Sermo de dignitate humanae originis
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Description
- Title
- Sermo de dignitate humanae originis
- Creator
- John Chrysostom, Saint, -407
- Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Publication Place
- Central (?) Italy
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of John Chrysostom, Sermo de dignitate humanae originis, translated into Latin by Ambrogio Traversari. The text is preceded by a dedicatory letter, here directed to Rene d'Anjou (King of Sicily and Naples, 1435-42).
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: Written by a single scribe in humanistic cursive script, below top line.
3 large initials of modest quality, 8- to 7-line, gold on blue or blue and red grounds with white dots and white vine-stem ornament. 1 smaller initial, 3-line, gold on red and blue ground with white dots. Plain initials in blue and red, one in gold, some with penwork flourishes in red. Rubrics throughout. Paragraph marks in red or blue. Guide letters for initials.
Binding: Fifteenth century, Italy. Original sewing on three tawed skin, slit straps laced through tunnels in the edge to channels on the outside of beech boards and nailed. Beige and white chevron endbands are sewn on tawed skin cores laid in grooves on the outside of the boards. The spine is lined with green tawed skin between supports. Covered in brown, originally tan, calf with corner tongues, blind-tooled with a triple cross in a border of rope interlace. Spine: sewing bands defined and panels diapered with triple fillets. Two truncated diamond catches with a flower in a circle on the lower board, the upper one cut in for the red fabric straps attached with star-headed nails. - Provenance
- Purchased from Giuseppe (Joseph) Martini of Lugano by H. P. Kraus, who sold it in 1957 to Thomas E. Marston.
- Extent
- ff. 51 + i : 194 x 105 (135 x 65) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Marston MS 160
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Translations
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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John Chrysostom, Saint, -407.
Traversari, Ambrogio, 1386-1439. - Subject (Topic)
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Catechetical sermons
Fathers of the church
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Sermons - Subjects
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John Chrysostom, Saint, -407
Traversari, Ambrogio, 1386-1439
Catechetical sermons
Fathers of the church
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Sermons > Early works to 1800
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- John Chrysostom, Sermo de Dignitate Humanae Originis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9811253
- Object ID (OID)
- 2004058
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