[Trattato dei peccati mortali]

Contributor:

Aldobrandino, Brunetto d' (scribe)

Date:

1455

Description:

Treatise on the seven deadly sins. Also includes a treatise on the nine laws of the Church, between the sections on superbia and invidia. After the last of the sections on the seven sins (luxuria) there is a treatise on I boti [i.e., voti]. The beginning of the manuscript, possibly an entire quire, is missing.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Bartolomeo di Larione Martelli (signature, f. 1r).; Sold by Bernard Rosenthal, 1959.; Martelli, Bartolomeo di Larione, former owner.

Relation:

Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/60

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church; Deadly sins -- Early works to 1800; Devotional literature, Italian; Spirituality -- Catholic Church; Theology, Doctrinal

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); treatises; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

61 leaves : parchment; 234 x 167 (142 x 95) mm bound to 246 x 172 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.2r-11v: Superbia [incomplete; beginning missing]. -- 2. f.11v-19v: La prima [-nona] leggie della chiesa ... -- 3. f.19v-24v: Invidia. 4. f.24v-29r: Ira. -- 5. f.29r-33v: Accidia. -- 6. f.33v-44r: Avaritia. -- 7. f.44r-47v: Gola. -- 8. f.47v-58v: Luxuria (Expl.: Mapuo bene inalcuno caso temperare lorigore della giustitia anon punire il peccatore come a meritato). -- 9. f.58v-61v: [I boti] (Inc. and expl.: Circha i boti nota che boto secondo sancto Thomaso, e una promess fatta ... della religione mano dopo tale eto detta. Deo Gratias amen.).; Title from spine.; Each of the sections on the sins begins as follows: El secondo [terço, etc.] bitio [i.e., vitio] chapitale si chiama invidia [ira, etc.].; The sections (Invidia, etc.) are indicated by headings in the upper right recto.; The last treatise (I boti) begins immediately after the section on Luxuria, without paragraphing to mark the transition.; Colophon (f. 61v): "Scritto per me Brunetto Daldobrandino et finito questo di XXIIIIo daprile MCCCCLV. a riverencia et honore diddio, et per sua gratia amen." It is possible that Brunetto D'Aldobrandino is the author of the text as well as the scribe.; Owner's note (f. 1r): "Di Bartolomeo di Larione Martelli" (could possibly be an indication of authorship as well as ownership).; Collation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 61 + i (modern paper); [i], 6¹⁰; [1-61]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. The entire first quire, probably a¹⁰, appears to be missing. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 27 long lines; ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a humanistic script in the hand of Brunetto D'Aldobrandino (colophon, f. 61v).; Decoration: Initials in blue.; Binding: Modern full leather.; Origin: Possibly written in Tuscany (Zacour-Hirsch) in 1455 (colophon, f. 61v).; Cover scratched and worn, particularly at edges and spine. Some leaves stained. A few wormholes and other damage.; Bookdealer's description (Bernard Rosenthal) on file in the Library.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 318