Religious texts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: General term for texts of religion, sacred beliefs, or related to religious beliefs and practices.
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
12th-century manuscript of 'De Trinitate' of St Augustine.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.2.7
Scope and Contents
Manuscript, probably written in Italy, containing a complete copy of 'De Trinitate' of St Augustine, as well as a work entitled 'Expositio fidei Catholicae'.The manuscript is probably of the 12th century, and has been dated as such by the summary catalogue, Römer, and Borland. In private correspondence with the National Library of Scotland Michael Gullick suggests that this manuscript may be of Italian origin from the 11th century. Heinrich Schenkl suggests that the work can be...
Dates:
12th century.
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Archives and Manuscripts
13th-century manuscript containing extracts from the writings of Gilbert of Hoyland, St Bernard, St Gregory, St Augustine, and other theological works.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.3
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in England containing the theological works of various authors. The manuscript has been dated to the 12th century by Mikkers; to the end of the 12th century by Schenkl; to the 12th-13th century Leclercq (quoted in Mikkers); and by Dutton and Borland to the 13th century.The manuscript is written by various contemporary hands in a protogothic bookhand. It is written in a single column with 26-30 lines to a page.The contents of the volume are as...
Dates:
1st half of 13th century.
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15th-century manuscript containing the 'Oratio in die cinerum apud Pium Papam Secundum' of Giovanni Antonio Campano, and the 'De ira Dei', 'De opificio Dei', and 'De fenice ave' of Lactantius.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.14
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15th-century manuscript produced in France. The work can be dated to after 1458 due to the mention of Pope Pius II in the rubric of 'Oratio in die Cinerum'.The manuscript is the work of one scribe and is written in littera textualis with 28 lines to a page. The contents are as follows:Vellum flyleaf with possible ownership inscription. Folio 1.Vellum flyleaf with title inscription. This folio has probably been repurposed as it was once facing a...
Dates:
Late 15th century.
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Archives and Manuscripts
15th-century manuscript of the 'Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ', a translation by Nicholas Love of the Pseudo-Bonaventure 'Meditationes Vitae Christi'.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.1.7
Scope and Contents
15th-century manuscript produced in England, probably London. The volume contains the 'Myrrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ', a translation by Nicholas Love, Prior of Mount Grace Charterhouse in Yorkshire, of the Pseudo-Bonaventure 'Meditationes vitae Christi'. The work dispenses meditative and doctrinal comment on scripture and is made up of 63 chapters in 7 sections, each representing a day of the week. The manuscript was produced for Edmund Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin,...
Dates:
1445 - 1465
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15th-century manuscript of the 'Moralia in Job' of Pope Gregory I.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.2.6
Scope and Contents
Manuscript written in Scotland containing Books XXIII-XXXV of Pope Gregory I's 'Commentary on Job', also known as the 'Moralia, sive Expositio in Job', or the 'Magna Moralia'.The manuscript was written in the 15th century, before 1483, at which date it was donated to Dunkeld Cathedral. Watermark evidence also suggests a date of the latter half of the 15th century.The work is written in double columns on folios 1r-15v and in a single block of text from folios 16r-187r,...
Dates:
15th century, before 1483.
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Archives and Manuscripts
‘1467 MS’ written by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail and the Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’, written by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.1
Scope and Contents
The manuscript consists of two sections, folios 1-9 ('1467 MS'), written in and about that date (folio 7 recto) by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail (folios 3 recto, 5 recto, 7 recto, 8 recto), who was presumably a MacMhuirich; and folios 10-25 (Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’), written circa 1425 by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín (date and hand established by Tomás Ó Concheanainn, “The scribe of John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’”, pages 99-101.The manuscript begins with Cormac’s Instructions...
Dates:
[Circa 1425, circa 1467.]
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'Auchinleck manuscript', one of the earliest and largest compilations of Middle English verse, including romances and religious and historical pieces
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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.1
Scope and Contents
The following description was based primarily upon the conclusions of Pearsall and Cunningham (1977) and Burnley and Wiggins (2003). The numbering system of the items follows that of Pearsall and Cunningham.The Auchinleck manuscript was probably written in London at some point between 1331 and 1340. These dates can be assigned on the basis of palaeographical evidence and internal references. One of these references is the ending of the 'The Anonymous Short English Metrical...
Dates:
1331 - 1340.
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Archives and Manuscripts
Calligraphically written scripture extracts of Thomas Philip Graham of Airth., 1858.
File
Identifier: MS.10969
Composite volume, of uncertain origin, containing two manuscripts of works by St Bonaventure, the 'Breviloquium' and the 'Formula noviciorum'.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.7
Scope and Contents
A manuscript containing two works of St Bonaventure. The 'Breviloquium' is of the 13th century, and the 'Formula noviciorum', here attributed to St Bonaventure, is of the 14th century.Both works are written in double columns. The 'Breviloquium' is the work of one scribe, written in littera textualis with 39 lines to a page. The 'Formula noviciorum' is the work of a different scribe, written in a rotunda script with between 32 to 36 lines to a page.The contents are as...
Dates:
13th century, 14th century.
