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Title

Moralia sunt figuris utriusque testamenti ... etc.

Authors

• Augustinus de Leonissa

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1084
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9942332213503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182721705
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4233221

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

ca. 1450

Place

Germany

Summary

A moralizing commentary on Biblical figures from both the Old and New Testaments as well as a sermon presented at the Council of Basel in 1433.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title of manuscript from explicit of predominant work (f.249v); title of sermon from incipit (f.249v).
   

Watermark

Tower variation from sometime in the mid-15th century (f.7), with similarities to Briquet Tour 15908 (1449) and Tour 15913 (1469); watermark similar to Briquet Main 11146 (1481) (f.137); Briquet Anneau 689 (1457) (f.181); two variations (f.252, 254) of a watermark which combines Briquet Anneau, Main, and Fleur (cf. Briquet Main 11515 (1469)).

Extent

259 leaves : 304 x 219 (193 x 134) mm. bound to 309 x 224 mm

Collation

Paper, iv + 254 + i; 1⁴ 2-8¹² 9¹⁰ 10-14¹² 15¹⁰ 16-22¹² 23⁶ 24²(-2); quires signed a-l, blank, m-n, n, r, B, t, x-y, y, blank; catchwords on lower right verso of last page of each quire; gatherings are sown into the binding with thin strips of parchment as guards; contemporary foliation in ink 1-164 upper right recto; modern pencil foliation 165-255 upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch) with metals studs on upper and lower cover, and leather straps; possibly red morocco binding (Witten).

Layout

Written in two columns of 40 lines, ruled in drypoint or lead.

Decoration

23-line initial with pen flourishing (f.1r).

Script

Written in a Gothic hybrid script.

Provenance

• Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven), 1959.
   

Subjects topical

• Council of Basel--(1431-1449)
• Christian ethics--Early works to 1800
• Theology--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Sermons
• Commentaries
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• German
• Germany
• Theology
• Bible
• Biblical
• Paper

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Moralia sunt figuris utriusque testamenti, f. 1r
• fol. 249v — Sermo ad clerum in festo iohannis evangeliste, f. 249v

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 1r
• fol. 55r — Decorated heading, f. 55r
• fol. 64v — Decorated heading, f. 64v
• fol. 71r — Decorated heading, f. 71r
• fol. 79r — Decorated heading, f. 79r
• fol. 79v — Decorated heading, f. 79v
• fol. 100v — Decorated heading, f. 100v
• fol. 132r — Decorated heading, f. 132r