Psalterium aka Laudatory
The Psalterium alias laudatorium (Eng. Psalter or hymns of praise ) is a literary work that was written in Latin by Francesc Eiximenis between 1404 and 1408 in Valencia . It was the antipope of Avignon , Benedict XIII. dedicated.
Structure and content
The book contains three hundred forty-four prayers , the three rows of contemplative be divided prayers: De laude creatoris (dt. About the praise of the Creator ), De vita et excellentia redemptoris (dt. About life and the excellence of the Redeemer ) and De vita et ordinatione hominis viatoris ( Eng . About the life and order of man in the world ).
As Albert Hauf has already pointed out, this work, together with the Vida de Jesucrist , forms a unit of literary creation with similar content, although the style is definitely different.
origin
Between 1404 and 1408 Francesc Eiximenis wrote his collection of prayers in Latin, which he called the Psalterium aka Laudatorium (Eng. Psalter or hymns of praise ). The first prayers were dedicated to Berenguer de Ribalta when he became Bishop of Tarazona in 1404 . The final collection was Pero de Luna, the Aragonese Pope of Avignon Benedict XIII. dedicated.
Although Benedict XIII. perhaps already interested in the book in 1405, as a document written in Barcelona on August 11, 1405 confirms, it is possible that Eiximenis gave Pope Benedict XIII. handed over the collection when he went to the Council of Perpignan in November 1408. It is believed that the work made a positive impression on the Pope; This helped Eiximenis to reach his last important posts: Patriarch of Jerusalem and apostolic administrator (interim bishop) of the Diocese of Elne (old name of the Diocese of Perpignan).
Translations
There is an incomplete translation of 100 prayers into Catalan , made in 1416 by Guillem Fontana , and published in Girona on March 20, 1495 by Diego de Gumiel .
Digital editions
Manuscripts
- Edition on Somni (digitized collection of the holdings of old books of the University of Valencia) of manuscript 726 of the historical library of the University of Valencia . Created in 1442/1443 by Pere Bonora and Lleonard Crespí ( illuminators ) and Domènec Sala ( bookbinders ). It comes from the library of Alfonso the Magnanimous and Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria .
Incunabula
- Edition on the Memòria Digital de Catalunya ( Digital Memory of Catalonia ) of the incunabula edition of the Psaltiri devotíssim by Guillem Fontana (incomplete translation into Catalan), published by Diego de Gumiel (Girona, March 20, 1495).
Modern editions
- Edition of the Psalterium alias Laudatorium on the digitized complete works of Eiximenis ( Psalterium alias Laudatorium Papae Benedicto XIII dedicatum . Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Toronto 1988. 307th edition with introduction by Curt Wittlin ).
"Psalterium alias Laudatorium" on all digitized works
- Complete works by Francesc Eiximenis (Catalan and Latin).
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Hauf: El "Psalterium alias Laudatorium" i la "Vita Christi" de Francesc Eiximenis, obres complementàries? Miscel lània en homenatge al professor Joan Bastardas , I. PAM. 1989, pp. 205-228. (Catalan)
- ^ Curt Wittlin: Psalterium alias Laudatorium. PIMS, Toronto 1988, p. 11. (English)
- ^ Lluís Brines : Biografia documentada de Francesc Eiximenis. Valencia. T-Ink Factoría de Color. 2018. P. 174, N. 91. (Catalan)