Ascetical Treatises

Description

Title: Ascetical Treatises
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1499]
Publication Place: Northern Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of six ascetical treatises, including Ps.-Augustinus Hipponensis (Pseudo-Augustine), two seroms against the love of money; Ambrosius Autpertus O.S.B. (d. 784), Libellus de conflictu vitiorum et virtutum, 1-263; Paulinus Aquileiensis (Pseudo-Augustine, d. 802), Liber exhortationis; Prayers and hymns to Christ and to the Virgin; and Galvano de Padua (15th century), Memoriale di confessione gentile
Description: Script: probably copied by various hands in Gothico-Humanistica Currens.
Decoration: Red headings. Red stroking of majuscules on ff. 57r-72v and 74r. Space has been reserved for 2- or 3-line initials which have not been executed. Guide-letters in red ink have been provided up to f. 72v.
Binding: early limp parchment. Both covers blind-tooled.
In Latin and Italian.
Provenance: Purchased on the Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper Fund in memory of Lathrop Colgate Harper, litt. d.
Extent: ff. i + 80 + i : 190 x 135 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: Paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Ascetical Treatises. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.