[Classical and Catholic miscellany]

Contributor:

Cassuto, Alfonso, 1910-1990 (former owner)

Name:

Zyll, Otto van, 1588-1656; Cater, Jacques de, 1593-1657; Beke, Willem van der, 1608-1683; Alfonso Cassuto Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1650

Description:

Collection of scholarly and devotional materials, some copied from 17th-century publications. The Latin works in the front of the volume include indexes of Virgilian topoi and letters of Cicero; a devotional poem on the suffering of Christ and other unidentified poems; and selections from Jesuit-authored works published in Antwerp, such as a verse account of the lifting of a siege of Cambrai (Cameracum), a work on the cardinal virtues heavily based on classical authors, and part of an elegy by Guilielmus Becanus (Willem van der Beke). Starting from the back is a list in two columns of phrases in Latin and Dutch, in some entries pairing Latin synonyms and in others giving Dutch equivalents for Latin (f. 90v-81r).; 1. f.1r-2v: Loci communes affectuum ex Virgilio -- 2. f.7r: [Latin notes] -- 3. f.10r-14r: Index epistolarum M.T. Ciceronis ad certum ordinem redactarum -- 4. f.15r-16v: De Christo patiente -- 5. f.18r-25v: Cameracum obsidione liberatum a serenissimo Archiduce Leopoldo Guilermo / Othonis Zylii e Societate Jesu -- 6. f.26r-30r: [Selections from Virtutes cardinales ethico emblemate expressae / Jacobus Caterus, S.J.] -- 7. f.30r-32v: Ad testam cineribus plenam in rerum humanarum vanitatem expendit -- 8. f.32v: Mortale est quodcumque vides ... [Selection from Elegia VII / Guilielmi Becani] -- 9. f.33r-35r: Quam iuvat arcanas rerum cognoscere causas verbaque ... -- 10. f.81r-90v: [Latin and Dutch equivalents and associated phrases]

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Ownership inscription: Franciscus [?] convictor (second half 17th century, inside upper cover).; Formerly owned by antiquarian bookdealer and collector Alfonso Cassuto (Lisbon).

Relation:

Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000267

Subject:

Cardinal virtues -- Early works to 1800; Latin poetry -- Early works to 1800; Latin literature -- Early works to 1800; Latin literature; Latin poetry; Cardinal virtues

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Indexes (reference sources); Poems; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

92 leaves : paper; 154 x 100 mm bound to 159 x 104 mm

Geographic Subject:

Cambrai (France) -- History

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 92; [i, 1-91 (36-80 blank)], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Script: Written in cursive script.; Binding: Contemporary (17th-century?) parchment over cardboard; remnants of two pairs of leather ties.; Origin: Written, possibly in the Netherlands, after 1650 (first edition of Cameracum obsidione liberatum).; Latin, with some words and phrases in Dutch in the phrase lists at the end of the volume (f. 81r-90v).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1650