Manuscript on paper of Adolfus von Wein, Doligamus. The text, a series of fables concerning the deceitful conduct of women, is heavily annotated with interlinear glosses and lengthy explanatory prose passages inserted both between segments of the text and in the outer margins. With Albertus Magnus, attributed author, De secretis mulierum; and Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini), Carmen in laudem Friderici Caesaris, a poem written in praise of Friedrich III (1415-93), King of the Germans and later crowned Holy Roman Emperor
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Piccard, Ochsenkopf XIII.173 and XI. 201, and similar in design to Briquet Main 11090, 11092-93., Script: Written by a single scribe in inelegant gothic cursive, with a smaller script for commentary and interlinear notations., Crude decorative initials, 2-line, in red, some with foliage designs in body of letter; first letter of each verse stroked with red., Some loss of marginalia due to trimming on ff. 8v, 9r., and Binding: Twentieth century. Red paste-paper case with a black, gold-tooled label.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Adolfus, von Wien, 14th cent. and Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1415-1493.
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Fables, Laudatory poetry, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
