Varia epigrammata.

Abstract:

Collection of Latin epigrams and poetry. The epigrams are numbered, and divided into three main sections. The poems are written in a variety of forms, including elegies, epitaphs, dialogues, hymns, odes, songs, rhymes, and fables. There are also a few poems in playful forms, including acrostics, anagrams, serpentine verse, alliterative verse, and what are referred to in the work as labyrinthine poems (p. 81, 88). Most of the poems refer to both the fear of demons and evil, as well as divine miracles and the nature of God and various saints, including Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (p. 1), Saint Catherine (p. 2), Saint Elizabeth (p. 4), Saint Vincent Ferrer (referred to as Vincentius Ferrarius, p. 14), and Saint Paul the Hermit. Includes various epitaphs throughout, one of which is for Vespillones (p. i). Contains some sections throughout dedicated to Thomas Aquinas, including an acrostic poem (p. 3), and an anagram (p. 6-7), as well as celebration of him (p. 43-44). There are some marginal notes written in different hands. Contains alphabetical table of contents at the end (p. 101-104). One loose note inside with a short poem, with much contemporary editing, titled Via Hesperorum.

Date:

1600

Identifier:

9944125223503681; (OCoLC)ocn268655912; (OCoLC)268655912; (PU)4412522-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin; Greek, Modern (1453-)

Provenance:

Sold by Libreria Martinez de Tejada (1968).

Publisher:

[Spain?], [1600-1699?]

Subject:

Anagrams.; Fables, Latin (Medieval and modern); Latin poetry.; Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern); Christian saints in literature.; Codices.; Manuscripts, European.; Epigrams.; Epitaphs.; Poems.; Manuscripts, Latin.; Acrostics.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

56 leaves : paper; 155 x 100 mm bound to 160 x 110 mm + 1 note

Personal Name:

Thomas,; Vincent Ferrer,; Gonzaga, Luigi,; Paul,; Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420. Vita Pauli.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Binding: Contemporary vellum (Zacour-Hirsch), with remains of four leather ties.; Origin: Written in Spain[?] in the 17th century.; Title from caption title (p. 1).; Script: Written in a cursive script by at least two hands.; Layout: Written in 25 long lines, ruled in pencil (p. 1-64).; Ms. codex.; Pagination: Paper, 56 leaves; [iv], 1-40, 40-65, 67, 67-68, 68-72, 75, 74, 75-104; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corner. Catchwords, lower right recto and verso.; Decoration: Heraldic seal with a cross, two books, a crown, and a star in ink (p. 1); small ink Teutonic crosses to mark notes (p. 17-18).; Latin, with some words in Greek.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1266