Collection ID: 0023 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

De amore et dilectione Dei (On the love and favor of God); De doctrina dicendi et tacendi (On the doctrine of speaking and keeping silent); De ritu et moribus Indorum (On the rites and ways of the Indians); Historia de preliis Alexandri Magni (History of the battles of Alexander the Great); Pseudo-Sibylline Prophecy; Sermones quattuor (Four sermons)

Authors

• Albertano, da Brescia, active 13th century (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86825133.html)
• Leo, Archipresbyter, active 10th century (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50080602.html)

Other related names

• Bragge, William, 1823-1884, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99021947.html)
• Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/63874811/)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Lewis E 1
(Philadelphia, United States, Free Library of Philadelphia, John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• deRicci: 144

Publisher

Free Library of Philadelphia

Language

Latin

Origin

Place

Bologna?, Italy

Summary

This late thirteenth-century Italian manuscript brings together several treatises and sermons of Albertano da Brescia, followed by Archipresbyter Leo's history of Alexander the Great and the epistle on India attributed to Prester John. It is written in early Italian rotunda script and illuminated with initials and marginal illustrations in a palette of dark blue, light blue, orange, pink, and cream.

Notes

• Spine and back cover loose
   
• Increasing wormhole damage toward end of manuscript
   
• Paper flyleaves
   
• Fifteenth-century emendations and rubrics
   

Extent

Ii+100+ii; 265 x 180 mm bound to 270 x 185 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto

Collation

1-3 (8), 4 (12), 5-8 (8), 9 (4), 10-12 (8), 13 (4)

Support

Parchment

Catchwords

Lower right corner or center lower margin of last verso, quires 1-8, several partially trimmed

Binding

Nineteenth-century brown morocco, black tooled, by Townsend of Suffolk

Layout

Two columns of fifty-one lines; ruled in lead point; written area: 76 x 108 mm

Decoration

One large historiated initial with Saint James the Apostle and a soldier (fol.1r), decorated initials throughout, marginal decoration and figures (especially birds) throughout; between fols. 76r-82r are eighteen blank spaces of eight to twenty-four lines, each preceding a new chapter, possibly reserved for column miniatures

Script

Gothic--rotunda

Provenance

• William Bragge, Birmingham, England, his sale 7 June 1876, lot 2; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
   

Related resources

• Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, Catalogue of a Magnificent Collection of Manuscripts formed by a gentleman of consummate taste and judgment…which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, at their house, No.13 Wellington Street, on Wednesday, the 7th June, 1876, and Three following Days, lot 2.
• Ricci, Seymour de, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2051, no. 144.
• Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Library, 1937), p. 1-3, no. 1.
• Rosenbach Museum and Library, Sixty Bokes Olde and Newe: Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from Libraries in and Near Philadelphia Illustrating Chaucer's Sources, His Works and their Influence, exhibition catalogue. (Knoxville, TN: New Chaucer Society, 1986), pp. 75-77, no. 42.

Keywords

• 13th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Treatise
• Collection of Sermons
• Historiated initial
• Drawing
• Inhabited initial

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Albertano da Brescia, Liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi
• fol. 5v — Albertano da Brescia, Liber consolationis et consilii
• fol. 22v — Albertano da Brescia, De amore et dilectione
• fol. 57v — Albertano da Brescia, Sermons
• fol. 73r — Archipresbyter Leo, Historia de preliis
• fol. 94v — Prester John, De ritu et moribus Indorum
• fol. 98v — Pseudo-Sibylline prophecy

