Poetria nova, 1417
Abstract
ff. 1r-53v [Text imperfect, begins at line 80:] Ost [sic] opere prime quo limite debeat ordo/ Currere. cuncta sequens omni pensare statura/ Pondera, sinistre pendet sententia. . . Si mediocris ama mediocria. Sumere noli/ Que quando sumus presimus [sic] in omnibus una// [text breaks off at line 298 at the bottom of f. 6v and resumes on f. 7r at line 369:] //Indefensa modo gestu restare dolorem/ Exundent celi lacrimas ex terminet ora. . .
Expl.: Set licet omnis apex tibi crescat honoris honore/ Crescere non poteris quantum de iure mereris. Explicit liber poetrige Nouelle deo gratias. Qui scripsit scribat semper cum domino uiuat Uiuat in celis dominicus nomine felix; Mccccxvii. ff. 53v-54 ruled but blank.
Dates
- Creation: 1417
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Written in Italy in 1417 by the scribe Dominicus. Provenance unknown. Shelf number "XXV.3.V" written on spine and inside front cover. Also on inside cover in lead: "A 5," "Gordan MS 97," and "L5/57". "#11235" written in lead on back cover. Obtained from E. P. Goldschmidt in 1949 by Howard L. Goodhart (bookplate).
Authors
- Geoffrey, of Vinsauf, active 1200
Other related names
- Dominicus, scribe
- Goldschimidt, E.P. former owner
- Goodhart, Howard Lehman, former owner
- Goodhart, Howard Lehman, donor
- Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart, owner
- Gordan, John Dozier Jr., owner
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by Howard Lehman Goodhart to Phyllis Goodhart Gordan and John Dozier Gordan, Jr.
Physical Description
Paper support (watermarks: ff. 1-50 Briquet Monts 11750; ff. 50-54 Briquet Huchet 7683) with an outer parchment bifolium for each quire.
Original red sheepskin over wooden boards with 7 brass bosses on front and back in two sizes; one large boss missing from both the front and the back. Remains of two fasteners with leather straps on front board, only one catch remains on back. No leather on spine; on edge of upper wooden board is glued a shelf number on a small parchment? label: "XXV.3.V".
ff. 54, 219 x 150 (80 x 120) mm.
Written in 18-21 ruled lines with double vertical bounding lines and double top and single lower horizontal bounding lines full across in ink (Derolez 13.35). Prickings visible in all three outer margins.
Fere-humanistic script, written by the scribe Dominicus. Extensive interlinear and marginal notation in a second hand throughout.
Text divisions in alternating red and blue 2-line initials with contrasting red and blue penwork infilling and extensions. Yellow sentence strokes. Guide letters to rubricator visible.
Modern foliation.
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