloured initials were intended to be green, but due to the oxidization the green pigment was scraped off and replaced by red minium. The green pigment was replaced by blue in the latter part of the manuscript.
Detailed description: f. 3v : small blue initial with a double countour in red; small blue initial with filigranated filling; large intarsiated initial (E) in blue and red with red filigranated filling, blue floral pattern surrounding the letter with vertically protruding ivy; f. 13v : to the left of the last 16 lines of the left column, designating a "nota", is a contour drawing of a human face in profile; f. 33r : small green lombard with a red double contour; between the columns a floral ornament in red, similar to a palm tree (?); f. 184v : small red lombard with dots in the shape of a cross; f. 200r : covering the last 27 lines of the right column is a contour drawing of a human face in the right margin with a detailed eye and the word "nota" coming out of the mouth; f. 204v : large 10-line initial (M), scraped away; f. 316r : small blue initial (U) with a filigranated filling and pen flourishing in red, beginning the "lectio prima" of "Sermone angelico de excellencia virginis"; f. 333r : two small red lombards with secondary crude filigranated fillings in brown ink; f. 360r : on an otherwise blank page Maria in a large contoured littera textualis over two lines with a small leaf ornament on the letter r.
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- Shelfmark: Medeltidshandskrift 21
- Previous shelfmark: B. N. Msc. N 43 Bibl., Bibl. Ms. H. L. a) fol. 6
Identifiers (general)
urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-14720 (nbn)
Identifiers (local)
alvin-record:14720 (alvin)
Licensing of the work
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