Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Theological miscellany.

Authors

• Nilus, of Ancyra, Saint, -approximately 430
• Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397

Other related names

• John, of Damascus, Saint, author (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80032173)
• Conradus, de Kytzingen, 15th century, author
• Lyell, James P. R. 1871-1948, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97040618)
• Baugh, Albert C. 1891-1981, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50005429)

Call number

Ms. Codex 1080
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9942308593503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182540180
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p37m0418b https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/46629

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin with occasional words in Greek (f. 21r, 134v)

Origin

Date

between 1450 and 1499

Place

Germany

Summary

Writings of Nilus the Elder on the principles of asceticism and religious life; a sermon by John of Damascus about vices and virtues in religious life; three books from Ambrose's De officiis, an ecclesiastical handbook about the ministers of the Church, with marginal annotations and Biblical cross-references; sermons expounding the beliefs of the Carthusian order about regulations, solitary living, and abstinence; and excerpts from the Distichs of Dionysius Cato, a collection of proverbial maxims about wisdom and morality, with marginal annotations.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• 1. f.1r-17v: Sententiae beatissimi patris Nili episcopi et martiris / Saint Nilus of Ancyra.
   
• 2. f.18r-21r: Ex sanctissimis patris Johannis Damasceni sermonibus / Saint John of Damascus.
   
• 3. f.22r-134v: Collectura ex primo, secundo, et tertio libro officiorum Sancti Ambrosii / Saint Ambrose.
   
• 4. f.136r-152v: [Sermones] / Conradus de Kytzingen.
   
• 5. f.153r-164r: [Disticha Catonis] / Dionysius Cato.
   
• Finding tabs, with metal leaf, probably copper, mark the beginnings of the writings of Saint Nilus, each of the three books from Saint Ambrose, the writings of Conradus, and the Disticha Catonis.
   

Watermark

Briquet Tete de bœuf 15367 (1478).

Extent

164 leaves : 143 x 105 mm bound to 153 x 112 mm

Collation

Paper, i (parchment) + 164 +i (parchment); 1⁸ (stub after fol. 8, structure unclear) 2⁸ 3⁶ 4-5⁸; [1-164]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards with brass clasp and catch.

Layout

First work written in 18 long lines; second work written in 18 long lines; third work written in 23 long lines; fourth work written in 22 long lines; fifth work written in 15 long lines.

Decoration

Brown and red pen flourish line fillers, some initials, headings and underlining in red or green; 2-line initials in blue (f. 22r) and red (f. 153r).

Script

Written in various Gothic and secretary scripts by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Formerly in the collection of James P. R. Lyell (bookplate, inside upper cover, with motto "viam aut inveniam aut faciam").
   
• Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699 (1952), no. 135.
   
• Gift of Albert C. Baugh, 1965.
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--Doctrines--History
• Catholic Church
• History
• Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600
• Asceticism
• Clergy--Office--Early works to 1800
• Clergy--Office
• Virtues--Early works to 1800
• Virtues
• Monastic and religious life--Early works to 1800
• Monastic and religious life
• Carthusians
• Carthusians

Genres

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• Finding tabs
• manuals (instructional materials)
• sermons
• treatises
• poems
• annotations
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Sententiae beatissimi patris nili episcopi et martiris, f. 1r
• fol. 18r — Ex sanctissimis patris Johannis Damasceni sermonibus, f. 18r
• fol. 22r — Collectura ex primo, secundo, et tertio libro officiorum Sancti Ambrosii, f. 22r
• fol. 136r — [Sermones], f. 136r
• fol. 153r — [Disticha Catonis], f. 153r

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover
• fol. 1r — Finding tab, f. 1r
• fol. 23r — Finding tab, f. 23r
• fol. 78r — Finding tab, f. 78r
• fol. 111r — Finding tab, f. 111r