Alphabetum malarum mulierum ... [etc.]

Contributor:

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 (attributed name)

Name:

Bartolomeo da Messina, active 13th century

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Three moral or spiritual works: a misogynist alphabet consisting largely of quotations from classical authors and from the Bible; a collection of excerpts from Aristotle's Magna moralia and Ethica Eudemia with extensive marginal commentary; and a work on the Penitential Psalms attributed to Petrarch.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold at Puttick and Simpson (London), 27 June 1890 (note pasted inside former front cover, described by Mazzi, 1905).; Formerly owned by Leo S. Olschki (Florence).; Formerly owned by Ernst Schultze (librarian and sociologist, Munich).; Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1952.; Olschki, Leo S. 1861-1940, former owner.; Schultze, Ernst, 1874-1943, former owner.

Subject:

Misogyny -- Early works to 1800; Christian women -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800; Ethics -- Early works to 1800; Ethics; Christian women -- Conduct of life; Misogyny

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

14 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 185 x 133 (127 x 83) mm bound to 193 x 135 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.2r-6v: Alphabetum malarum mulierum. -- 2. f.7r-10r: De bona fortuna, interprete Bartholomeo de Messana. -- 3. f.11r-14r: Laureati poete domini Francisca Petrarca septem psalmi penitentiales.; Title of 1st work from explicit (f. 6v); title of 2nd work from Zacour-Hirsch; title of 3rd work from caption title (f. 11r).; Foliation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 14 + i (modern paper); [1-14]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 28-33 long lines; ruled in lead.; Script: Written in Gothic rotunda script by multiple hands.; Decoration: 1st work has 24 blue initials flourished with red and red and blue paragraph marks (f. 2r-6v); 2nd work is rubricated and has red and blue paragraph marks (f. 7r-10r); 3rd works is rubricated and has 1-line red initials throughout (f. 11r-14r).; Binding: Modern paper-covered boards; formerly bound in red leather until at least 1905 (Mazzi).; Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.; Related Work: Aristotle. Magna moralia. Latin; Related Work: Aristotle. Eudemian ethics. Latin

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 762