Petrus, de Ebulo (1160-1220)
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The so-called Liber ad honorem Augusti by Peter of Eboli is one of the most famous and most requested manuscripts in the Burgerbibliothek Bern. The manuscript is exceptionally richly illustrated; it is from a workshop in the circle of the imperial court in southern Italy. Neither the scribe nor the illustrator is known, but, the text was doubtlessly corrected by the author himself. The text, an epic poem in Latin in about 1700 distichs that has survived only in this manuscript, is divided into three books. The first two books describe the prehistory of Sicily and its conquest by the Staufers; the third book contains a poem in praise of the parents — Emperor Henry VI and his wife Constance, daughter and heir of King Roger II of Sicily — of the famous Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II, who was born on 26 December 1194 in Jesi near Ancona.
Online Since: 03/22/2018
- Petrus, de Ebulo: Liber ad honorem Augusti Liber ad honorem Augusti sive de rebus Siculis. Found in: Standard description
- Petrus, de Ebulo: Liber ad honorem Augusti sive de rebus Siculis. Found in: Standard description
- Petrus, de Ebulo: Titelseite. (95r) Found in: Standard description
- Petrus, de Ebulo: Buch 1. (95v–130r)
Incipit: Incipit prima primi regis Siciliae particula. Dux ubi Roggerius Guiscardi clara propago
Explicit: Captivosque ferunt in sua castra viros.
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- Petrus, de Ebulo: Buch 2. (130v–138v)
Incipit: Explicit liber primus, incipit secundus. Ut pius armipotens fugat omnem letus eclipsin
Explicit: Vive diu, proavus factus ad astrea voles
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- Petrus, de Ebulo: Buch 3. (146r–147r)
Incipit: Incipit liber tercius ad honorem et gloriam magni imperatoris. Desine Calliope; satis est memorasse, quod holim
Explicit: Cogat ad imperium sidera fata deos.
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- Bongars, Jacques (Former possessor) | Bürger, Ulrike (Restorer) | Caesar, Gaius Iulius (Author) | Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author) | Gravisset, Jakob von (Former possessor) | Horatius Flaccus, Quintus (Author) | Ovidius Naso, Publius (Author) | Petrus, de Ebulo (Author) | Varro, Marcus Terentius (Author) | Vergilius Maro, Publius (Author) Found in: Standard description
"De Balneis Puteolanis", a didactic poem by the Salerno physician Petrus de Ebulo, describes the health benefits of about thirty healing springs found in the region around Pozzuoli and Baia, Italy. This work was widely disseminated in Latin as well as in Italian and French translations. It describes baths that were destroyed by an earthquake in 1538. The manuscript is decorated with full-page illustrations and was probably produced in the artistic circle of Robert d'Anjou.
Online Since: 07/31/2007
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- Petrus, de Ebulo: De balneis Puteolanis (1-36v) Found in: Standard description
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | De Marinis, Tammaro (Former possessor) | Dunn, George (Former possessor) | Evans, Robert Harding (Seller) | Olschki, Leo S. (Former possessor) | Petrus, de Ebulo (Author) Found in: Standard description