Stabilimenta Rhodiorum militum - Latin version

The revised statutes of the Order of the Hospital of St John of 1489/1493

© Jyri Hasecker, Hamburg / Jürgen Sarnowsky, Hamburg (2007/2022)

Though Delaville has edited many of the rules, statutes and customs of the Order of the Hospital of St John up to 1310, there is still no modern edition of the stabilimenta of the Order. The medieval manuscripts up to 1489 are quite confusing, adding the statutes by chapters general, and early modern (printed) collections of the statutes are not easily available.

In 1489, the chapter general succeeded to arrive at a modified – systematic – version of the statutes which was revised by the vice-chancellor, Guillaume Caoursin, and others. This version was then confirmed by the pope, Innocent VIII, and by the chapter general of 1493. Though there are printed versions of the text (in Latin and French), there is also a good and early (Latin) manuscript in the National Library of Malta in Valletta (NLM Libr. 244).

These pages were originally compiled for the project "Kritische Edition der revidierten Statuten des Johanniterordens von 1489/93" (University of Hamburg, Faculty of Humanities, Department of History) which was financed by a grant of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [2004-2007]. The focus of the project was on the Latin version of the new redaction of the statutes of the Hospitallers, known under the name Stabilimenta Rhodiorum militum, The first result of the project was the critical edition of the original latin text edited by Jyri Hasecker and Juergen Sarnowsky which appeared in Print in 2007, with a scientific introduction and a comparison between the revised legislation and the older statute tradition.

The digital edition focused on the contemporary French translation also made under the direction of Caoursin. But also a comparison with the Latin version was intended, bThis edition was originally presented in a synoptic form since 2007 provided by the open source content management system MyCoRe, but since no update was possible, the texts are now transferred into simple HTML and presented in the context of the Hospitaller Sources.

The aim is to provide a first cut through the history of the statute production of the Hospitallers from the beginnings of the Order in the Holy Land until the loss of Rhodes (1522/1523). The project is located at the "Arbeitsstelle für die digitale Edition mittelalterlicher Quellen" at the Centre "Geisteswissenschaften in der digitalen Welt" of the University of Hamburg.

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Contents

Prohemium / Exordium / Index / Primordium

Regula 1 / Regula 2 / Regula 3 / Regula 4 / Regula 5 / Regula 6

Receptio 1 / Receptio 2 / Receptio 3 / Receptio 4 / Receptio 5 / Receptio 6 / Receptio 7 / Receptio 8 / Receptio 9 / Receptio 10 / Receptio 11 / Receptio 12 / Receptio 13 / Receptio 14 / Receptio 15 / Receptio 16 / Receptio 17 / Receptio 18 / Receptio 19 / Receptio 20 / Receptio 21 / Receptio 22 / Receptio 23

Ecclesia 1 / Ecclesia 2 / Ecclesia 3 / Ecclesia 4 / Ecclesia 5 / Ecclesia 6 / Ecclesia 7 / Ecclesia 8 / Ecclesia 9 / Ecclesia 10 / Ecclesia 11 / Ecclesia 12 / Ecclesia 13 / Ecclesia 14 / Ecclesia 15 / Ecclesia 16 / Ecclesia 17 / Ecclesia 18 / Ecclesia 19 / Ecclesia 20 / Ecclesia 21 / Ecclesia 22 / Ecclesia 23 / Ecclesia 24 / Ecclesia 25 / Ecclesia 26 / Ecclesia 27 / Ecclesia 28 / Ecclesia 29 / Ecclesia 30 / Ecclesia 31 / Ecclesia 32 / Ecclesia 33 / Ecclesia 34 / Ecclesia 35 / Ecclesia 36 / Ecclesia 37 / Ecclesia 38 / Ecclesia 39 / Ecclesia 40 / Ecclesia 41 / Ecclesia 42

