Manuscript on paper of Laurentius, Meditationes. This treatise contains a Christian humanistic philosophy dealing with God, the angels, cosmography, man, mind, the soul and happiness. Authors quoted are Averroes, Socrates, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, Cicero, Pythagoras, Mohammed, the Bible, etc
Description:
In Latin., Script: Uneven Humanistica Cursiva Libraria using e.g. the ampersand as well as Tironian et, round and straight s in final position, probably by one hand working in several campaigns., Rubrics and marginalia in pale red. Guide-letters in the left margin, but initials lacking., and Binding: Original brown calf over cardboard made of fragments of a ca. 1400 paper register in Latin, dealing with a Clara Birgerynne and a master Michael Birger in Bratislava. Blind-tooled; the front cover has a more elaborate decoration than the rear cover. Yellow edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Laurentius.
Subject (Topic):
Humanism, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Philosophy, Renaissance
