

Country |
United States
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City |
Trappist (Ky.)
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Repository |
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
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Shelfmark | MS 25 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 220 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Language(s) | Latin |
Genre(s) | Religious rules and constitutions; Sermons; Liturgical texts |
Feature(s) | Initial(s), Decorated |
Notes |
Monastic miscellany containing five booklets and two additional gatherings, each produced independently roughly of the same date and brought together in the fifeeenth century |
Bibliography |
Susan M. B. Steuer and E. Rozanne Elder, eds., Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Dom Edmond Obrecht Collection of Gethsemani Abbey, Monastic Life 1 (2016). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
AGOC 00021 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/500972 |
Processed By | HMML |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 220 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Bound in blind-stamped pigskin over wood boards |
Provenance |
Part 7 belonged to the Cistercian Abbey of Oliva (Danzig) |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-61r |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 12.7 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 28-29 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 14 x 9 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Hybrida |
Notes |
Fol. 1r-3r contain miscellaneous religious texts in Latin and German |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 62r-106v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 13 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 36-37 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 15.5 x 9.5 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Cursiva |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 107r-126v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 13 cm |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 36 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 15 x 9.5 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Hybrida |
Notes |
Latin prayer on fol. 126v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 127r-160v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 12.4 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 36-48 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 15 x 10 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Cursiva |
Notes |
Various sermons in several hands |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 170r-194v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.4 x 13 cm |
Page Layout | Item 1, 2 columns, 28-33 lines per page; item 2, 2 columns, 22-25 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 13.8 x 9.5 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Cursiva |
Notes |
Fol. 170rv, original protective leaf containing liturgical notes and poem in German |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 195r-210v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 12.8 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 31-33 lines per page |
Writing Space | 15.5 x 10 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Cursiva |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 211r-220v |
Place of Origin | Northern Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1452 |
Date Precise | 1452 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 12.8 cm |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 24 lines per page; ruled in lead |
Writing Space | 13 x 9.5 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic |

Item Location | fol. 3r-31r |
Author |
Benedict, Abbot of Monte Cassino
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Title | Rule of Saint Benedict |
Uniform Title |
Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula
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Alternate Title | Regula monachorum |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Location | fol. 31r-32r |
Title | Incipit forma uisitationis et modo visitandi |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Location | fol. 32v-42v |
Title | Nota aliqua circa Regulam sancti Benedicti |
Language(s) | Latin |
Incipit | In domo patris mei mansiones |
Item Location | fol. 43r-61r |
Title | Incipit tractatus super duodecim gradus humilitatis ualde bonus |
Language(s) | Latin |
Incipit | Primus siquid homo quia tradita lege uite |
Item Notes |
Not the De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae by Bernard of Clairvaux |
Item Location | fol. 62r-92r |
Title | Tractatus Thome de Aquino de professione monachorum pars prima |
Associated Name |
Thomas, Aquinas, 1225?-1274
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Latin |
Item Location | fol. 92v-106v |
Author |
Thomas, Aquinas, 1225?-1274
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Title | Incipit libellus de perfectione editus a Thoma de Aquino |
Uniform Title |
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. De perfectione spiritualis vitae
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Language(s) | Latin |
Item Location | fol. 107r-120r |
Title | Tractatus Sancti Bernardi Abbatis de disciplina monachorum |
Alternate Title | Formula honestae vitae |
Alternate Title | Opusculum in haec verba: ad Quid Venisti? |
Associated Name |
Bernard, of Clairvaux, 1090 or 1091-1153
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Conflation of two works by Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux |
Item Location | fol. 120r-126v |
Title | Formula pulcre viuendi quod nimis remissum regimen nutrit vicia in subditis et religionem confundit |
Alternate Title | Viginti passus de virtutibus bonorum sive formula novitiorum |
Alternate Title | De exterioris et interioris hominis |
Alternate Title | Formula novitiorum |
Associated Name |
Bonaventure, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274
(Attributed name)
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Associated Name |
David, von Augsburg, -1271
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Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Work forms part of De exterioris et interioris hominis by David von Augsburg |
Item Location | fol. 127r-160v |
Title | Sermons |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Location | fol. 171r-191v |
Title | Incipit prologus in libellum compendii ad habendam noticiam diuini officii |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Abbreviation of an ordinarium |
Item Location | fol. 192r-194v |
Title | Liturgical blessings |
Language(s) | Latin |
Contents Detail |
Benediction of the ashes; benediction of salt, water, meat, and bread; benediction of the Palms on Palm Sunday |
Title | Abbatis officium |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Alphabetical index perhaps to the Cistercian Usages |
Item Location | fol. 211r-217v |
Title | Incipiunt capitula usuum conuersorum capitulum primum |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Usages for Cistercian conversi |
Item Location | fol. 217v-220v |
Title | Generoso militi et filici domino Raymundo castri sancti ambrosy Bernardus |
Associated Name |
Bernard, of Clairvaux, 1090 or 1091-1153
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Latin |

