tia01097500

Text-inc Id:

tia01097500

Bod-inc Id:

A-445

Headings:

Ars Moriendi Ars moriendi ‘Cum de praesentis exilii miseria mortis transitus . . .’

Analysis of content:

1. A1r [Title-page.]
2. A2r Ars moriendi. Incipit: ‘[C]um de presentis exilii miseria mortis transitus propter moriendi impericiam multis non solum laicis . . .’ See A‑444.
3. C8v ‘Ad omnes angelos et precipue ad Sanctum Michaelem.’ [Also known as Ad S. Michaelem carmen.] Incipit: [I]nclyte celigena Michael fulgoris amena | Alta colens regna plusquam dulcedine plena'; 9 strophes of 4 leonine hexameters. See A‑444.
4. D3v De meditatione mortis. Incipit: ‘[Q]uacumque impugnatione aut temtatione inpugnaris vel pigricia torpescis . . .’
5. D7v De meditatione mortis carmen. Incipit: ‘[M]ortales dominus cunctos in luce creauit | Ut capiant meritis gaudia summa poli'; 7 distichs. See A‑444. Chevalier attributes authorship to Bruno Carthusiensis.
6. D8r [Dionysius Carthusiensis(?)]: ‘Lex est ista mortis.’ [Iudicium mortis et eius casus | Elegia de iudicio mortis et variis casibus eius]. ‘[L]ex metuenda premit mortales omnibus vna | Mors cita sed dubia nec fugienda venit'; 28 distichs. See A‑444.
7. E1r [Augustinus pseudo-; Bernardus Claravallensis pseudo-]: Speculum peccatoris. Incipit: ‘[Q]uoniam, fratres karissimi, in via huius seculi fugientis sumus . . .’ See A‑444.
8. E8v Bernardus [Claravallensis pseudo-]: De contemptu mundi. Incipit: ‘O miranda vanitas, o diuiciarum amor | Lamentabilis, o virus amarum'; 56 lines of rhythmic verses. See A‑444. In this edition, this and the following item are regarded as being one work.
9. F2r [Bernardus Claravallensis pseudo-]: Meditatio mortis. Incipit: ‘Dic homo cur abuteris discretionis gratia | Cum vite viam deferis et tendis ad supplicia'; 25 lines of rhythmic verses. See A‑444.
10. F2v Bernardus [Claravallensis pseudo-: De morte et iudicio.] Incipit: ‘O Christi longanimitas et longa expectatio | O mira Christi bonitas, o quanta miseratio'; 52 lines of rhythmic verses. See A‑444.
11. F3v [Valedictory notice.] Incipit: ‘Nos dicimus duplicem esse vitam . . .’
12. F3v [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Non est quo possit melius caro viua domari | Mortua qualis erit, quod semper premeditari'; 2 hexameters. See A‑444.

Imprint:

Paris: Guy Marchant, 31 July 1494. 4°.

Collation:

A–E⁸ F⁴. Three woodcuts: on A1v and F4r two bearded male figures, wearing hats and cloaks, talking; on F4v the Virgin Mary seated below the Cross, with the crucified Christ lying across her lap, and, in the background, the city of Jerusalem, a tree and hills.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ia01097500 GW 2609; HC 1845; Pr 7991; CIBN A‑597; Hillard 192; O'Connor, Art of Dying, 149; Sheppard 6211-12. LCN: 13980608

Copies:

1. A-445(1) First copy Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf. Size: 147 × 100 × 10 mm. Size of leaf: 142 × 94 mm. Occasional annotations in a seventeenth-century(?) hand. Provenance: Edward Pococke (1604-1691); ex libris inscription on A1r. Revd Charles Francis (1752-1821). Bequeathed in 1821. Former Bodleian shelfmark: 8° E 10 BS. SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 6.23.
2. A-445(2) Second copy Bound with:
   2. Isidorus Hispalensis, Synonyma. Paris: Guy Marchant, 16 May 1494 (I‑041(1)). Wanting A1. Binding: Brown pasteboards. Size: 135 × 97 × 12 mm. Size of leaf: 134 × 93 mm. Pointing hand in black ink on E8r. Faces in pencil on C8^r-v. Provenance: Francis Douce (1757-1834); armorial book-plate. Bequeathed in 1834. SHELFMARK: Douce 1(1).