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Historiated initial I with Saint James the Apostle and a soldier, inhabited marginal extensions
• fol. 3r — Large decorated H
• fol. 3r — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 4r — Large decorated N
• fol. 4r — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 4v — Large decorated P
• fol. 5r — Large decorated S
• fol. 6r — Large decorated Q
• fol. 6r — Large decorated C
• fol. 8r — Large decorated H
• fol. 9v — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 10r — Large decorated N
• fol. 10r — Decorated man in the margin
• fol. 10r — Large decorated Q
• fol. 10r — Large decorated A
• fol. 10r — Large decorated D
• fol. 10v — Large decorated P
• fol. 10v — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 10v — Large decorated F
• fol. 11r — Large decorated P
• fol. 11r — Large decorated P
• fol. 11v — Large decorated U
• fol. 11v — Large decorated S
• fol. 12r — Large decorated I
• fol. 12v — Large inhabited decorated S
• fol. 12v — Large decorated S
• fol. 13r — Large decorated U
• fol. 13v — Large decorated U
• fol. 13v — Large decorated N
• fol. 14r — Large decorated P
• fol. 14r — Large decorated E
• fol. 14v — Large decorated Q
• fol. 14v — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 15r — Large decorated P
• fol. 15r — Large decorated M
• fol. 16r — Large decorated C
• fol. 16v — Large decorated A
• fol. 16v — Large decorated A
• fol. 17r — Large decorated F
• fol. 17v — Large decorated C
• fol. 17v — Large decorated E
• fol. 18r — Large decorated P
• fol. 18r — Decorated man in the margin
• fol. 18v — Large decorated N
• fol. 18v — Large decorated O
• fol. 18v — Large decorated N
• fol. 19r — Large decorated S
• fol. 19r — Large decorated P
• fol. 19v — Large decorated P
• fol. 20r — Large decorated E
• fol. 20r — Large decorated O
• fol. 20v — Large decorated P
• fol. 21v — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 22r — Large decorated P
• fol. 22r — Decorated men in the margin
• fol. 23v — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 24r — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 24v — Large decorated D
• fol. 25r — Large decorated A
• fol. 25v — Large decorated P
• fol. 25v — Large decorated P
• fol. 27r — Large decorated R
• fol. 27r — Large decorated H
• fol. 27v — Large decorated E
• fol. 28v — Marginal illustration, Cupid with bow and arrow
• fol. 28v — Decorated angel in the margin
• fol. 28v — Large decorated C
• fol. 29r — Large decorated A
• fol. 29v — Large decorated I
• fol. 30r — Decorated man in the margin
• fol. 30v — Large decorated D
• fol. 30v — Decorated wolf in the margin
• fol. 31r — Large decorated A
• fol. 31v — Large decorated D
• fol. 32v — Large decorated E
• fol. 33r — Large decorated N
• fol. 34r — Large decorated L
• fol. 34v — Large decorated P
• fol. 35v — Large decorated U
• fol. 36r — Large decorated D
• fol. 36r — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 37r — Large decorated U
• fol. 38r — Large decorated S
• fol. 39r — Large decorated I
• fol. 40r — Large decorated Q
• fol. 40v — Large decorated D
• fol. 40v — Large decorated N
• fol. 40v — Large decorated H
• fol. 41v — Large decorated T
• fol. 41v — Large decorated I
• fol. 42v — Large decorated C
• fol. 42v — Large decorated F
• fol. 43r — Large decorated M
• fol. 43v — Large decorated O
• fol. 43v — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 44r — Large decorated D
• fol. 44r — Large decorated N
• fol. 44v — Large decorated D
• fol. 46r — Large decorated N
• fol. 46v — Large decorated B
• fol. 46v — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 47r — Large decorated E
• fol. 47r — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 47v — Large uncolored A
• fol. 47v — Large uncolored N
• fol. 48r — Large decorated O
• fol. 48r — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 48r — Large decorated U
• fol. 49v — Decorated man in the margin
• fol. 50v — Large decorated P
• fol. 50v — Large decorated H
• fol. 51r — Large decorated S
• fol. 51r — Large decorated U
• fol. 51v — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 52r — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 52v — Large decorated S
• fol. 52v — Large decorated S
• fol. 53r — Large decorated T
• fol. 53r — Large decorated P
• fol. 53r — Large decorated B
• fol. 53v — Large decorated T
• fol. 53v — Large decorated T
• fol. 54r — Large decorated P
• fol. 54r — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 54r — Large decorated Q
• fol. 54r — Large decorated L
• fol. 54v — Large decorated P
