Summa de vitiis

Name:

Guilelmus Peraldus, approximately 1190-1271

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1475

Description:

A 15th-century manuscript of 13th-century meditations on vice. The work focuses on the proper manner of living without sin, mostly through an examination of the conscience, and the types of sins and vices inherent in many people. Begins by referring to the seven cardinal sins (p. 1). Some of the vices listed include fornication (p. 1), adultery (p. 14), and pride (p. 128). The work also discusses the sins of women in particular (p. 15-21). Includes some discussion on virtues, as well, such as valor (p. 244). Divided into a series of smaller treatises, some initials are slashed in red ink, and some headings are in red ink, as well. Contains marginal notes in another hand. Has blank spaces for larger initials throughout. Leaf on inside back cover contains recipes.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Gerald Rosen (1960), Berlin.; Previously owned by the monastery of Saint Pancras in Ranshofen (p. 243).

Subject:

Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800; Conduct of life; Virtues -- Early works to 1800; Virtues; Vices -- Early works to 1800; Vices; Deadly sins; Conscience, Examination of

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); recipes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

124 leaves : paper; 280 x 215-225 (220 x 160) mm bound to 280 x 215 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from explicit of predominant work (p. 226).; Table of contents: 1. p.1-226: Summa de vitiis / [Guilelmus Peraldus]; Table of contents: 2. p.226-244: De singulis vitiis / [Guilelmus Peraldus]; Incipit and explicit for Work 2: [p. 226] Arrogantia est gloriari Deo quod non acceperis placendi cupiditate; ... [p. 224] eternam Dei gloriam cum angelis dei perpetualiter possidere dignus efficietur.; Pagination: Paper, 124 leaves; [1-248]; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 2 columns in 50 lines; ruled in lead.; Script: Written in a Bavarian Gothic cursive hand, with marginal notes in a different cursive hand.; Binding: Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, with guards from 14th-century (Zacour-Hirsch), nails in the corners with flower-like imprints around them, and a leather tie with a metal clasp attached to the lower cover.; Watermarks: Tower or column topped with a five-pointed crown (example on p. 244).; Origin: Written in Germany in the late 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1267