Country |
United States
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City |
Trappist (Ky.)
![]() |
Repository |
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
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Shelfmark | MS 25 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 220 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Language(s) | Latin |
Genre(s) | Religious rules and constitutions; Sermons; Liturgical texts |
Feature(s) | Initial(s), Decorated |
Notes |
Monastic miscellany containing five booklets and two additional gatherings, each produced independently roughly of the same date and brought together in the fifeeenth century |
Bibliography |
Susan M. B. Steuer and E. Rozanne Elder, eds., Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Dom Edmond Obrecht Collection of Gethsemani Abbey, Monastic Life 1 (2016). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
AGOC 00021 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/500972 |
Processed By | HMML |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 220 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Bound in blind-stamped pigskin over wood boards |
Provenance |
Part 7 belonged to the Cistercian Abbey of Oliva (Danzig) |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-61r |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 12.7 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 28-29 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 14 x 9 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Hybrida |
Notes |
Fol. 1r-3r contain miscellaneous religious texts in Latin and German |
Item Location | fol. 3r-31r |
Author |
Benedict, Abbot of Monte Cassino
![]() |
Title | Rule of Saint Benedict |
Uniform Title |
Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula
![]() |
Alternate Title | Regula monachorum |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Location | fol. 31r-32r |
Title | Incipit forma uisitationis et modo visitandi |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Location | fol. 32v-42v |
Title | Nota aliqua circa Regulam sancti Benedicti |
Language(s) | Latin |
Incipit | In domo patris mei mansiones |
Item Location | fol. 43r-61r |
Title | Incipit tractatus super duodecim gradus humilitatis ualde bonus |
Language(s) | Latin |
Incipit | Primus siquid homo quia tradita lege uite |
Item Notes |
Not the De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae by Bernard of Clairvaux |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 62r-106v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 13 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 36-37 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 15.5 x 9.5 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Cursiva |
Item Location | fol. 62r-92r |
Title | Tractatus Thome de Aquino de professione monachorum pars prima |
Associated Name |
Thomas, Aquinas, 1225?-1274
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Latin |
Item Location | fol. 92v-106v |
Author |
Thomas, Aquinas, 1225?-1274
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Title | Incipit libellus de perfectione editus a Thoma de Aquino |
Uniform Title |
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. De perfectione spiritualis vitae
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Language(s) | Latin |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 107r-126v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 13 cm |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 36 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 15 x 9.5 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Hybrida |
Notes |
Latin prayer on fol. 126v |
Item Location | fol. 107r-120r |
Title | Tractatus Sancti Bernardi Abbatis de disciplina monachorum |
Alternate Title | Formula honestae vitae |
Alternate Title | Opusculum in haec verba: ad Quid Venisti? |
Associated Name |
Bernard, of Clairvaux, 1090 or 1091-1153
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Conflation of two works by Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux |
Item Location | fol. 120r-126v |
Title | Formula pulcre viuendi quod nimis remissum regimen nutrit vicia in subditis et religionem confundit |
Alternate Title | Viginti passus de virtutibus bonorum sive formula novitiorum |
Alternate Title | De exterioris et interioris hominis |
Alternate Title | Formula novitiorum |
Associated Name |
Bonaventure, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274
(Attributed name)
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Associated Name |
David, von Augsburg, -1271
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Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Work forms part of De exterioris et interioris hominis by David von Augsburg |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 127r-160v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 12.4 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 36-48 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 15 x 10 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Cursiva |
Notes |
Various sermons in several hands |
Item Location | fol. 127r-160v |
Title | Sermons |
Language(s) | Latin |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 170r-194v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.4 x 13 cm |
Page Layout | Item 1, 2 columns, 28-33 lines per page; item 2, 2 columns, 22-25 lines per page; ruled in lead, pricking in outer margins |
Writing Space | 13.8 x 9.5 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Cursiva |
Notes |
Fol. 170rv, original protective leaf containing liturgical notes and poem in German |
Item Location | fol. 171r-191v |
Title | Incipit prologus in libellum compendii ad habendam noticiam diuini officii |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Abbreviation of an ordinarium |
Item Location | fol. 192r-194v |
Title | Liturgical blessings |
Language(s) | Latin |
Contents Detail |
Benediction of the ashes; benediction of salt, water, meat, and bread; benediction of the Palms on Palm Sunday |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 195r-210v |
Place of Origin | Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 12.8 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 31-33 lines per page |
Writing Space | 15.5 x 10 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Cursiva |
Title | Abbatis officium |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Alphabetical index perhaps to the Cistercian Usages |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 211r-220v |
Place of Origin | Northern Poland |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1452 |
Date Precise | 1452 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 18.5 x 12.8 cm |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 24 lines per page; ruled in lead |
Writing Space | 13 x 9.5 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic |
Item Location | fol. 211r-217v |
Title | Incipiunt capitula usuum conuersorum capitulum primum |
Language(s) | Latin |
Item Notes |
Usages for Cistercian conversi |
Item Location | fol. 217v-220v |
Title | Generoso militi et filici domino Raymundo castri sancti ambrosy Bernardus |
Associated Name |
Bernard, of Clairvaux, 1090 or 1091-1153
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Latin |
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