Medeltidshandskrift 51
Lund University Library
Homilies. Sweden (Vadstena), 15th century, late, Swedish
Contents
- 1 (ff. 1r-4v) Homilies for the quaresima, fragment Begins defectively: “at bannara skulu ey ægha hymerikis rike (f. 1r).” Explicit: “wi maghin mædh honom æwærdhelika sæle wardha Amen (f. 1v).” Rubric: “Thridhia sunnadaghen i fastonne (f. 1v).” Incipit: “En man kom for jhesum som qualdis aff diæflenom (f. 1v).” Explicit: “ingaa i sins starka (f. 1v).” Incipit: “telika oc maktogha ropit (f. 2v).” Explicit: “retande ey atenast sina eghna hustrv Wtan (f. 3v).” Incipit: “kamanom mædh almosom (f. 4r).” Ends defectively: “Oc ææt mit brødh. (f. 4v).” [cf.: Svenska medeltids-postillor. Bd.2 Klemming, G. E. SFSS 23:3 Stockholm, 1880. p. 305 ]
Physical description
Support: Parchment
Extent: ff. 4, 305 x 230 mm.
Layout: 2 columns; 26 lines; written space: 230 x 175 mm. pricking in upper, lower and outer margins.
Script:
Robust cursive script from late 15th century. Capital letters marked in red; at f. 1v one blue lombard and a rubric.
Decoration
No original decoration. One blue lombard. Calligraphic rubric dated 1623 "Christoffer V: Våldects Recten" (?) with C and V decorated with extensive penwork.
Binding
The fragment is kept in an archival folder.
Foliation
The fragment is foliated with pencil by modern cataloguer in upper right corner; ff. 2-3 have been the central bifolium in a quire. The leaves have been used as cover for accounts in the De la Gardie archives; at f. 4v text has been erased to make room for the title of the accounts, dated 1623.
Additions
Sometimes notes in margin by a younger hand.
History
Origin
That the text is written in Vadstena is clear not only from the script but also from the quotations from Birgitta. In the margins there are notes, mainly concerning the De la Gardie provenance (ff. 2r and 4r: Dipl. Delag. N. 105) but also concerning the contents of the text: f. 1r: 2 söndagen i fastan ; f. 2r: Fortsättning å 3dje (ej såsom Klemming gissat å 1a) söndagen i fastan ; f. 4r: Midfastesöndag .
Bibliography
- Andersson, R.: Postillor och predikan Stockholm, 1993. p. 24. .
- Geete, R.: Fornsvensk bibliografi. Förteckning öfver Sveriges medeltida bokskatt på modersmålet samt därtill hörande litterära hjälpmedel SFSS Stockholm, 1903. Nr. 280 .
- Ejder, B.: Det bibliska materialet i de östnordiska postillorna på folkspråken SFSS Lund, 1976. 73 p. 14, used at pp. 156-176 .