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Title

Histoire de l'heresie depuis l'an 1374 jusqu'en l'annee 1631

Other related names

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

Call number

Ms. Codex 1185
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4314153
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4314153

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

French

Origin

Date

after 1631

Place

France

Summary

An anonymous history of late medieval and early-modern heresies. The codex contains four books, the last of which ends in 1523, indicating that the manuscript is not complete. The narrative begins in 1374 with John Wycliffe and the Lollard movement. The first book covers the history of heresies up to 1416 and devotes most of the space to Jan Hus and Jerome of Prague. The second book covers the years 1416 to 1517 and traces the activities of the Hussite movement after the execution of Hus. It includes extensive accounts of Jan Zizka's military campaigns. The last two books make up just under a half of the codex and discuss Martin Luther and the beginning of the Reformation. The third book focuses closely on the years 1517 to 1519, the period of the dissemination of and the initial reactions to the 95 theses. The last book continues to 1523, addressing the consequences of Luther's propositions for Central Europe.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (p. 1).
   
• Incipit: Il n'est rien des dificile que d'ecrire l'histoire des derniers heresies car outre qu'elle est tres embarasséé & tres vaste pour etre traitéé par une personne seule dans toute l'exactitude ... (p. 1); Explicit: ... ils etoient dans la necessité de se tirer d'oppression ils ne s'acqueroient pour en venir abo[- -] ny leur industrie ny leurs forces (p. 278).
   

Watermark

Fleur de lys with initials PM in square below; dated 1626 or 1676.

Extent

139 leaves : 245 x 180 (200 x 130) mm. bound to 250 x 185 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 139 + i (contemporary paper); 1-278; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment (Zacour-Hirsch).

Layout

Written in 28-30 long lines; text block outlined in drypoint.

Provenance

• Unidentified bookplate inside upper cover depicting two griffins holding a coat of arms.
   
• Gift of the estate of Henry Charles Lea, 1909.
   

Subjects topical

• Heresy (Canon law)
• Heresy--History
• Christian heresies--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Christian heresies--History--Modern period, 1500-
• Reformation--Early movements
• Reformation--Europe--16th century--History

Genres

• Codices
• Histories
• Manuscripts, French--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

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