Hugo, Argentinensis, approximately 1210-approximately 1270
Published / Created:
[ca. 1300]
Call Number:
Takamiya MS 14
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
368
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single scribal hand, of this widely popular theological work dealing with the creation, the fall of man, the Incarnation, grace, the sacraments, and the Four Last Things
Description:
In Latin., Work formerly attributed to Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280); now attributed to Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg (Hugo Argentinensis) and dated to 1268., Ownership inscription on rear flyleaf: "Mastre Roger Walle off Lychfeld Chanone.", Layout: double columns of 30 lines., Script: gothic script., Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red and blue ink with penwork decoration. F1r decorated with a small historiated initial in gold containing drawing of a man's face., and Binding: early limp tawed leather wrapper.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280., Hugo, Argentinensis, approximately 1210-approximately 1270., Walle, Roger, of Lichfield., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Doctrines, Eschatology, Fall of man, Grace (Theology), Incarnation, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sacraments, Catholic Church, and Theology
Manuscript on parchment of a Devotional miscellany of a Celestine priest containing texts on the Passion and the Sacraments by Augustine, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Anselm, and Bernard, with prayers, hymns, and other anonymous texts
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109., Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430., Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153., Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420., Jesus Christ, John Chrysostom, Saint, -407., and Celestines.
Subject (Topic):
Passion, Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Sacraments, and Catholic Church
Manuscript on paper of Leonardus de Giffono O.F.M. (d. 1407), Summula Ecclesiae sacramentorum, in fact a Confessionale or manual of penitence; with magical formulas against the plague, a table of contents, and additional prayers and indexes
Description:
In Latin and Italian., Script: The main text (artt. 2-3) is copied by a single hand in Gothico-Humanistica Libraria, while artt. 1, 4, 5 and 6 are written in Humanistica Cursiva by various hands., Decoration: Red headings; stroking of majuscules in red; red or blue paragraph marks; alternately red and blue 1-line versals with penwork in the contrasting color, and 1- or 2-line flourished initials in blue with red penwork. Note a 5-line brown initial, in art. 3 (f. 13r), on a red background decorated with gold penwork, with a coat of arms resting on two adossed green birds in the lower margin., and Binding: Original brown leather over wooden boards, sewn on two double cords. Both covers are blind-tooled with quadruple fillets, rope and flower motifs, and quadrangular small stemps. The remnants of two clasps are attached to the front cover, associated with brass catches fixed to the rear cover. The flyleaves (art. 7) are part of a single leaf from a 12th or 13th century manuscript on parchment, written in a late Beneventan script.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Giffono, Leonardus de, d. 1407.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Sacraments, and Catholic Church
