University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1559
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1411
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1559
- Title:
- Duo libri contemplationis ... etc..
- Hilton, Walter, -1396
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1510.
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 150 leaves : paper ; 207 x 152 (138 x 110) mm bound to 218 x 163 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Origin: Written in Italy (Les Enluminures) in 1510 (note at end of main text, f. 150v).
Title from rubric of predominant work (f. 8r).
Binding: 19th-century Italian half vellum (Les Enluminures); some marginal notes slightly affected by trimming.
Decoration: 1 3-line initial in pink, 1 3-line initial in red (both f. 1r); spaces left for 2-line initials at the beginning of chapters; rubrics and paragraph marks in pink, capitals touched in pink; some chapter rubrics accompanied by crosses in pink in margin (for example, f. 41r-42v). 3 manicules added by later (17th-century?) hands (f. 72v, 137v)
Script: Written in a semi-cursive humanistic bookhand (Les Enluminures).
Layout: Written in 27 long lines; frame-ruled with lead bounding lines; horizontals ruled in ink with a 13-nib ruling instrument (see f. 64, 149v).
Incipit, Scale of Perfection Book I (f.8r-70r): [rubric] Incipiunt duo libri contemplationis magistri Vualteri Hyltonis canonici regularis viri valde contemplativi quos scripsit sorori sue incluse, cum additionibus multis ex libris seraphici Bonaventure ad maiorem roborationem. [prologue] Dilecte fili mi in Christo Iesu per illum rogo te ut contentus sis ...
Incipit, Scale of Perfection Book II (f.70r-150v): [rubric] Incipit secundus liber magistri Vualteri et primo quod homo dicitur ymago Dei secundam animam et non secundus corpus et dividitur in quatuor partes principales. [text] Quoniam multum desideras ac etiam petis intuitu caritatis ... Explicit (f. 150v): ... et occultas perceptiones celestium gaudiorum. Ad haec gaudia nos perducat...
Collation: Paper, i (19th-century paper) + 150 + i (19th-century paper); 1⁷ 2-3¹⁶ 4-5¹⁴ 6¹² 7¹⁶ 8²⁰ 9-10¹² 11¹¹; [1-150], modern foliation in pencil, center right margin recto. Vertical catchwords on the last verso of each gathering (f. 23v, 53v, 79v, 95v, 115v, 127v, 139v), except for a horizontal catchword at the end of gathering 3 (f. 39v) and no catchwords at the end of gatherings 1 and...
Incipit, Work 1 (f.1r-7v): [rubric] Incipit passio domini nostri Iesu Christi quam dulcissima Virgo Maria beato Anselmo Cantuariensis archiepiscopo revelavit. Ut inferius continetur. [prologue] Ascendam in palmam, ut apprehendam fructus eius ... [text] Beatus Anselmus. Dic mihi carissima domina qualiter fuit passio filii tui ...
Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris & Chicago), 2009.
Perhaps formerly in the library of the convent of Santissima Annunziata, Cesena, Italy (possible 17th-century ownership inscription effaced, f. 8r, Les Enluminures).
Inscription, 1609: Hoc vere est de bonis christianis: haec F. C. P. O. M. d. S. O. / MDCIX (f. 72v).
19th-century inscription: Amigos no tiene ni fin / ni principio -- Sino solamente / lo que no es principio ni / es fin / [?]ui attento B. S. M. / Su Servidor (f. 150v).
Formerly in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America (New York), manuscript no. B1326; sold at auction at Christie's, 12 Nov. 2008 (lot 37A). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9945899213503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3445hd5h/manifest
- Holding Institution:
