(Q6316)

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Divinae institutiones, incomplete /
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Divinae institutiones
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Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320
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Gold tooled bindings (Provenance)
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Leather bindings (Binding)
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Providence and government of God--Christianity--Early works to 1800
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Apologetics--Early works to 1800
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Theology, Doctrinal--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Kansas--Lawrence
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Latin; accompanying materials in Latin and Italian
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Extent: 206 leaves : paper and parchment ; 239 x 182 (152 x 102) mm bound to 244 x 182 mm +
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Manuscript codex
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Collation: i (parchment, pastedown) + iv (paper) + 206 (paper and parchment) + iv (paper) + i (parchment, pastedown): 1-14¹⁰ + 15¹² + 16⁸ + 17-20¹⁰ + 21¹⁰ (wants 7-10). All leaves in the first two quires are parchment. In the rest of the quires only the outermost and innermost leaves are parchment except for quire sixteen and twenty in which only the outermost leaves are parchment. The final...
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Foliation: Two sets of foliation in upper right corner: contemporary (?) foliation in ink (17-58 on folios 151-193; 11-16 on folios 194-199); modern foliation in pencil (1-99, 93[bis], 94[bis], 95[bis], 96[bis], 97[bis], 98[bis], 99[bis], 100-199. The description follows the modern foliation in pencil.
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Catchwords: Horizontal catchwords, some flourished, at center on folios 10v, 20v, 30v, 40v, 50v, 60v, 70v, 80v, 90v, 93[bis]v, 103v, 113v, 123v, 133v, 145v, 153v, 163v, 173v, 193v.
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Watermarks: Two watermarks on the front flyleaves: letter C with an upside down trifoliate flower (unidentified); three crescents (unidentified); two watermarks in the textblock: a triple mound (similar to Briquet BR 11662); an encircled triple mound (unidentified); single watermark on the back flyleaves: letter C with an upside down trifoliate flower (same as the front flyleaves, unidentified).
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Layout: Written in 28 long lines, below top line. Ruled in lead, with full-length vertical bounding lines and a full-length horizontal bounding line in the upper margin.
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Script: Written by multiple hands in Humanistic bookhand and Humanistic cursive, with clear change of hands on folios 134r and 184r. Rubrics added by at least three other hands.
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Decoration: 11-line initial M in red with blue penwork at the beginning of Book I on folio 1r; 2- to-8-line initials in plain blue at the beginning of the rest of the books on folios 40v, 65r, 94v, 118v, 149r, 178v; 2- to 3-line initials at the beginning of chapters in alternating plain red and plain blue throughout; spaces left for initials on folios 46v, 48v, 182v; rubrics in light brown...
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Binding: Modern. Bound in full leather over paper boards. Four raised bands. Sewn endbands in cream and yellow. Title area at the head of spine between the first and second raised bands is dyed black and gold-tooled. All three edges of the bookblock are sprinkled red.
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Accompanying materials: Two detached paper slips, both written by the same late hand, placed between folios 178-179 and 181-182 respectively. The first (145 x 50 mm) notes that the prologue to Book VII does not exist in the print edition: "Quid dicam est in precedntibus [sic] libris ec... Questo prologo manca nello stampato." The second (83 x 58 mm) notes that there is no missing text where...
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Origin: Probably written in Italy in the fifteenth century.
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Former shelfmark: MS Y118
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Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS C61
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In good condition except for missing leaves and staining and soiling on the recto of first leaf and the verso of last leaf. Minor imperfections on parchment leaves; minor soiling on a few leaves with no loss of text. Témoins (folded corner of the leaf which was uncut during trimming) on the upper right corner of folio 151 and upper left corner of folio 192. Upper right corner of folio 43 is...
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The passages in Greek in the Divinae Institutiones in this manuscript are supplied in Latin. The text breaks off at the end of line 9 on folio 181v (end of Book VII.2) and resumes on line 10 on folio 182v (beginning of Book VII.3), with no missing text, clearly a sign of miscalculation during the copying of the manuscript. At the end of the manuscript (on folio 199v), the text breaks off five...
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Early history of the manuscript is unknown. Bookseller annotations in pencil on the recto of the first front flyleaf, mostly erased with only "155" remaining in lower left corner (possibly by Jacques Rosenthal). Unidentified stamp in blue ink reading "Amministr. da Porto" on the lower half of the verso of the last back flyleaf.
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5 September 2023
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5 September 2023
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