Hospitalitas 1 / Hospitalitas 2 / Hospitalitas 3 / Hospitalitas 4 / Hospitalitas 5 / Hospitalitas 6 / Hospitalitas 7 / Hospitalitas 8 / Hospitalitas 9 / Hospitalitas 10 / Hospitalitas 11 / Hospitalitas 12 / Hospitalitas 13 / Hospitalitas 14 / Hospitalitas 15 / Hospitalitas 16 / Hospitalitas 17 / Hospitalitas 18 / Hospitalitas 19 / Hospitalitas 20 / Hospitalitas 21

Thesaurus 1 / Thesaurus 2 / Thesaurus 3 / Thesaurus 4 / Thesaurus 5 / Thesaurus 6 / Thesaurus 7 / Thesaurus 8 / Thesaurus 9 / Thesaurus 10 / Thesaurus 11 / Thesaurus 12 / Thesaurus 13 / Thesaurus 14 / Thesaurus 15 / Thesaurus 16 / Thesaurus 17 / Thesaurus 18 / Thesaurus 19 / Thesaurus 20 / Thesaurus 21 / Thesaurus 22 / Thesaurus 23 / Thesaurus 24 / Thesaurus 25 / Thesaurus 26 / Thesaurus 27 / Thesaurus 28 / Thesaurus 29 / Thesaurus 30 / Thesaurus 31 / Thesaurus 32 / Thesaurus 33 / Thesaurus 34 / Thesaurus 35 / Thesaurus 36 / Thesaurus 37 / Thesaurus 38 / Thesaurus 39 / Thesaurus 40

Capitulum 1 / Capitulum 2 / Capitulum 3 / Capitulum 4 / Capitulum 5 / Capitulum 6 / Capitulum 7 / Capitulum 8 / Capitulum 9 / Capitulum 10 / Capitulum 11

Consilium 1 / Consilium 2 / Consilium 3 / Consilium 4 / Consilium 5 / Consilium 6 / Consilium 7 / Consilium 8 / Consilium 9 / Consilium 10 / Consilium 11 / Consilium 12 / Consilium 13 / Consilium 14 / Consilium 15 / Consilium 16 / Consilium 17 / Consilium 18 / Consilium 19 / Consilium 20 / Consilium 21

Sgardium 1 / Sgardium 2 / Sgardium 3 / Sgardium 4 / Sgardium 5 / Sgardium 6 / Sgardium 7 / Sgardium 8 / Sgardium 9 / Sgardium 10 / Sgardium 11 / Sgardium 12 / Sgardium 13 / Sgardium 14 / Sgardium 15 / Sgardium 16 / Sgardium 17 / Sgardium 18

Magister 1 / Magister 2 / Magister 3 / Magister 4 / Magister 5 / Magister 6 / Magister 7 / Magister 8 / Magister 9 / Magister 10 / Magister 11 / Magister 12 / Magister 13 / Magister 14 / Magister 15 / Magister 16

Baiulivi 1 / Baiulivi 2 / Baiulivi 3 / Baiulivi 4 / Baiulivi 5 / Baiulivi 6 / Baiulivi 7 / Baiulivi 8 / Baiulivi 9 / Baiulivi 10 / Baiulivi 11 / Baiulivi 12 / Baiulivi 13 / Baiulivi 14 / Baiulivi 15 / Baiulivi 16 / Baiulivi 17 / Baiulivi 18 / Baiulivi 19 / Baiulivi 20 / Baiulivi 21 / Baiulivi 22 / Baiulivi 23 / Baiulivi 24 / Baiulivi 25 / Baiulivi 26 / Baiulivi 27 / Baiulivi 28 / Baiulivi 29 / Baiulivi 30 / Baiulivi 31 / Baiulivi 32 / Baiulivi 33 / Baiulivi 34 / Baiulivi 35 / Baiulivi 36 / Baiulivi 37 / Baiulivi 38 / Baiulivi 39 / Baiulivi 40 / Baiulivi 41 / Baiulivi 42 / Baiulivi 43 / Baiulivi 44 / Baiulivi 45 / Baiulivi 46 / Baiulivi 47

Priores 1 / Priores 2 / Priores 3 / Priores 4 / Priores 5 / Priores 6 / Priores 7 / Priores 8 / Priores 9 / Priores 10 / Priores 11 / Priores 12 / Priores 13 / Priores 14 / Priores 15 / Priores 16 / Priores 17 / Priores 18 / Priores 19 / Priores 20 / Priores 21 / Priores 22 / Priores 23 / Priores 24

Fratres 1 / Fratres 2 / Fratres 3 / Fratres 4 / Fratres 5 / Fratres 6 / Fratres 7 / Fratres 8 / Fratres 9 / Fratres 10 / Fratres 11 / Fratres 12 / Fratres 13 / Fratres 14 / Fratres 15 / Fratres 16 / Fratres 17 / Fratres 18 / Fratres 19 / Fratres 20 / Fratres 21 / Fratres 22 / Fratres 23 / Fratres 24 / Fratres 25 / Fratres 26 / Fratres 27 / Fratres 28 / Fratres 29 / Fratres 30 / Fratres 31 / Fratres 32 / Fratres 33 / Fratres 34 / Fratres 35 / Fratres 36 / Fratres 37 / Fratres 38 / Fratres 39 / Fratres 40 / Fratres 41 / Fratres 42 / Fratres 43 / Fratres 44 / Fratres 45 / Fratres 46 / Fratres 47 / Fratres 48 7 Fratres 49 / Fratres 50 / Fratres 51 / Fratres 52 / Fratres 53 / Fratres 54 / Fratres 55 / Fratres 56 / Fratres 57 / Fratres 58 / Fratres 59 / Fratres 60 / Fratres 61 / Fratres 62 / Fratres 63 / Fratres 64 / Fratres 65 / Fratres 66 / Fratres 67 / Fratres 68 / Fratres 69 / Fratres 70 / Fratres 71

Electiones 1 / Electiones 2 / Electiones 3 / Electiones 4 / Electiones 5 / Electiones 6 / Electiones 7 / Electiones 8 / Electiones 9 / Electiones 10 / Electiones 11 / Electiones 12 / Electiones 13 / Electiones 14 / Electiones 15 / Electiones 16 / Electiones 17 / Electiones 18 / Electiones 19 / Electiones 20

Collationes 1 / Collationes 2 / Collationes 3 / Collationes 4 / Collationes 5 / Collationes 6 / Collationes 7 / Collationes 8 / Collationes 9 / Collationes 10 / Collationes 11 / Collationes 12 / Collationes 13 / Collationes 14 / Collationes 15 / Collationes 16 / Collationes 17 / Collationes 18 / Collationes 19 / Collationes 20 / Collationes 21 / Collationes 22 / Collationes 23 / Collationes 24 / Collationes 25 / Collationes 26 / Collationes 27 / Collationes 28 / Collationes 29 / Collationes 30

Alienationes 1 / Alienationes 2 / Alienationes 3 / Alienationes 4 / Alienationes 5 / Alienationes 6 / Alienationes 7 / Alienationes 8 / Alienationes9 9

Arrendationes 1 / Arrendationes 2 / Arrendationes 3 / Arrendationes 4 / Arrendationes 5

Stabilimenta1493-Index / Stabilimenta1493-Prologus / Stabilimenta1493-Thesaurus 1 / Stabilimenta1493-Thesaurus 2 / Stabilimenta1493-Thesaurus 3 / Stabilimenta1493-Thesaurus 4 / Stabilimenta1493-Thesaurus 5 / Stabilimenta1493-Thesaurus 6 / Stabilimenta1493-Thesaurus 7 / Stabilimenta1493-Capitulum 1 / Stabilimenta1493-Sgardium 1 / Stabilimenta1493-Fratres 1 / Stabilimenta1493-Fratres 2 / Stabilimenta1493-Electiones 1 / Stabilimenta1493-Electiones 2 / Stabilimenta1493-Collationes 1 / Stabilimenta1493-Collationes 2 / Stabilimenta1493-Collationes 3 / Stabilimenta1493-Collationes 4 / Stabilimenta1493-Alienationes 1