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

Abstract:

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

Creator:

Bersuire, Pierre, approximately 1290-1362.

Date:

1405

Identifier:

9942328003503681; (OCoLC)ocn182622166; (OCoLC)182622166; (PU)4232800-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

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

Publisher:

Avignon, 1405.

Relation:

Expositio apostolica reductorium morale totii biblie.

Subject:

Christian ethics -- Early works to 1800.; Christian ethics.; Theology -- Early works to 1800.; Theology.; Codices.; Manuscripts, Latin.; Manuscripts, Medieval.; Commentaries.; Annotations.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

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

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title from explicit; later title, Expositio apostolica reductorium morale totii biblie, from f. 351v.; 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.; Ms. codex.; 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.; 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).; Origin: Written in Avignon in 1405 (f. 351v).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1083