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Unclassified 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.


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 20th 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 15th 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: 13th 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: 14th century

    • P: France (Paris)

    • O: Paris, cl. Saint-Victor Can.S.Aug. (fol. 3r: 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: 14th century

    • P: France

    • O: Donated by magister Pierre du Parroy to the collège de Navarre (1396-1404) (fol. 68v: Liber de imperio Constantini, ex dono Petri de Parrochia, quondam magistri grammaticorum, deputatus ad usum theologorum collegii Campanie, pretii VIII solidorum.; fol. 71r: 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 ?



Image: Brugge, Stadsbibliotheek, 251, f° 1r.

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