(Q16790)
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28 November 2023
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Summarium de vitiis et virtutibus].
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Summa de poenitentia et matrimonio.
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Raymond, of Peñafort, Saint, 1175?-1275
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Guerrini, Joachim, -1918
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Early works to 1800
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Sicily (Italy)--History
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1450 and 1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 10 leaves : paper ; 293 x 255 (205 x 127) mm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based in part on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: Restat agere de accidia...
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Collation: Paper with "D" watermark similar to Briquet 8122 (Genova 1411/12), fol. iii (two leaves of modern paper, third leaf early/contemporary paper) + 10 ; 110 ; original roman foliation, CLVI-CLXV, lower left corner each verso and possibly effaced from lower right corner of each recto; 19th-century ink arabic foliation 1-10, upper right corner each recto.
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Layout: One column, 40 lines. Bounding and writing lines in light plummet.
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Script: Written in a humanistic cursive with ascenders on top line extending well into upper margin, in brown ink with brown rubrics.
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Decoration: The first line of each text in an enlarged gothic bookhand. Sentence initials stroked red; 2- to 3-line red epigraphic capitals throughout, that on fol. 1 with brown filigree.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the fifteenth century; the inclusion of the final text concerning the history of central Italy suggests the manuscript originated in that region, although the paper stock is associated with Genoa in the north.
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Binding: 19th-century green marbled boards, brown calf spine and corners, title gilt on spine: "Raimundi/ de septem/ vitiis." Dark salmon paper pastedowns and flyleaves, except for fol. ii and second-to-last flyleaf, which are onionskin paper, and fol. iii which is 18th century paper with a Maid of Holland watermark countermarked CWS, apparently a remnant flyleaf from an earlier binding.
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Provenance: Contents written by 18th-century cursive hand on fol. iii. BPL Bookplate of the Pierce Fund on the inside front cover, annotation fol. iiiv, embossed on fol. iii and 1; SDBM 42800 and 197863.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased at the sale of Joachim Guerrini on Oct. 8 1878 (Leonard & Co., Boston, lot no. 1160)
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Call number: MS f Med.17.
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Former call number: MS G.401.36.
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Bibliography: Zoltan Haraszti, "Medieval manuscripts in the Library," More Books III (1928): 63.
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4 December 2023
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