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Miscellany volume assembled and supplied with catchwords by Friedrich von Amberg (Guardian of the Fribourg Franciscan Convent, † 1432) from different parts that were produced independently. The volume, divided into ten parts, contains in addition to preaching materials excerpts from William Peraldus's Summa de vitiis (Part 4), Ludolph of Saxony's Rationes XIV ad proficiendum in virtute (Part 5), Francis of Meyronnes's Moralia (Part 7), and Engelbert of Cologne's Sermones de sanctis (Part 10). The parchment pastedowns and flyleaves are from a fifteenth-century testament, probably to the benefit of the Franciscans. Several parchment quire guards in present, among which appear fragments of a thirteenth/fourteenth century commented manuscript, a fourteenth-century grammatical treatise, and a charter from the fourteenth century. The manuscript has a chained binding, covered in heavily worn leather, and restored in 2021.
Online Since: 12/11/2025
This Franciscan Gradual comes from southwestern Germany and the first half of the fourteenth century. It contains rich decoration with a style of initials typical of the Upper Rhine: large initials filled with pen-flourished initials and medallions with fantastic animals. The eighteenth-century binding has wooden boards covered in dark-brown leather.
Online Since: 12/11/2025
This composite manuscript contains study materials, for the most part written by Jean Joly (the guardian of the Fribourg Franciscan Convent, 1467-1469, 1472-1478, 1481-1510) during his studies in Avignon. In addition to numerous study-texts by Jean Joly, it contains the writings of the Franciscans Johannes de Fontanellis and Matthew of Acquasparta. The wooden-board binding covered in brown leather comes from the Rolet Stoss's workshop in the Franciscan Convent of Fribourg, restored in 2020.
Online Since: 12/11/2025
During his studies in Avignon, Jean Joly (Guardian of the Franciscan Convent of Fribourg 1467-1469, 1472-1478, 1481-1510) prepared this copy of the Quaestiones in quattuor libros sententiarum by Peter of Aquila, an Italian Franciscan theologian who lectured at Paris in the 1330s. His commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard earned him the nickname “Scotellus” for his accessible presentation of the doctrine of John Duns Scotus (d. 1308). The wooden-board binding and formerly chained volume from the fifteenth century was restored by Carole Jeanneret in 2022.
Online Since: 12/20/2023