Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of classical Orations, Lives, and Exempla, followed by Excerpts from Valerius Maximus, Excerpts from Xenophon (translated into Latin by Francesco Filelfo), Seneca's Tragedies, Comedies by Terence and Plautus, and other miscellaneous works
Description:
In Latin., Unidentified watermarks buried in gutter include hat, ladder, crossed arrows, cross bow., Script: Written by two scribes: Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-152v) wrote in a careful humanistic script for text and modified capitals for headings; Scribe 2 (ff. 153r-167v) retained the overall format but used a less elegant style of writing., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Plain sheepskin case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Biography, Classical literature, Latin drama (Comedy), Exempla, Manuscripts, Medieval, Speeches, addresses, etc, and Latin drama (Tragedy)
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Ps.-Bernardus Claraevallensis, Planctus beatae Mariae. 2) Ps.-Bernardus Claraevallensis, Contemplationes de passione Domini secundum septem horas canonicas. 3) Excerpts about the Virgin Mary. 4) Extracts from Isaac Syrus, De contemptu mundi. 5) Extracts from various sermons by Ephraem Syrus (d. 373) in Latin translation. 6) Extracts from Bernardus Claraevallensis, De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae. 7) Excerpts from Caesarius, followed by other moral excerpts from the Bible, Aristoteles, Iohannes Chrysostomus, Cicero, Gregorius Magnus, Origenes, Hieronymus, Augustinus, Bernardus Claraevallensis, Basilius, Ambrosius, Hugo de Sancto Victore, Benedictus, Beda, Isaac Syrus, Seneca, Ps.-Boethius, Cassiodorus, Cassianus, etc. 8) Extracts from Antoninus Florentinus (1389-1459), Summa, part 3, tit. 13, chapter 5. 9) Martinus Bracarensis (fl. 556-572; Ps.-Seneca), Formula vitae honestae, without the Prologue and ending incomplete in chapter 4. 10) Iohannes Gallensis (Waleys, John of Wales, d. 1285), Breviloquium de virtutibus antiquorum principum et philosophorum. 11) Moral extracts from Boethius, Isidorus Hispalensis, Galfredus de Vino Salvo, Augustinus, Gregorius Magnus. 12) Excerpts from Hugo de Folieto (d. c. 1174; Ps.-Hugo de Sancto Victore), De claustro animae. 13) Moral excerpts from Hieronymus, Bernardus Claraevallensis, Speculum conscientiae, Leo Magnus, Remigius Autissiodorensis, and the Bible
Description:
In Latin., Script: Apparently copied by four different hands, mostly very unstable and looking different depending on the period during which they entered the various sections. A (ff. 1r-54v and ff. 107v-108v) writes peculiar forms of Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria. B (ff. 55r-66v) writes Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria. C (ff. 67r-98v) writes a small sloping Gothico-Antiqua Currens. D (ff. 99r-105r) writes a Humanistica Cursiva Libraria., Leaves are missing, and many texts are consequently incomplete. Many pages spoilt by the acidity of the ink., The decoration is uneven and differs from section to section. Headings in red ink, red (sometimes yellow) heightening of majuscules, red paragraph marks and red plain initials of various sizes. Sometimes guide-letters without initials. Running headlines (author names) in large Southern Gothica Textualis Formata in some sections., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Damaged half linen, the pasteboard covers covered with red paper impressed with a spiky lozenge pattern in black. Removed and rebound in purple paper.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153., John, of Wales, 13th cent., and Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Contemplation in literature, Exempla, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
