Historiae adversus paganos, 1450 - 1475
Abstract
This is an Italian manuscript from the third quarter of the fifteenth century, which contains Paulus Orosius' Historiae adversus paganos.
Dates
- Creation: 1450 - 1475
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Produced in Italy in the third quarter of the 15th century. Ownership inscription on f. viii recto: "[Clerico?] Camillo Riccio A. V. et S. V. et am. A. et s.s. et u. f. r. et hoc verum est. Hic olim fuit R. Presbiteris V. H. Marcelli Ricci nunc vero mei Camilli Ricci sui nepotis et A. S." On f. 174v: "Camilli Ricci Bellicastrensis sum," and repeatedly in a variety of hands: "nec no suorum amicorum omnium" or "nec non suorum natos amicorumne." Below in another hand: "Non mancare con la prima commodita raguagliarlo di quanto occorre." A draft of a letter found inside this book was written by the Vicar of a parish church on behalf of Antonius Laurus, who was Bishop of Bellcastris from 1599-1609. No other provenance known. Bought from H. P. Kraus (typed description taped to inside back cover) by Howard L. Goodhart in April 1949 (bookplate; his note on f. i recto).
Authors
- Paulus Orosius
Other related names
- Ricci, Camillus, former owner
- Kraus, H. P., book dealer
- Goodhard, Howard Lehman, former owner
- Goodhard, Howard Lehman, donor
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Howard Lehman Goodhart to Bryn Mawr College in March 1950.
Physical Description
Water-stained throughout. Final folio detached. Fol. 1 missing; text begins incompletely.
Paper support, (watermarks similar to Briquet Huchet 7686), f. i (modern paper) + ff. viii + 174 + i (modern paper).
Twentieth-century luan plywood boards with worn leather spine.
ix+173+i; 290 x 212 mm bound to 306 x 220 mm.
Single column, written in thirty lines; double vertical and horizontal bounding lines, full length, ruled in hard point; written area: 197 x 120 mm.
Humanistic script, with marginal notations throughout in a later hand.
Alternating 2- to 3-line blue and red ink initials of modest quality. Text divisions and headings in red.
Contemporary foliation in ink, upper right, recto; modern foliation in pencil, lower right, recto in front flyleaves and first two folios.
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