XVI libri reductorii moralis in quo moralizantur omnes figure biblie et cetera

Name:

Bersuire, Pierre, approximately 1290-1362

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1405

Description:

A moralizing commentary on figures from both the Old Testament and the New Testament in 16 books with some marginal annotations and cross-references.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1959.

Relation:

Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/34

Subject:

Christian ethics -- Early works to 1800; Christian ethics; Theology -- Early works to 1800; Theology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; commentaries; annotations; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

351 leaves : paper; 294 x 220 (206 x 159) mm bound to 307 x 227 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from explicit; later title, Expositio apostolica reductorium morale totii biblie, from f. 351v.; Collation: Paper, 351; 1-28¹² 29⁸ 30⁶( -6); 1-189, 200-201, 201-334, 337-350; contemporary foliation in red ink, upper right recto; modern pencil foliation in pencil after f.189 to correct missed pages f.190-351, upper right recto. Quires signed a-z, ab, abc, cd, de, ef, fg, gh. Catchwords on last leaf of each quire, lower center verso. References in this record are to contemporary foliation. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 2 columns of 34 lines; ruled in lead.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive book script.; Watermark: Likely a slightly earlier variant of Briquet Char 3527 (1412).; Decoration: Manicules (f. 9v, 10r, 12r, 31v, 37r, 80v, 104r, 158r, 169r, 189r, 204r, 205r-206r, 229r, 230r, 258r); some underlining in red and brown ink; initials in red (f.1r); some decorated ascenders (for example, f. 150r); sketch of a face in profile (f. 293r).; Binding: Contemporary half leather over wooden boards, with brass catches (clasps missing) (Zacour-Hirsch); upper cover has pastedown paper; lower cover has pastedown parchment with neumes from a gradual (probably Aquitaine) with decoration from southern France.; Origin: Written in Avignon in 1405 (f. 351v).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1083