Beinecke MS 5 (olim Z109.20)                                         Germany, s. XV^^2
St. Birgitta, Regula Sancti Salvatoris, etc.

     1. ff. 1r-10r    Incipit Regula Sancti Saluatoris confirmata pro
     Constitutionibus De humilitate Castitate et paupertate. primum.
     Principium itaque huius religionis et salutis est vera humilitas...Et
     cogitent in cordibus suis quod terra sunt et in terram reuertentur.

          S. Eklund, ed., Opera minora Sanctae Birgittae, (Lund, 1975) v. 1,
     p. 11, MS U^^e and pp. 146-72.

     2. ff. 10r-11r    Vrbanus Quintus Vt nichil a nouicijs omnino
     exigatur.
     Urbanus Episcopus seruus seruorum dei Ad perpetuam rei memoriam...datum
     Rome Apud sanctum Petrum ii^^o nonas aprilis pontificatus nostri Anno
     vii^^o. f. 11v blank

          Eklund, op. cit.

     3. ff. 12r-16r    Incipit Regula sancti Augustini episcopi. Ante omnia
     fratres karissimi diligatur deus. deinde proximus...orans ut sibi
     debitum dimittatur et in temptationem non inducatur Explicit Regula
     sancti Augustini.

          Pseudo-Augustine, Disciplina monasterii; PL 32. 1449-52.

     4. ff. 16r-28v    Incipiunt Additiones domini Prioris Petri super
     Regula sancti Saluatoris de humilitate capitulum primum. Humilitas vera
     est timere deum omni hora...veniat in contemptum. dum habitus canonice
     religionis despicitur indignis. Deo gracias.

          The order of the text in this manuscript differs somewhat from
     that published by T. Nyberg, ed., Dokumente und Untersuchungen zur
     inneren Geschichte der drei Birgittenkloester Bayerns 1420-1570 in
     Quellen und Eroerterungen zur bayerischen Geschichte, N.F. 26, part 2
     (Munich, 1974) pp. 49-110.

     5. f. ii    [One leaf of another manuscript laid in:] Reuelacio Sancte
     Birgitte. Cantus sit modestus grauis et simplex non fractis uocibus non
     cum discantu sed omni humilitate et deuotione plenus. Uenerabilis pater
     Beatus Bernhardus Clareuallis abbas praecepit...ita dicens. Psalmodiam
     non nimium protrahamus sed rotunde et viua voce.... [a short text
     on singing psalms, seemingly incomplete, follows; this is followed by a
     note, partially erased, dated "Anno domini mcccclxiii die sancti
     vitalis"].

          Parchment, ff. 28 + i (1 leaf of 15th century parchment manuscript
     laid in), 236 x 160 (177 x 118) mm. Written in 30-39 long lines, frame-
     ruled in ink; some prickings visible at top and bottom; outer edges
     have been trimmed.
          I-II^^10 (small parchment fragment containing marginal notes on f.
     17v that were partially lost through trimming is bound between folios
     17 and 18), III^^8. Catchwords along lower right edge of verso.
          Written by a single scribe in batarde (no loops).
          Primary plain initials , 11- to 1-line, in red; rubrics
     throughout.
          Binding: s. xv. Original sewing on four slit, tawed straps laced
     into beech boards as are the tawed cores of plain, wound endbands.
     Covered in cream-colored skin, cut or worn away so that the endbands
     are visible on the spine. Traces of five bosses on each board and of a
     strap-and-pin fastening, the strap attached to the lower board with a
     brass plate. Pin and strap wanting. Front pastedown: fragment of 15th-
     century manuscript, on paper; back pastedown: fragment of another 15th-
     century manuscript glued in upside down. Watercolor sketch of St.
     Birgitta (115 x 67 mm.) pasted on front cover, probably s. xvi.

          Written in Germany in the second half of the 15th century (see
     art. 5); early provenance unknown. Belonged to comte Paul Riant, 1836-
     1888 ("2470", in red, inside front cover; bookstamp inside back cover;
     L. de Germon and L. Polain, Catalogue de la bibliotheque de feu M. le
     comte Riant [Paris, 1896] v. 1, p. 359, no. 2470). Presented to Yale by
     Mrs. Henry Farnam, 1896 ("Yale University Library 1896" written on
     front pastedown; A. B. Benson, "The Scandinavian Collection,"
     Gazette 8 [1933] pp. 49-53).

     secundo folio: Ad conseruandam

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 1, p. 162, no. 5.

Barbara A. Shailor