De Pace, in illud Evangelii Matthaei cap. V, Vers. 9 [leaf]

Manuscript on vellum, in Latin. France?, ca. 1500? Folio (30.3 x 22.8 cm, 12 x 9"). [1] leaf. The ever useful Patrologia Latina gives the authorship of the text on this leaf as "Auctor incertus (Augustinus Hipponensis?)" and goes on to inform us, "Est Petri Chrysologi sermo quinquagesimus tertius, sed hic passim interpolatus, seu multis auctior sententiis, quas commonstrant ansulae. Confer Alcuini librum de Virtutibus et Vitiis, cap. 6."nnThe main text begins: "Felices pacifici, quoniam filii Dei vocabuntur. Meritum christianae virtutis vilescit in cunctis, si unitatem non habeat pacis, nec pervenit ad vocabulum filii, nisi per nomen pacifici. Pax est, quae exspoliat hominem servitute, dat nomen ingenuum, mutat cum conditione personam; ex famulo liberum, filium facit ex servo."nnThat is, the leaf contains a discussion of peace and peacemakers, based on the line in the Beatitudes "Blessed are the peacemakers . . ."(Matthew 5:9). It is written in brown ink, in a beautiful and clear gothic bâtarde script, in two columns of 40 lines. On the recto there is a three-line initial F (beginning the text "Felices pacifici . . .") with elaborate pen tracery in red extending a total of 15 lines. Some of the letters on the top line of text have some striking tall ascenders. Beneath the last line of text on the verso is "Explicit de pace."nnPatrologia Latina, XXXIX, col. 1858. Natural flaw in one margin, not touching text. Light soiling in bottom margins.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439343/datastream/PDF/view