Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 977: Traité de la virginité The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2016 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is 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/. All referenced images and their content 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/. Ms. codex. Title from caption title (p. 1). Pages 1-245: "[preface] St. Ambroise entreprenant de traiter de la virginité ... singulier dans le traité de St. Ambroise." Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ms. Codex 977 3634981 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3634981 A treatise on the good qualities of virgins and virginity, drawing upon the Bible and other Christian writings, particularly those of Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (374-397). It consists of two parts - the excellence of virginity and the duties of virgins - with a preface. The second section, on duties, comprises the majority of the treatise. French Traité de la virginité

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 124 leaves : 190 x 125 (141 x 90) mm. bound to 195 x 132 mm Paper, 124 leaves; 1-248; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. Written in 20-30 lines; frame-ruled in red ink. Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Contemporary gilt green parchment (Zacour-Hirsch).

Written in France in the 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

17-- France Purchased, 1966. Virginity--Religious aspects--Early works to 1800 Codices Treatises Manuscripts, French--18th century Manuscripts, European