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D026

De destructione monasterii Gemblacensis
De secunda destructione et combustione monasterii Gemblacensis

Century: 13

Historical notes

Latin

Dioc. Liège
Duchy of Brabant

INCIPIT

Cum Gemblacense oppidum a quodam viro nefario et Deum non timente nocturno et furtivo incendio combustum esset, simulque maius, id est cenobiale, templum ...

EXPLICIT

... subsannant et irrident, oblito quod dicit poeta : ‘Non omnia possumus omnes’ et quod in operibus suis ‘Quandoque bonus dormitavit Homerus'. Sed ...

Guibert de Gembloux, Guibert van Gembloux, Guibertus Gemblacensis

Sex: M- Bio: monk of the abbey of Gembloux, 1177-9 secretary of Hildegardis of Bingen and spiritual father of the monastic community of Rupertsberg in Bingen, 1180 back to Gembloux, September 1180-May 1881 and 1185-1186/87 in the abbey of Marmoutier (Tours), 1188 abbot in the abbey of Florennes (?1124/5/+1214). (NaSo 265): See Pertz and Potthast for the attribution to Guibertus Gemblacensis. (Naso 607): zie Delehaye (1888) voor de toeschrijving aan Guibertus Gemblacensis (in overeenstemming met Hervardus). (NaSo 1524): The final redaction of this letter seems to be the work of Guibertus Gemblacensis-Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)

EDITING

Location:The abbey of Gembloux - Date:early thirteenth century (before 1215) - Commission: /

SIZE

c. 3650 words

CONTEXT

The text was written by Guibert, a monk and abbot of Gembloux, at the end of his life or, according to Delehaye, by an anonymous monk from Gembloux in Guibert's persona. It was actually intended as a preface to the collection of letter treatises by Guibert. The text ends abruptly and was probably not yet finished.

ABSTRACT

Despite its misleading modern-day title this text does not focus solely on the fire that partly destroyed the abbey of Gembloux, but rather on the life and works of Guibert of Gembloux.

SOURCES

Bijbel
Horatius, Ars poetica.
Regula S. Benedicti

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, 5535-5537

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum bibliothecae Regiae Bruxellensis. Pars I. Codices latini membranei, 1 (Brussel, 1886) 578-582 (fragment)

LITERATURE

BALAU (S.), Les sources de l'histoire de Liège au Moyen Age, Étude critique (Bruxelles, 1903) 413-414
Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum bibliothecae regiae Bruxellensis. Pars I. Codices latini membranei, 1 (Brussel, 1886) 577-578
COTTINEAU 1263-64
DELEHAYE (H.), 'Guibert abbé de Florennes et de Gembloux XIIe et XIIIe siècles', in: Revue des questions historiques, 46 (1889) 62-63
DELEHAYE (H.), 'Guiberti Gemblacensis epistula de sancto Martino et alterius Guiberti item Gemblacensis carmina de eodem', Anallecta Bollandiana, 7 (1888) 265-320 269-270
HELIN 81
Monasticon belge, I (Bruges and Liège: Abbaye de Maredsous, 1890-1993)
POTTHAST (A.), Repertorium Fontium Historiae Medii Aevi, IV (Roma, 1962-) 137-138

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Contributor:
Marit Gypen
Sara Moens

Update:
2015-01-29 17:20:01