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Title

Viridarium consolationis

Other related names

• Suchier, Hermann, 1848-1914, former owner

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 353
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9915809943503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122470359
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580994

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

14--

Place

Italy

Summary

Two anonymous and unidentified treatises on virtues and vices. The first work (f. 1r-25v), which is not identical with the Viridarium consolationis by William of Auvergne (d. 1249), draws chiefly from the usual authorities such as Cicero, Boethius, "Il Filosofo" (i.e., Aristotle), Valerius Maximus, Gregory, St. Augustine and St. Isidore. It deals mostly with the cardinal virtues, but seems to deviate considerably from the ordinary texts of this type in its heavy emphasis on giustizia. The second work (f. 25v-52v) deals chiefly with the consolations offered by the Christian faith.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title of first work taken from colophon (f. 25v). This title also used on spine label.
   
• Incipit and explicit of prologue of first work (f. 1r): Si chome la misericordia e la verità guardano loro et la chlemenzia exalta ... La giustizia si dipingeva antichamente con molto d'oro e da quella principalmente chominciaremo.
   
• Incipit of text of first work (f. 1r): Chonvensi adunque che prima si narri della giustizia ...
   
• Incipit and explicit of second work (f. 25v): Chonsiderando una stagione lo stato mio ... e veggendomi subitamente chaduto di buono luogo in malvagio ... (f. 52v) ... Disse un savio lo principe dee esser tardo e pigro in dare la pena, ma in perdonare et dare perdono[?] dee esser tostano et veloce. Deo gratias amen.
   
• Spine cracking and crumbling at hinges. Various stains and smudges on some leaves. Edges of folios show evidence of later repairs.
   

Extent

52 leaves : 294 x 214 (217 x 148) mm. bound to 305 x 225 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (modern paper) + 52 + i (modern paper); [1-52]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Some leaves may be lacking.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern half leather.

Script

Written in a humanistic cursive script, probably by a single hand. Initial spaces with guide letters left blank.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Hermann Suchier (bookplate, f. 1r).
   
• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal (New York), 1960.
   

Subjects topical

• Cardinal virtues--Early works to 1800
• Devotional literature, Italian--Early works to 1800
• Religious literature, Italian--Early works to 1800
• Spirituality--Catholic Church
• Vices--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Treatise
• Christian
• Italy
• Paper

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Decorations

• fol. 1r — Bookplate, f. 1r