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Archives and Manuscripts
Dialogue containing the basic articles of Christianity, translated into Gaelic by Alexander MacAulay (autograph).
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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.8
Dates:
1763.
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‘Discursos preliminaries que antecedent a todas las contro versias en puntos de Religion’ by AG Silveira, libro ante primero., 1st half of 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.4.5(vi)
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
Fifteenth century copy of the Summa Casuum of Bartholomaeus de Sancto Concordio (or Pisanus), an alphabetical handbook of canon law., 15th century.
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Identifier: MS.2799
Scope and Contents
The preface begins 'Quoniam, ut ait Gregorius super Ezechiel, nullum omnipotenti Deo'; the text 'Abbas in suo monasterio'.
The text is written in different hands. In double columns. Initials in red and blue; a few marginal flourishes.
Dates:
15th century.
Illuminated manuscript of `De civitate Dei` [The City of God] by St Augustine.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.1.1.2
Scope and Contents
A manuscript of the City of God, executed in Paris in 1503 for the Cardinal d’Amboise, Archbishop of Rouen, and probably intended for presentation to his brother, Louis, Bishop of Albi. The manuscript was originally in two volumes, with the division at the end of Book X. As a result of this division, folios 149v-150v are left blank, but have been lined and ruled. There are two folios missing, so that the beginning of Book X is wanting. Laborde states that the work was probably written by a...
Dates:
1503.
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Archives and Manuscripts
Late 13th-century manuscript of the 'Compendium theologicae veritatis', attributed to Robert Grosseteste but probably by Hugh Ripelin of Strasbourg.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.1
Scope and Contents
Late 13th-century manuscript containing the seven books of the 'Compendium theologicae veritatis' of Hugh Ripelin of Strasbourg. The manuscript is written in littera textualis with 26 to 29 lines to a page.The 'Compendium' is believed to have been compiled by Hugh towards the end of his life, from circa 1260 onwards. The work is divided in to seven books: I The Nature of God; II The Creation; III On Sin; IV The Incarnation; V On Grace, the Virtues, the Beatitudes and the Ten...
Dates:
Late 13th century.
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Archives and Manuscripts
‘Libro de Libros’ and other theological dialogues, partly in verse, by A G Silveira.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.23.4.5(i)-(viii)
Scope and Contents
‘Libro de Libros, donde se detesta todo lo contrario se cree y admite todo lo conforme al sacro Libro… Dialogos theologicos. Ynterlocutores, un sabio ministro reformado presidente; un doctor catholico Apostolico Romano; Un Turco Mahometano erudito; un Judio desapasionado. Por A.G.S. Silveyradas’.
The first five volumes consist of dialogues between the same personages ‘todo en versos jocoserios, para deleitar aprovechando’. The rest is in prose.
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
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‘Libro de Libros’ by A G Silveira, libro quinto., 1st half of 18th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.4.5(v)
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
‘Libro de Libros’ by A G Silveira, quarta parte., 1731.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.4.5(iv)
‘Libro de Libros’ by A G Silveira, tomo primero., 1st half of 18th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.4.5(i)
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
‘Libro de Libros’ by A G Silveira, tomo segundo., 1734.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.4.5(ii)
‘Libro de Libros’ by A G Silveira, tomo terzero., 1st half of 18th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.4.5(iii)
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
‘Libro de Libros’ by A G Silveira, [volume seven]., 1st half of 18th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.4.5(vii)
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
‘Libro Mudo’ by A G Silveira., 1st half of 18th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.4.5(viii)
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
Manuscript containing death tales and other tales, with some religious texts.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.40
Scope and Contents
Pages 1-12, 29-48, and 49-68 of the manuscript can all be associated through their marginalia with the Antrim MacDonalds or the Clanranald or both. Perhaps pages 1-12 were brought to Scotland on the occasion of the return from Ireland of Domhnall mac Iain Mhùideartaich and Iain, son of Brian MacMhuirich, circa 1650 (‘Reliquiae Celticae’, volume 2, page 206). As for pages 13-28, Martin Martin states (1703): ‘The life of Columbus, written in the Irish character, is in the custody of John...
Dates:
15th century-16th century (body of manuscript; binding material much earlier).
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Manuscript in Gaelic containing short religious, historical and mythological texts.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.5
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is written in the following hands.1. Text and notes, folios 1 verso-10 verso. A hand of a type more characteristic of medical manuscripts, cf. Adv.MS.72.1.12. Distinctive uncial 'r' and v-shaped 'u'. No decoration save some red on capitals, folios 5-10. From various additions in a similar hand, especially that at folio 6 verso, column b, line 41, it appears as if the scribe returned to annotate his work at a later point in time. Possibly in fact more than one hand:...
Dates:
?15th century.
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Archives and Manuscripts
Manuscript of a religious work entitled 'Of Charity'., [Circa 1700.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2809
Scope and Contents
The religious work is in 24 lessons; lessons 13-22 are on the Decalogue. At the end of the volume there are: 'Ce livre est écrit par un Papiste' (page 540); 'P. L. Du Pont' (folio ii verso). The manuscript may be a translation of part of a work by the Spanish Jesuit, Friar Luis de la Puente.
Dates:
[Circa 1700.]