• fol. 54v — Large decorated C
• fol. 54v — Large decorated P
• fol. 55r — Large decorated C
• fol. 55v — Large decorated U
• fol. 55v — Large decorated F
• fol. 56r — Large decorated N
• fol. 57r — Marginal drollery, Soldier and snail
• fol. 57r — Decorated Man and snail in the margin
• fol. 57r — Large decorated U
• fol. 57v — Large decorated E
• fol. 57v — Large decorated C
• fol. 59r — Decorated man in the margin
• fol. 59v — Large decorated O
• fol. 60r — Marginal illustration, Fox and crane from Aesop's Fables
• fol. 60r — Decorated bird and wolf in the margin
• fol. 61v — Decorated Man and wolf in the margin
• fol. 62r — Large decorated I
• fol. 62r — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 62v — Large decorated A
• fol. 62v — Decorated creature with man's head in the margin
• fol. 62v — Large decorated U
• fol. 63r — Large decorated A
• fol. 63r — Large decorated G
• fol. 63r — Large decorated A
• fol. 63v — Large decorated R
• fol. 63v — Decorated birds in the margin
• fol. 65r — Large decorated D
• fol. 68v — Large decorated R
• fol. 73r — Large decorated S
• fol. 73r — Large decorated O
• fol. 74r — Large decorated P
• fol. 74v — Inhabited initial I, Bust-length figure of a man
• fol. 75r — Large decorated A
• fol. 76r — Large decorated A
• fol. 76r — Large decorated P
• fol. 76v — Large decorated I
• fol. 77r — Large decorated D
• fol. 77v — Large decorated E
• fol. 78r — Large decorated D
• fol. 78r — Large decorated A
• fol. 78v — Large decorated R
• fol. 78v — Large decorated R
• fol. 79r — Large decorated D
• fol. 79r — Large decorated I
• fol. 79r — Large decorated A
• fol. 79v — Inhabited initial I, Bird's head
• fol. 80v — Large decorated A
• fol. 80v — Large decorated D
• fol. 81r — Large decorated D
• fol. 81r — Large decorated P
• fol. 81v — Large decorated I
• fol. 81v — Large decorated D
• fol. 82r — Large decorated D
• fol. 82r — Large decorated I
• fol. 82v — Large decorated I
• fol. 82v — Large decorated D
• fol. 83r — Large decorated D
• fol. 83v — Large decorated A
• fol. 83v — Large decorated R
• fol. 83v — Large decorated U
• fol. 83v — Large decorated E
• fol. 84r — Large decorated D
• fol. 84r — Large decorated P
• fol. 84r — Large decorated D
• fol. 84r — Large decorated D
• fol. 84v — Large decorated P
• fol. 84v — Large decorated R
• fol. 85r — Large decorated I
• fol. 85v — Large decorated R
• fol. 85v — Large decorated R
• fol. 86r — Large decorated E
• fol. 86v — Large decorated D
• fol. 86v — Large decorated E
• fol. 86v — Large decorated D
• fol. 87v — Large decorated D
• fol. 88r — Large decorated C
• fol. 88r — Large decorated D
• fol. 88r — Large decorated A
• fol. 88r — Large decorated D
• fol. 88v — Large decorated R
• fol. 88v — Large decorated D
• fol. 89r — Large decorated D
• fol. 89r — Large decorated D
• fol. 89v — Large decorated R
• fol. 90r — Large decorated T
• fol. 91v — Large decorated A
• fol. 91v — Large decorated D
• fol. 91v — Large decorated E
• fol. 91v — Large decorated D
• fol. 91v — Large decorated D
• fol. 92r — Large decorated E
• fol. 92r — Large decorated D
• fol. 92r — Large decorated P
• fol. 92v — Large decorated D
• fol. 92v — Large decorated D
• fol. 92v — Large decorated E
• fol. 92v — Large decorated D
• fol. 92v — Large decorated D
• fol. 92v — Large decorated D
• fol. 92v — Large decorated E
• fol. 93r — Large decorated D
• fol. 93r — Large decorated E
• fol. 93r — Large decorated I
• fol. 93r — Large decorated E
• fol. 93r — Large decorated I
• fol. 93r — Large decorated I
• fol. 93r — Large decorated E
• fol. 93v — Large decorated S
• fol. 94r — Large decorated D
• fol. 94r — Large decorated I
• fol. 94v — Large decorated F
• fol. 94v — Large decorated E
• fol. 94v — Large decorated P
• fol. 95r — Inhabited initial I, Musician
• fol. 95r — Large decorated I
• fol. 95r — Large decorated S
• fol. 95v — Large decorated I
• fol. 95v — Large decorated I
• fol. 96r — Large decorated C
• fol. 96v — Large decorated P
• fol. 96v — Large decorated S
• fol. 96v — Large decorated C
• fol. 96v — Large decorated S
• fol. 97r — Large decorated O
• fol. 97r — Large decorated N
• fol. 97r — Large decorated N
• fol. 97r — Large decorated H
• fol. 97r — Large decorated H
• fol. 97v — Large decorated D
• fol. 97v — Large decorated A
• fol. 97v — Large decorated M
• fol. 97v — Large decorated D
• fol. 97v — Large decorated E
• fol. 98v — Large decorated N
• fol. 98v — Large decorated S
• fol. 98v — Large decorated S
• fol. 98v — Large decorated T
• fol. 98v — Large decorated G
• fol. 98v — Large decorated S
• fol. 99r — Large decorated R