Title supplied by cataloger. Sermons by Ephraem, Syrus, translated into Latin, De vita christiana [here attributed to Augustine but now attributed to either Pelagius or Fastidius] and Paulinus Aquileiensis' Liber exhortationis, written in the middle of the fifteenth century. Written in Italy, possibly in Veneto given the Veronese watermarks and the ownership note on f. 128v: "Iste liber est congregationis Sancte Iustine... Span folios: ff. 1-128v. Support: Paper. Watermark(s): Tête de boeuf, Briquet 14660, Verona, 1430-40; ff. 19-92 and 105-128: Monts, Briquet 11704, Verona, 1443). Layout: 18 2-510 6-712 8-910 1012(ff. 93-104) 11-1212. 38 long lines, horizontal rules in ink, vertical in lead. Written in a humanistic script. Decoration: Initials, 11-line on f. 1, thereafter usually 6-line in gold with whitish-brown or colored acanthus foliage against blue, pink, red or light green grounds; that on f. 19 (Sermo de vita et exercitacione monastica) in gold with white vinestem on a dotted green, red and blue ground; 2-line initials for beginning of the text on f. 93v, and throughout the following text, alternating red... Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/19/2012. Ownership note on f. 128v, which at one time was concealed by a new section of paper glued over the bottom of the page, but was uncovered by N. C. Starr: "Iste liber est congregationis Sancte Iustine deputatus monachis habitantibus verone 53 [this number cancelled; added in a different hand:] signatusque in inventario numero 4 ex littera E." What was possibly another possession note has been...
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