University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 79

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DS ID:

DS1670

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 79

Title:

De misericordia.

Author:

Cynthius, Laurentius

Laurentius Cynthius WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[between 1475 and 1499]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin, with some Greek

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 11 leaves : paper ; 219 x 150 (140 x 82) mm

Note:

Incipit and explicit of text: (f. 2r) Cum superioribus diebus Iacobe una essemus in foro ... (f. 11r) Haec habui mi Iacobe: quae carptim de misericordiae operibus ad te scriberem Hoc unum ego in calce addam: quod Leo pontifex maximus dicit in sermonibus ad populum ... [followed by a formulaic closing and ten lines of Greek, with the heading: Phōkyllidou].
Dealer's description and two pages of transcription on file in the Library.
Title supplied by cataloger based on introductory paragraph; author's and recipient's names taken from f. 2r.
Incipit and explicit of introductory epigram: (f. 1v) Si cupis in caelum transcendere tramite recto ... aeternam vitam pro breviore Deus.
Ms. gathering.
Collation: Paper, 11; [i], 1⁶, 2⁴(-1), [i]; 1-11; contemporary foliation in ink, lower left recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 22 long lines; ruled in drypoint.
Script: Written in a humanistic cursive script with display capitals for Latin titles.
Decoration: Occasional use of red initials, headings and marginal notes.
Origin: Written in Italy in the late 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Watermarks: Bird-shaped watermark not found in Briquet.
Sold by La Medicea, 1957.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

treatises

Christian life

Mercy

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915806293503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p36k94/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania