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Title

De imposturis religionum breve compendium, descriptum ab exemplari manuscripto

Other related names

• Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1193
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4316625
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4316625

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

after 1716

Place

Germany

Summary

An abridgment of an earlier work on false religions, copied from an original manuscript, discovered in the library of theologian Johann Friedrich Mayer, which was sold publicly in Berlin in 1716 and bought by Prince Eugene of Savoy for 80 imperials. The first half of the anonymous De tribus impostoribus, anno MDIIC, which was printed by G. Bartsch in 1598. Criticizes the three prophets Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad for abusing their respective religions through fraud. Contains 29 numbered sections. Not a translation of the related French works Le livre de trois imposteurs or Traite des trois imposteurs.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. ii recto).
   
• Incipit: Deum esse, eum colendum esse, multi disputant, antequam, et quid sit Deus, et quid sit esse, quatenus hoc corporibus et spiritibus, ut eorum fert distinctio, commune est, et quid sit colere Deum intelligunt (p. 1); Explicit: Communes namque demonstrationes, quae publicantur, nec certae nec evidentes sunt, et res dubias probant per alias saepius magis dubias; adeo, ut exemplo eorum, qui circulum currunt, ad terminum semper redeas, a quo currere incepisti (p. 52).
   

Watermark

Rounded crown with small cross on top (f. i)

Extent

30 leaves : 200 x 150 (170 x 125) mm. bound to 205 x 165 mm

Foliation

Paper, 30 leaves: foliated i-ii, pages 1-54, upper outer corners. Modern foliation in pencil, leaves i-ii.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary calf, rebacked (Zacour-Hirsch), with blind-stamped border.

Layout

Written in 15-18 long lines.

Script

Written in cursive hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate inside upper cover and inscription dated 1888, f. i recto).
   

Subjects topical

• Religion--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800
• Rationalism--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Polemics
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Latin--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover