tia01098500

Text-inc Id:

tia01098500

Bod-inc Id:

A-446

Headings:

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

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title-page.] ‘Tractatus de arte bene viuendi beneque moriendi.’
2. a2r Ars moriendi. Incipit: ‘[C]um de presentis exilii miseria mortis transitus propter moriendi imperitiam multis non solum laicis . . .’ See A‑444.
3. d4v ‘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. d5v De meditatione mortis. Incipit: ‘[Q]uacumque impugnatione aut temtatione inpugnaris vel pigricia torpescis . . .’
5. e5r 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. e5r [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. e6v [Augustinus pseudo-; Bernardus Claravallensis pseudo-]: Speculum peccatoris. Incipit: ‘[Q]uoniam, fratres karissimi, in via huius seculi fugientis sumus . . .’ See A‑444.
8. f7v Bernardus [Claravallensis pseudo-]: De contemptu mundi. Incipit: ‘O miranda vanitas, o diuitiarum 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. f8v [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. g1v 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. g2v [Valedictory notice.] Incipit: ‘Nos dicimus duplicem esse vitam . . .’
12. g2v [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Non est quo possit melius caro viua domari | Mortua qualis erit, quod semper premeditari'; 2 hexameters. See A‑444.
13. g3r ‘Qui veult bien viure et bien mourir de cueur et de bouche s'il est possible en parlant a dieu cinq choses doit dire qui sensuiuent.’ Incipit: ‘[M]on dieu, mon createur, je congnois et confesse que tous les biens qui sont en moy je les ay euz de toy . . .’

Imprint:

Paris: Félix Baligault, 10 Nov. 1496. 8°.

Collation:

a–f⁸ g⁴.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ia01098500 GW 2611; HC 4393; BMC VIII 173; Pr 8256; O'Connor, Art of Dying, 149; Sheppard 6437. LCN: 13980167

Copies:

1. A-446(1) Copy Bound with:
   2. Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. [Paris: Pierre Levet, c.1495] (C‑451);
   3. Innocentius III, Liber de contemptu mundi. Paris: Pierre Levet, 20 Apr. 1494 (I‑011);
   4. Nicolaus de Hanapis, Exempla sacre scripture. Paris: Pierre Levet, [c.1495] (N‑050). Binding: Nineteenth-century calf; a frame of three gold fillets and a foliate roll border; marbled edges. Size: 140 × 99 × 34 mm. Size of leaf: 135 × 94 mm. Provenance: Johannes Bill[ ] (sixteenth century); cancelled inscription on n8v of item 4: ‘Ad usum fratris Johannis Bill[ ] [ ] dom[ ] sancti Blasii a[ ]'. Johannes Hulpeau (fl. 1611); inscription on the same leaf: ‘Ad vsum fratris Joannis Hulpeau professi Guillelmitani 16011 [1611]'. Anthonius Bego[ ] (seventeenth century); inscription on the same leaf: ‘Datum est f. Anthonio Bego[ ]'. Sir Robert Alexander Chermside (1787-1860); armorial book-plate: see Howe, Book Plates, 5677. Purchased for £0. 19. 3 from Bertram Dobell; see Library Bills, 4 July 1885, ‘Tractatus.’ SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q 6.48(1).