[*1r] [Title-page]. ‘Joannes de Cassianus: Institutis cenobiorum; Origine, causis et remediis vitiorum; Collationibus patris.’
[*1v] [Introduction]. ‘Auctor quis ac qualis fuerit, quos libros, ad quos, et de quibus scripserit, commendatitia brevisque expositio.’ Incipit: ‘Illustris prudens ac facundus inter ecclesiasticos scriptores, claruit Johannes Cassianus ...’ Explicit: ‘... elimatisque litterarum caracteribus, ut liquido cernitur impressa ad frugifere impressorie art[.] commendationem; omniumque diligenter in his legentium utilitate, Salvatoris quoque nostri Jesu Christi gloriam et honorem, qui est benedictus in secula. Anno Nativitatis eiusdem MCCCCLXXXXVII.’
[*2r] ‘Notabilium dictorum annotatio'.’ ‘Notabilium dictorum iuxta alphabeticum ordinem librorum Joannis Cassiani annotatio.’ Incipit: ‘Abbas Joannes rigat lignum aridum, libro iiii, capitulo xxiiii. ...’ [*11v] Explicit: ‘... Uxorem dimittit et ad monasterium pervolat, collatione xxi, ca. ix.’ ‘Explicit annotatio notabilium sententiarum huius operis.’
[*12r] [Metrical summary of contents]. Incipit: ‘Quos opus hoc libros teneat cognoscere si vis | Et quid quisque tonet(!) subscriptos perlege versus | Cesaris imperio famuletur Romulus orbis | Et paribus studiis sub materialibus armis'; [hexameters]. Incipit: ‘Cesaris imperio famuletur Romulus orbis ...’ [*12v] Explicit: ‘... Sermones abrabe, de carnis lege domande. [hexameters]’ See Walther, Initia, 16374 and 2305.
a1r Cassianus, Johannes: De institutis coenobiorum. [Preface dedicated to] Castor, S, bishop of Apt ‘Disertissimi Joannis Eremitę qui Cassianus dicitur, in duodecim libros de Institutis cęnobiorum et de octo principalium vitiorum remdiis, ad Castorem episcopum pręfatio fęliciter incipit.’ Incipit: ‘Veteris instrumenti narrat historia, sapientissimum Salomonem post acceptam divinitus sapientiam prudentiam ...’ a1v Explicit: ‘... eadem observantie perfectio est etiam in impari facultate. Explicit pręfatio.’ ed. Petschenig, CSEL 17; PL XLIX 53-476. See CPL 513.
a1v [Index of chapters of the first book]. ‘Incipit annotatio capitulorum primi libri de habitu monachorum.’
a2r Cassianus, Johannes: De institutis coenobiorum. ‘Incipit liber primus de habitu monachi.’ Incipit: ‘[D]e institutis ac regulis monasteriorum dicturi, unde competentius donante deo quam ex ipso habitu monachorum sumemus exordium ...’ h4v Explicit: ‘... sed et hoc ipsum quod intelligere meruimis, eius esse muneris, in veritate credamus.’ ‘Explicit de spiritu superbię liber duodecimus.’
i1r Cassianus, Johannes: Collationes patrum XXIV. [Preface dedicated to] Leontius, bishop of Fréjus [and] Helladius frater ‘Facundissimi Joannis Eremitę qui Cassianus dicitur, in decem Collationes patrum in Scythica eremo commorantium, ad Leontium episcopum et fratrem Helladium, pręfatio fęliciter incipit.’ Incipit: ‘[D]ebitum quod beatissimo pape Castori in eorum voluminum prefatione promissum est ...’ i1v Explicit: ‘... sed nunc iam ad Collationes eorum et instituta properemus.’ ed. Petschenig, CSEL 13; PL XLIX 477-1328. See CPL 512.
i1v Cassianus, Johannes: Collationes patrum XXIV. ‘Incipit collatio abbatis Moysi prima de monachi destinatione et fine.’ ‘De habitatione Scythię et proposito abbatis Moysi, ca. I.’ Incipit: ‘[C]um in eremo Scythie ubi monachorum probatissimi patres et omnis commorabatur perfectio ...’ D8r Explicit: ‘... Nunc ad tutissimum silentii portum spiritualis orationum vestrarum aura comittetur.’ ‘Collatio abbatis Abraam de mortificatione finit.’ ed. Petschenig, CSEL 13; PL XLIX 477-1328. See CPL 512.
D8r Colophon: ‘Expliciunt vigintiquattuor collationes sanctorum patrum conscriptę ab Joanne eremita qui et Cassianus dicitur, impressę Basileę per magistrum Joannem Amerbach anno domini M.cccc.lxxxxvii.’
Imprint:
Basel
Johann Amerbach
4°
Secundo folio: [*2r] Angeli creati probantur
1497.
Collation:
[*12] a–f8 g-h4 i-z8 A–D8. Gathering [*] numbered 2-7, but not signed. Blank spaces left for initials, with printed guide letters.
References:
Source: Bodleian
ISTC: ic00235000
HC 4564;
Goff C‑235;
BMC III 758;
GW 6162;
Pr 7611;
Sheppard 2455.
LCN: 14835853
Copies:
C-104(1)
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Leaf A8 is bound after B8.
Binding: Nineteenth-century half dark blue morocco for the Bodleian Library.
Size: 207 × 150 × 33 mm.
Size of leaf: 200 × 133 mm.
Initials, paragraph marks, and occasional marginal headings are supplied in red. Capital strokes and underlining in red.
Provenance: Reichenhall, Bavaria, S. Zeno, Augustinian Canons; inscription on [*1r]: ‘Monasterii S. Zenonis'.
Duplicate from the Royal Library, Munich; ‘Duplum' in red pencil and ‘8' in pencil on [*1r].
Purchased 17 Jan. 1886, from Caspar Haugg, for 6 Marks; see Library Bills.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q 6.59.
