Liber de fide ad petrum diaconum, etc., 1412
Abstract
Table of contents: Augustine, Liber de fide ad Petrum; One or possibly two fragments (16 lines) attributed to Bruno Sigiensis. Fragments exhort the reader to bear contumely and injury in silence and not to answer accusations in order to please God.
Dates
- Creation: 1412
Creator
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. (Author, Person)
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Written in Germany in 1412. Early provenance unknown. On inside cover in lead: 47 f./ No 138 in Catalogue”, no. 286 in a catalogue entry glued to recto of flyleaf (Sotheby’s?). From the collection of Lord Vernon, at Sudbury Hall, Derby (bookplate); his sale (London 16 July 1928, n. 13 [in lead on back cover: “Soth: 16.7.28” and “S. 7. 36”]) to Dobell. Obtained by Howard L. Goodhart (bookplate; DeRicci census number, in lead on inside front cover) from Dawson, Los Angeles: (“n. 23 in a recent catalogue” [DeRicci]).
Author
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Other related names
- Lord Vernon, Sudbury Hall, Derby
- Dobell, bookseller
- Dawson, bookseller
- 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 (bookplate) and John Dozier Gordan, Jr.
Physical Description
Paper suppoer (watermarks: unidentified human head; ), ff. ii (modern paper bifolium, i=front pastedown) + 12 + ii (modern paper bifolium, ii=back pastedown.
18th century, place uncertain. Paper boards. An unidentified “Pro patria” watermark (upside down) is visible on the paper leaf which covers the front board. On the back cover another paper leaf contains the initials “L S” (also upsidedown) as the watermark. Goodhart number on paper label taped to spine, in ink.
271 x 202 (219 x 141) mm.
Written in 39-44 un-ruled lines with single vertical and horizontal bounding lines in brown ink.
Gothic cursive script, written by a single scribe.
Crude 2-line red and blue initials alternate throughout, some extending into margins. Headings in red; paragraph markers in yellow. Guide letters for rubricator visible in margin.
Modern foliation.
Genre / Form
Geographic
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