Simone da CasciaSimone Fidati, da Cascia, -1348approximately 1350itaManuscript on paper containing (1) A short commentary on Matthew 23:2, against those who wrongly interpret the Scriptures and against simoniacs; (2) Simone Fidati da Cascia, L'ordine della vita cristiana; (3) Italian poetry: sonnet attributed to Dante; sonnet attributed to Petrarch; Dante, Divina Commedia, Inferno 34.1-12; sonnet by Antonio Pucci (often attributed to Domenico di Giovanni, called Burchiello), Carboni, Incipitario, 785In Italian.Script: art. 1, gothica cursiva libraria. Art. 2, cancelleresca. The scribe Agniolo Donati is unrecorded. Art. 3, rapid gothica cursiva libraria/currens.Decoration: art. 2, 2- or 3-line plain initials in the same colour, with guide letters; some initials have a slight penwork decoration; rubrication. Remaining texts not decorated.Binding: early quarter binding, undecorated leather and beech boards. Spine with three raised bands and remnants of a printed paper title label: "[Tr]attato / della Vit[a] / Cristian[a] / di F. / Simone / da Casci[a]". Remnants of one clasp, attached to the rear board. On the front board the large 18th century (?) pressmark written in black ink "25."Original foliation in Arabic numerals. Quires strengthened at inner and outer sides by means of parchments stays, cut from an erased manuscript.