The MS G.B.f.18a is a German manuscript akin to a commonplace book, probably created between 1418 and 1428.[1] It currently rests in the holdings of the Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena in Jena, Germany. It contains a statement of the Recital commonly attributed to Johannes Liechtenauer; in this manuscript, the recital is attributed to an H. Beringer and arranged quite differently from other renderings (apart from the manuscript of Hans Folz).[2] Given the uncertainty surrounding the MS 3227a, this manuscript could be considered the earliest known text related to the Liechtenauer tradition.[1]
Provenance
The known provenance of MS G.B.f.18a is:[3]
- Dialect is East Central German with Low German influence, suggesting a region of origin
- 1783 - listed as No. 183a-c in the catalog of the Erfurt Benedictine Monastery St. Peter and Paulas
- 1836 - auctioned at the auction of the library of Friedrich Gottlob Julius von Bülow, collegiate council in Beyernaumburg east of Sangerhausen in Saxony-Anhalt
- 1853 - listed as No. 10 in Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe's list of possessions (Vienna); passed into the collection of the Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena
Contents
| 1ra - 28vb
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Tituli Utriusque Juris ("Chapters on Law")
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| 29ra - 32ra
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Tabula alphabetica Epitomae Exactis regibus, Expositionum titulorum Decretalium et vocabulariorim iuris ("Alphabetical index epitomising the reigns of Kings, Expositions of Distinguishing Titles and legal vocabulary")
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| 32va - 53rb
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Epitome Exactis Regibus. Exactis a Romana civitate regibus constituti sunt consules duo... - ... quod supervacuum est provectis et tantum de isto etc. Et sic est finis.
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| 53va - 56ra
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Expositiones titulorum Decretalium ("Explanation of Distinguishing Titles")
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| 56ra - 72vb
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Vocabularii iuris ("Dictionary of Legal terminology")
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| 66ra - 72vb
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De significationibus anni ("On Significant Dates")
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| 73ra - 121vb
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Margarita decreti by Martinus Oppaviensis
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| 122ra - va
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Experimenta by Nicolaüs de Polonia
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| 122vb
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Pfeilbeschwörung ("Blessings of Arrows))
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| 122vb
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Waffenbeschwörung ("Weapon Blessings")
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| 122vb - 123rb
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Armbrusttraktat ("Archery/Crossbow Treatise")
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| 123va - vb
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Fechtlehre ("Fight-lore") by H. Beringer
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| 123vb - 124ra
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Ausfahrtsfegen gegen den Plötzlichen Tod ("Preventions against sudden death")
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| 124ra
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Beschwörung gegen Hautkrankenheiten ("Blessings against diseases of the flesh")
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| 124ra - 124va
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Pulverrezepte ("Gunpowder recipes")
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| 124va - 125ra
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Losbuch ("Book of Divination")
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| 125ra - 125vb
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Recepta contra infirmitates mulierum ("Recipes to counter Female infirmities")
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| 125vb - 126rb
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Recepta diversa ("Various Recipes")
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| 126rb - va
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Recepta de cura plantarum ("Sixteen instructions on the germination and care of crops, mainly concerning trees.
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| 126r
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Beschwörung der Wünschelrute ("On the bottom is a Divination incantation")
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| l26va - vb
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Orakel zur Wahrheitsfidung ("Oracle of Truth")
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| 127ra - 150va
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Expositio septem psalmorum paenitentialium ("The explanation of the seven psalms of penance")
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| 150vb
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De legitimis heredibus ("On lawful inheritance")
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| 156va
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Regulae recte vivendi
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