[De reparatione lapsi hominis]

Contributor:

Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia, approximately 350-428 or 429 (addressee)

Name:

John Chrysostom, Saint, -407

Date:

1456

Description:

Treatise in the form of a letter written to Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia, for the purpose of recalling him to his duty. He had wished to leave the church in order to marry a lady of Antioch. It is one of St. John Chrysostom's earliest works. From the wording of the long colophon (f. 68v-69r) it appears that this particular manuscript is the original written by or for the unnamed translator from the Latin. This translation appears to be otherwise unknown, as the only Italian translation known to Hoffmann (1523) seems to be different. In this manuscript the addressee is called "Demetrius". The name of the addressee varies in different versions; in the 1523 translation it is "Teofilo", in the Latin translation from the Greek published by Zell (ca. 1470) it is "Amanticus".

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Donation plate from Georges d'Aubusson de la Feuillade (Archbishop of Ambrun and Bishop of Metz) to the Jesuit College of Metz, 1693 (inside front cover); ms. inscription of the same college (f. 1r); Giuseppe Martini collection.; Sold from the Martini collection to H. P. Kraus, ca. 1948.; Appears in Kraus's list 189 (1956), no. 95.; Sold by H. P. Kraus, 1960.; Martini, Giuseppe, 1870-1944, former owner.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church; Orthodox Eastern Church -- Doctrines; Orthodox Eastern Church; Spirituality -- Catholic Church; Spirituality -- Orthodox Eastern Church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

69 leaves : parchment; 159 x 112 (98 x 68) mm bound to 162 x 110 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch and notes of bookseller H. P. Kraus).; Incipit of heading (f. 1r): Questo e el libro de san Zuanne vescovo de Constantinopoli scripto a Demetrio de la reparatione del anima lapsa ...; Incipit of text (f. 1r): Chi dara laqua al mio chavo et la fontana de le lagrime ali mei ochi ...; Foliation: Parchment, 69; [1-69]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 21 long lines; ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a humanistic script by a single hand.; Decoration: Title and colophon in red.; Binding: Contemporary stamped calf over wooden boards. Rebacked.; Origin: Written in Vicenza, Italy on 29 November 1456 (colophon, f. 69r).; Cover badly worn at spine. Some evidence of worm damage to boards. Front pastedown pulling loose. Some leaves badly stained. Ink faded or worn on some pages.; Bookseller's description (H. P. Kraus) on file in the Library.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 359