Moralia sunt figuris utriusque testamenti ... [etc.]

Name:

Augustinus de Leonissa

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1433

Description:

A moralizing commentary on Biblical figures from both the Old and New Testaments as well as a sermon presented at the Council of Basel in 1433.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven), 1959.

Relation:

Collation model: https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/61064

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

259 leaves : paper; 304 x 219 (193 x 134) mm bound to 309 x 224 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title of manuscript from explicit of predominant work (f.249v); title of sermon from incipit (f.249v).; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-249v: Moralia sunt figuris utriusque testamenti.; Table of contents: 2. f.249v-254v: Sermo ad clerum in festo Iohannis evangeliste.; Collation: Paper, iv + 254 + i; 1⁴ 2-8¹² 9¹⁰ 10-14¹² 15¹⁰ 16-22¹² 23⁶ 24²(-2); quires signed a-l, blank, m-n, n, r, B, t, x-y, y, blank; catchwords on lower right verso of last page of each quire; gatherings are sown into the binding with thin strips of parchment as guards; contemporary foliation in ink 1-164 upper right recto; modern pencil foliation 165-255 upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in two columns of 40 lines, ruled in drypoint or lead.; Script: Written in a Gothic hybrid script.; Watermark: Tower variation from sometime in the mid-15th century (f.7), with similarities to Briquet Tour 15908 (1449) and Tour 15913 (1469); watermark similar to Briquet Main 11146 (1481) (f.137); Briquet Anneau 689 (1457) (f.181); two variations (f.252, 254) of a watermark which combines Briquet Anneau, Main, and Fleur (cf. Briquet Main 11515 (1469)).; Decoration: 23-line initial with pen flourishing (f.1r).; Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch) with metals studs on upper and lower cover, and leather straps; possibly red morocco binding (Witten).; Origin: Likely written in southeastern Germany in the mid-15th century.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1084