Pomerius, De vita contemplativa
(Ps.-)Prosper of Aquitaine, De vita contemplativa

name variant: Julianus Pomerius; Julian Pomerius

CPL 998

Incipit:
Diu multumque renisus sum voluntati tuae (prologue)
Contemplativa vita, in qua Creatorem suum creatura (ch.1)

Editions:
Translation:
Manuscripts:

Aleçon, Bibliothèque municipale 146
s. XII
fol. 133-
catalogue; La Trappe
Bamberg, Staatsbibliohtek Patr. 129 (B v 20)
s. XII
fol. 1-66
manuscripta mediaevalia
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek B v 10
s. XII/XIII


Berkeley, Huntington Library HM 19915
s. XII/XIII
fol 67-168v
England; catalogue
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. theol. qu. 229
s. IX1/4
fol. 1-2v
(fragment)
III, ch. 4-5; ch. 10.3-ch. 11;
manuscripta mediaevalia
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 993 (12053-12062)
s. XV
fol. 2-48v
catalogue; Prosper
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 1379 (9875-9880) s. XII
fol. 1v-64
catalogue; Prosper
Budapest, University Library 64
s. XV


Cambridge, University Library Ii. I. 41

fol. 1-82
catalogue
Cambray, Bibliothèque Municipale 204 (199)

fol. 69-113
catalogue
Dijon, Bibliothèque Municipale 588 (345)

fol. 38v-80v
catalogue
Douai, Bibliothèque Municipale 208
fol. 28-
In Principio Database
Düsseldorf, Universitätsbibliothek B 12 s. XVex fol. 230-281
catalogue
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek 281
s. VIII-IX

CLA 875
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek 282 (Msc. 887) (4 Nr. 20)
s. X-XII
pp. 203-316
Hill Manuscript Library
Erlangen  Universitätsbibliothek 170
s. XIV
fol. 188-210
catalogue
Graz, Universitätsbibliothek 880 (37/9 4o)
s.XV
fol. 321v-388v
Hill Manuscript Library;
ascribed to Jean Gerson,
verify!
Heiligenkreuz, Stiftsbibliothek 284
s. XIII
fol. 1-74
Hill Manuscript Library
Herzogenburg, Stiftsbibliothek 329
s. XV

Hill Manuscript Library; Prosper
Klagenfurt, Bischöfliche Bibliothek XXX d 3
s. XV
fol. 40-101
Hill Manuscript Library; Prosper
Klosterneuburg, Stiftsbibliothek 790
s. XII
fol. 1-57

Lambach, Stiftsbibliothek Chartraceus 115
s. XV
fol. 217-225
Hill Manuscript Library
Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek 326
s. XV
fol. 39v-68
catalogue
Leon, Ms. 22
s. VIII-IX


Linz, Oberösterreichische Landesbibliothek 1
(neu 238)
s. XII
fol. 1-80
Hill Manuscript Library; Prosper
London ??
s. VIII
fragment
according to CPL
London, British Library Roy. 5 C VI

fol. 109-
In Principio
London, British Library Arundel 319
s. XIII
fol 8-16
catalogue
London, British Library Add. 18327
s. XIII
fol. 27v-34v
catalogue
Melk, Stiftsbibliohtek 136 (627.L.52)
s. XV
fol. 1-39v
Hill Manuscript Library; Prosper
Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana F. 60 sup.
s. VIII

CLA 336/340
Melk, Stiftsbibliothek 1580 (287. E 77)
s. XV
fol. 42-143v
Hill Manuscript Library; Prosper
Melk, Stiftsbibliothek 1646 (657. L 87)
s. XV
fol. 194
Hill Manuscript Library; II, ch. 7;
Prosper
Orléans, Bibliothèque municipale 169 (146)

fol. 1-
catalogue
Oxford, Bodleian Library Bod. 126

fol. 1-
In Principio Database
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 175 (376 TL) 4o
fol. 108-145
catalogue
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 254 (453 TL) 1o
fol. 1-69
catalogue
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 272 (510 TL) 4o
fol. 178-189v
catalogue
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 499 (510 TL)
fol. 224-259
catalogue
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine 982

fol. 16v-
catalogue
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine 988
fol. 152-
catalogue
Prague, University Library 768
s. XV


Prague, University Library 1350
s. XV


Salzburg, Stiftsbibliothek St. Peter a.II.20 (R. 410)
s. XIV
fol. 73-204v
Hill Manuscript Library
Schlägl, Stiftsbibliothek Codex Plagensis 8 (817. 150)
s. XIII
fol. 95v-96
Hill Manuscript Library;
fragment
Seitenstetten, Stiftsbibliothek 205
s. XV
fol. 158v-160v
Hill Manuscript Library;
ascribed to Augustine (verify!)
Soria, Biblioteca Pública del Estado 8H (0lim 17) s. XII

catalogue/image
Subiaco, Bibliotheca dell'Abazia CCLXX (275)
s. XV
fol. 104-
Hill Manuscript Library;
excerpts; Prosper
Tortosa, Archivio Capitular de la Catedral Codex 110
s. XIV
fol. 72v-132v
Hill Manuscript Library; Prosper
Trier, Stadtbibliohtek 596
s. XV
fol. 1-
In Principio Database
Valenciennes, Bibliothèque Municipale 232 (223)
s. XV
fol. 1-53
catalogue; Prosper
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal. lat. 238
s. VIII-IX

CLA I, 88; Lorsch
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal. lat. 577
s. VIII


Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Reg. lat. 291
s. XI2
fol. 42-83v

Vendome, Bibliothèque Municipale 142

fol. 1-
In Principio Database
Vich, Museo Episcopal 55
s. XV
fol. 1-75
Hill Manuscript Library;
ascribed to Isaac de Syria,
verify!
Wilhering, Stiftsbibliothek IX, 103
s. XV
fol. 3-12v
Hill Manuscript Library; verify!
Wien, Nationalbibliothek 760
s. XV
fol. 43-89
Hill Manuscript Library; Prosper
Wien, Nationalbibliothek 968
s. XI
fol. 1-89
Hill Manuscript Library; Prosper
Wien, Nationalbibliothek 1051
s. XII
fol. 144v-145v
Hill Manuscript Library;
fragment: III, ch. 25-26
Wien, Nationalbibliothek 1370
s. X`
fol. 26-28v/
28v-33v/
37v-40/
45-45v/
47v-53v
Hill Manuscript Library;
catalogue
fragments, mixed with Isidore,
Liber Sententiarum
Wien, Nationalbibliothek 4409
s. XV
fol. 126v-140v
Hill Manuscript Library;
ascribed to Jean Gerson
(verify!)
Wien, Nationalbibliothek Series nova 3896
1467
fol. 210v-218v
Hill Manuscript Library;
ascribed to Jean Gerson
(verify!)
Wien, Schottenkloster 408
s. XV
fol. 18-170v
Hill Manuscript Library;
ascribed to Jean Gerson
(verify!)
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek
Weissenburg 56
s. IX
fol. 2-62v
Weissenburg; not yet digitized
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek
Weissenburg 76
s. VII-VIII

CLA X, 1391; Burgundy,
Weissenburg; not yet digitized
Zwettl, Stiftsbibliothek 328
s. XII/XIII
fol. 2-70
Hill Manuscript Library; Prosper

Literature:
  • Laistner, M., The Intellectual Heritage of the Early Middle Ages, Ithaca 1957, pp. 49-59.
  • Conrad Leyser, Authority and Asceticism, Oxford: Blackwell 2000.