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Title

Dictionary of synonyms

Call number

Ms. Codex 749
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9924875743503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/212374415
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2487574

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Latin, with German words (f. 2r-51r)

Origin

Date

ca. 1400

Place

Germany

Summary

Latin dictionary of synonyms with German equivalents, plus theological tracts.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
   
• Explicit, third item (f. 192): Sic ergo patent istaque excerpta sunt hic breviter de summa fratris Thomae contra Gentiles.
   
• Incipit, seventh item (f. 241r): Nycholas papa. Mala consuetudo radicitur evellenda est.
   
• Top edge of leaves and binding blackened, as if from fire; outer leaves are darkened; f. 1 has been cut in half vertically.
   
• Brief description in German attached to the flyleaf, signed Schrauf, dated 4 October 1876.
   

Extent

245 leaves : 110 x 82 (80 x 60) mm. bound to 120 x 87 mm

Foliation

Parchment, ii (modern paper) + 245 + ii (modern paper); [1-50], 1-181, [232-245]; contemporary foliation in ink in roman numerals, upper center recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Vellum.

Layout

Written in 20 long lines; frame-ruled in ink; prickings visible.

Decoration

3-line blue initial with red penwork ornamentation (f. 2r); rubricated capitals, initials, paragraph marks, and underlining.

Script

Written in a Gothic book script by several hands.

Provenance

• Purchased, 1958.
   

Subjects topical

• Holy Spirit--Early works to 1800
• Theology, Doctrinal--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, Latin--14th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval

Keywords

• 14th century
• 15th century
• Germany
• Christian

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Notes on crucifixion, f. 1r
• fol. 2r — Dictionary, f. 2r
• fol. 51v — Theological tracts, f. 51v
• fol. 193r — Tract on the Holy Spirit and Pentecost, f. 193r
• fol. 232r — On the spirit of Christ, f. 232r
• fol. 234r — Index to Tract on the Holy Spirit and Pentecost and On the spirit of Christ, f. 234r
• fol. 241r — Auctoritates de decreto, f. 241r

Decorations

• fol. 2r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 2r