Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 1559: Duo libri contemplationis ... etc. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 1559: Duo libri contemplationis ... etc. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title from rubric of predominant work (f. 8r). Incipit, Work 1 (f.1r-7v): [rubric] Incipit passio domini nostri Iesu Christi quam dulcissima Virgo Maria beato Anselmo Cantuariensis archiepiscopo revelavit. Ut inferius continetur. [prologue] Ascendam in palmam, ut apprehendam fructus eius ... [text] Beatus Anselmus. Dic mihi carissima domina qualiter fuit passio filii tui ... Incipit, Scale of Perfection Book I (f.8r-70r): [rubric] Incipiunt duo libri contemplationis magistri Vualteri Hyltonis canonici regularis viri valde contemplativi quos scripsit sorori sue incluse, cum additionibus multis ex libris seraphici Bonaventure ad maiorem roborationem. [prologue] Dilecte fili mi in Christo Iesu per illum rogo te ut contentus sis ... Incipit, Scale of Perfection Book II (f.70r-150v): [rubric] Incipit secundus liber magistri Vualteri et primo quod homo dicitur ymago Dei secundam animam et non secundus corpus et dividitur in quatuor partes principales. [text] Quoniam multum desideras ac etiam petis intuitu caritatis ... Explicit (f. 150v): ... et occultas perceptiones celestium gaudiorum. Ad haec gaudia nos perducat Iesus Christus dominus noster Amen. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 1559 9945899213503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/449984950 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4589921 Manuscript dated 1510 of the Latin translation by Carmelite friar Thomas Fishlake (circa 1400) of Walter Hilton's Scale of perfection, a mystical work in two books concerning the reformation of the soul and contemplative union with God, written in Middle English in the second half of the 14th century and first translated into Latin ca. 1400. The opening rubric of Book I notes that many additions from the writing of Saint Bonaventure are included (examples of specific references to Saint Bonaventure, f. 26r, 56r). Although the rubric for Book I has the customary description of the work as written for an anchoress, the opening of the prologue addresses a son rather than a sister. Preceding this work is a brief work on the Passion of Christ presented as a dialogue between the Virgin Mary and Saint Anselm, attributed to Saint Anselm in its rubric but not considered his work. Frequent contemporary and later corrections in margins. Irregular section numbers added by later hands in top margins. Latin Duo libri contemplationis ... etc. Hilton, Walter, d. 1396 Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274 translator Fishlake, Thomas attributed name Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109 1r Passio domini nostri Iesu Christi qua dulcissima Virgo Maria beato Anselmo Cantuariensi archiepiscopo revelavit, f. 1r 8r Book I, Scale of perfection, f. 8r 70r Secundus liber Magistri Vualteri, f. 70r

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 150 leaves : 207 x 152 (138 x 110) mm. bound to 218 x 163 mm

Paper, i (19th-century paper) + 150 + i (19th-century paper); 1⁷ 2-3¹⁶ 4-5¹⁴ 6¹² 7¹⁶ 8²⁰ 9-10¹² 11¹¹; [1-150], modern foliation in pencil, center right margin recto. Vertical catchwords on the last verso of each gathering (f. 23v, 53v, 79v, 95v, 115v, 127v, 139v), except for a horizontal catchword at the end of gathering 3 (f. 39v) and no catchwords at the end of gatherings 1 and 5 (f. 7v, 67v).

 Written in 27 long lines; frame-ruled with lead bounding lines; horizontals ruled in ink with a 13-nib ruling instrument (see f. 64, 149v). Written in a semi-cursive humanistic bookhand (Les Enluminures). 1 3-line initial in pink, 1 3-line initial in red (both f. 1r); spaces left for 2-line initials at the beginning of chapters; rubrics and paragraph marks in pink, capitals touched in pink; some chapter rubrics accompanied by crosses in pink in margin (for example, f. 41r-42v). 3 manicules added by later (17th-century?) hands (f. 72v, 137v) Owner note, f. 8r Manicule, f. 72v Owner note, f. 72v Manicule, f. 137v

19th-century Italian half vellum (Les Enluminures); some marginal notes slightly affected by trimming.

Written in Italy (Les Enluminures) in 1510 (note at end of main text, f. 150v).

1510 Italy Inscription, 1609: Hoc vere est de bonis christianis: haec F. C. P. O. M. d. S. O. / MDCIX (f. 72v). Perhaps formerly in the library of the convent of Santissima Annunziata, Cesena, Italy (possible 17th-century ownership inscription effaced, f. 8r, Les Enluminures). 19th-century inscription: Amigos no tiene ni fin / ni principio -- Sino solamente / lo que no es principio ni / es fin / [?]ui attento B. S. M. / Su Servidor (f. 150v). Formerly in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America (New York), manuscript no. B1326; sold at auction at Christie's, 12 Nov. 2008 (lot 37A). Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris & Chicago), 2009. Book Type Accounts Antiphonary Armorial Bible Biography Book of Hours Breviary Chronicle Collection of Sermons Commentary Dictionary Document Dogale Friendship book Genealogy Glossary Gospel Lectionary Gospels Gradual Haggadah Homilary Horologion Hymnal Koran Lectionary Mass book Miscellany Missal Pontifical Portolan chart Prayer book Private devotional text Processional Protective scroll Psalter Psalter-Hours Qur`an Recipe book Saint's Life Scribal manual Song book Torah Treatise Century 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century Culture Abbasid Arabic Armenian Ashkenazi Austrian Byzantine Carolingian Chinese Christian Coptic Dutch Egyptian English Ethiopian Fatimid Flemish French German Indian Islamic Italian Jewish Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Persian Portuguese Qajar Rajput Russian Safavid Sephardi Spanish Timurid Turkish Yemenite Descriptive term Accordion book Album Annotated Binding Calligraphy Caroline minuscule Chart Charter Colophon Damage Diagrams Drawing Early Abbasid script Fragment Gloss Gothic Gothic book hand Grisaille Grotesques Headpiece Heraldry Historiated initial Humanistic Illumination Illustration Inhabited initial Kufic Manicules Medallion Micrography Miniature Missing leaves Musical notation New Abbasid style Notable binding Original binding Ornament Painting Palimpsest Paper Penwork initial Puzzle initial Ragini Romanesque Scrapbook Scroll Scroll-work initial Seals Tables Textura Treasure binding Watermark White-vine lettering Woodcuts Geography Afghanistan Armenia Austria Belgium Central Arab lands (Near East) Central Asia China Egypt England Ethiopia Flanders France Germany Greece India Iran Iraq Israel Italy Maghreb Morocco Netherlands Pakistan Portugal Romania Russia Spain Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Wales Yemen Other Alchemy Allegory Astrology Astronomy Biblical Binding waste Cartography Church Fathers Cosmology Devotion Financial records Fortune-telling Friendship Games Geography Geomancy Grammar History Kabbalah Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Logic Magic Maritime Mathematics Mineralogy Philosophy Piyutim Responsa Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mysticism--Early works to 1800 Spiritual life--Christianity--Early works to 1800 Codices Annotations Dialogues Treatises Manuscripts, Latin--16th century Manuscripts, Renaissance 16th century Italian Christian Annotated Italy