Saint Augustine, Enarrationes in psalmos [commentary on Psal - Lot 107

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Saint Augustine, Enarrationes in psalmos [commentary on Psal - Lot 107
Saint Augustine, Enarrationes in psalmos [commentary on Psalms 61 to 67]. Manuscript on parchment, last quarter of the 11th century [1075-1100], 73 leaves. Special thanks to Marc-Edouard GAUTIER, Director of the Bibliothèque municipale d'Angers, for his invaluable help and guidance in our research. Dimensions: Flats: 296 x 183 mm. Leaves: approx. 290 x 182 mm, untrimmed. Text: approx. 190 x 115 mm, 33 lines, entirely set in drypoint, with pitting at the edges of the leaves. Description of contents: The manuscript consists of 9 quires, without signature or advertisement. In our description, the numbering of the leaves we use will simply be the actual order. We have numbered the leaves as follows: - Book 1: F°1 to F°8. - Book 2: F°9 to F°16. - Book 3: F°17 to F°24. - Book 4: F°25 to F°32. - Notebook 5: F°33 to F°41. - Notebook 6: F°42 to F°49. - Notebook 7: F°50 to F°57. - Notebook 8: F°58 to F°65. - Book 9: F°66 to F°73. Note that the sections are quaternions, with the exception of section 5, which now has 9 leaves but originally had 10. The first leaf, which should have been between F°32 and F°33, has been cut out. Cahier 5, however, is a quaternion to which two single leaves had been added, the heels of which can be seen in the symmetry of the cahier. Thus, for notebook 5, the single leaves are F°34, F°39, F°41. The missing leaf is therefore that of F°41. The other two leaves, however, are symmetrical within the notebook. There are two possible reasons for this. As the notebook is central, it is often less well cared for, and the single leaves may have been placed here. Alternatively, one of the two leaves may have been missed and the bifeuillet cut to replace it. The manuscript is also incomplete at the end, probably by 2 or, more certainly, 3 quires, as can be inferred from both the headband seams and the spacing between the last existing quire and the second board. It contains commentaries on Saint Augustine's psalms: - F°1V° to F°13R°: psalm 61 - F°13R° to F°23V°: psalm 62 - F°23V° to F°32V°: psalm 63 - F°32V° to F°41R°: psalm 64 - F°41R° to F°51R°: psalm 65 - F°51R° to F°58V°: psalm 66 - F°58V° to F°73V°: psalm 67 [incomplete at the end]. Presumably, the complete manuscript also contained a commentary on psalm 68 or even psalm 69. Note that the endnote includes an extract from the commentary on psalm 68: "O piscis male: p(rae)da(m) vis de p(ar)vo, p(rae)da efficieris magno" [from the commentary on Psalm 64]. "Sis accusator p(e)c(ca)ti tui / et no(n) defensor" [paraphrase of the conclusion of the commentary on Psalm 68] Each beginning of the text is fully rubricated with a large lettering. It's interesting to note that several rubricators were at work, since several of the initials are unfinished, a first rubricator preparing them, a second - a master? - finishing them. There are : - 3 finished initials: F°1V°, F°23V°, F°32V°. - 4 unfinished initials: F°13R°, F°41R°, F°51R°, F°58V°. In the case of the latter, it appears to have been more advanced, but part of it has been scratched off. As the manuscript has not been trimmed, the waiting letters and titles have been preserved. This allows us to compare what the scribe has put in the margins with what the rubricator has written, and we can see that the latter has sometimes taken certain liberties: one of the titles is not copied identically, but paraphrased. In some sections, the first letter at the beginning of each sentence is also highlighted in red. To wit: F°1R° to F°3R°, F°4V° to F°13R°, F°14V° and F°15R°, F°16V° to F°42R°, F°43V° and F°44R°, F°49V° to F°73V°. Up to F°30V°, there are rubricated paragraph beginnings, often at the beginning of the line, sometimes in the middle. Thereafter, there are only 3 on 2 leaves. Small stylistic differences suggest that four scribes were involved in copying this manuscript: - a hand that ends its words at the bottom of the page with a disengagement, giving the visual impression of an advertisement. In fact, he ends some words this way. - a hand that drew drooping letters on the last line of each page - a hand that left the rubricator with the letters at the start of the paragraph at the beginning of the line. - a fourth, which does not correspond to the first three. It's worth noting that the first two hands are the ones with the most errors, especially the first, which wrote only 31 lines on the front of one sheet. It's also amusing to see that, depending on the hand, the waiting letters are more or less present. The page layout is generally well done, with occasional red line ends (F°17R°, F°27R°, for example) or bypassing of defects, either with lines (F°52R°) or with a line (F°27R°).
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