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Ten commandments

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

De decem preceptis legis et duodecim consiliis evangelii, early 16th century

 part
Identifier: MS 114/ff. 33v-43r
Contents The text is divided in two main thematic parts, one dedicated to the Ten Commandments (ff. 33v-37v) and one to precepts drawn from the New testament (ff. 37v-43r). It begins on f. 33v with the words De decem preceptis legis et duodecim consiliis ewangelii ex tertia parte vite Jhesu. Decem constat esse precepta quorum tria prima ordinant nos ad dilectionem Dei; it ends on f. 43 with ad eos quorum curam gerunt. It is followed by...
Dates: early 16th century

Fragment of the Decalogue, possibly English or French, 14th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 211/XXXII
Scope and Contents

A leaf from a moral treatise on the Decalogue, also known as the Ten Commandments. The Decalogue was a fundamental element for students studying the Bible in medieval universities, so there are many commentaries and texts on it. This is a leaf from one, indicated by a marginal note in the same hand as the main text, De diff. preceptorum deca-logi.



Writing

Well written, with filigree initials.

Dates: 14th century

The Ten Commandments, Articles of Faith, Seven Sacraments, Seven Deadly Sins, 13th-14th century

 part
Identifier: MS 107/ff. 122v-130r
Contents

This section contains the Ten Commandments, Articles of Faith, Seven Sacraments, Seven Deadly Sins in French and Latin. It starts on f. 122v and ends on f. 130r.



Writing

This section is written in the same hand as the previous sections. It is late 13th-century Gothic.

Dates: 13th-14th century