Via salutis, del dieta

Contributor:

Bilicich, Stephanus (scribe)

Name:

Guillaume, de Lanicia, -after 1310

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1449/1453

Description:

Text of Via salutus, vel dieta, by Guilelmus (or Guillaume) de Lanicia (f. 1r-73r). There is an index of chapter headings on f. 91v-92r. Also includes a chronicle of the abbey of St. Nicholas in Sebenico from 1421-1453 (f. 73r-75r), by Stephanus Bilicich. Folios 75v-79r are blank. Also includes a miscellany, primarily in the hand of Stephanus Bilicich (f. 79v-94v); includes a cryptogram (f. 80r), prayers, proverbs, recipes (including for ink) and an Italian poem (f. 88r; this poem has one line for every letter of the alphabet).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Guillaume Libri at auction at Sotheby's, 28 March 1859, lot 1043; purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps ms. 14870).; Offered for sale at auction at Sotheby's, 10-17 June 1896, lot 1261.; Appears in Jacques Rosenthal's catalog 83 (1925), no. 49.; Acquired, 1953.; Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

Relation:

Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/16

Subject:

Sveti Nikola (Abbey : Šibenik, Croatia); Christian life -- Early works to 1800; Christian life; Spiritual life -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800; Spiritual life -- Catholic Church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); Annals and chronicles; poems; prayers (compositions); recipes; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

93 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 215 x 148 (138 x 85) mm bound to 221 x 144 mm

Geographic Subject:

Šibenik (Croatia)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from heading (f. 1r).; First work, incipit and explicit: (f. 1r) Hec est via ambulate in ea ... (f. 73r) orationes pro dampnatis deus non exaudit.; Colophon (f. 73r): Iste liber est mei fratris Strephani Bilicich, abbatis monasterii sancti Nicolai portus sibenicensis, quem scripsi manu propria. [It is then dated 1449.].; Second work, incipit and explicit: (f. 73r) 1421. Consecrata fuit ecclesia in vodice ... (f. 75r) Dominus Michael dux[?] Seubenico obiit nescio quando.; Incipit of Italian poem (f. 88r): Ara la arena, chi per comune pena [this is repeated as an explicit].; Collation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 93 + i (modern paper); 1-5¹⁶, 6¹⁴ ( -1); 1-89, 91-94; contemporary foliation in ink, upper center recto. Catchwords in lower center margin, last verso of each quire, in a decorative border. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 21 long lines; ruled in lead; prickings visible.; Script: Written in Gothic hybrid and Gothic cursive scripts; at least partly (if not mainly) in the hand of Stephanus Bilicich.; Decoration: 6-line initial in red and white on a gold illuminated background, with foliage in margin (f. 1r); gold has mostly flaked away, leaving only the ground; several other colored initials in red, purple, yellow, green, brown, and black with penwork ornamentation; extensive use of red for highlights, headings and decorations; frequent use of manicules in margins.; Binding: 15th-century Italian vellum over boards, rebacked. Vellum splitting and pulling away from spine. Possible evidence of slight water damage.; Origin: Written in Sebenico (Dalmatia), 1449-1453 (f. 73r-75r). Today Sebenico is Šibenik in Croatia.; Latin, with several items in Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 88