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Title

Two works of erotica

Call number

Ms. Codex 310
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 1580927
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580927

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

17--

Place

Italy

Summary

Two works of erotica. One in the form of a letter from a nun to her niece (f. 2r-25r); the other in the form of ten dialogues (f. 26r-87v). The dialogues in the second section are titled "Finistra prima ( -decima)." Each one also has a short heading indicating the speakers.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• Heading and incipit of first work (f. 2r): Lettera di una monaca a sua Nipote nella quale dipinge la vita monastica ed esorta la medesima a volerla abbracciare se le pare a suoi desideri conveniente. Quantunque il manifestar l'interna direzione delle Monache sia una solenne trasgressione dell'Istituto che professiamo ...
   
• No overall heading for the dialogues. Incipit of first dialogue (f. 26r): Oh che bel Pellegrino! mi viene voglia di chiamarlo ...
   

Extent

88 leaves : 231 x 184 (191 x 130 ) mm. bound to 243 x 195 mm

Foliation

Paper, 88; [1-88]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. A folio has been partially cut out between f. 25-26 and was not counted in the numbering; a large stub remains. A folio also appears to have been torn out after f. 88.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary boards. Cover worn at edges and peeling at spine. A few smudges and stains.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1958.
   

Subjects topical

• Erotica
• Italian literature--18th century
• Monasticism and religious orders for women
• Monasticism and religious orders for women--In literarature

Genres

• Codices
• Erotica
• Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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