Collation Model For Ms. Codex 320: Le Epistole.,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 320: Le Epistole., Dot Porter
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The letters attributed to Phalaris, translated from Greek into Latin by the humanist Francesco Aretino (also known as Francesco Griffolini), and from Latin into Italian by an unnamed translator (perhaps Giovanni Andrea Ferabos, or Bartholomeo Phontio [or Fontio]?). Includes a dedication of Francesco Aretino to Novello Malatesta.
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 102: [Account Book And Record Of Transactions].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 102: [Account Book And Record Of Transactions]., Dot Porter
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Contains an account ledger covering 1470-1471 (f. 1r-11v); "Inventario di chose" (inventory of possessions; f 31r-v); and miscellaneous records, 1468-1488 (with several years left out; f. 33r-55v). Folios 11v-30v and 32r-v are blank. Also includes seven loose items laid into the manuscript: letters and receipts, dating from 1472-1492.
Collation Model For Oversize Ms. Codex 331: Miracoli E Leggende,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Oversize Ms. Codex 331: Miracoli E Leggende, Dot Porter
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Collection of miracle stories and lives of the saints told in the style of contemporary novels, with the intention of making the average reader realize the punishment for sinful actions and the reward for virtuous life. Includes paraphrases of miraculous stories and legends of the Virgin and of the saints. Many of the latter category are based on early Christian literature, such as the Lives of the Fathers, which in many cases are cited as the source. The individual stories appear to be unpublished, except for the story of the childless queen. Appears to be incomplete, with one or more …
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 88: Via Salutis, Del Dieta [Manuscript].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 88: Via Salutis, Del Dieta [Manuscript]., Dot Porter
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Text of Via salutus, vel dieta, by Guilelmus (or Guillaume) de Lanicia (f. 1r-73r). There is an index of chapter headings on f. 91v-92r. Also includes a chronicle of the abbey of St. Nicholas in Sebenico from 1421-1453 (f. 73r-75r), by Stephanus Bilicich. Folios 75v-79r are blank. Also includes a miscellany, primarily in the hand of Stephanus Bilicich (f. 79v-94v); includes a cryptogram (f. 80r), prayers, proverbs, recipes (including for ink) and an Italian poem (f. 88r; this poem has one line for every letter of the alphabet).
Collation Model For Oversize Ms. Codex 1081: De Consolatione Philosophiae [Manuscript].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Oversize Ms. Codex 1081: De Consolatione Philosophiae [Manuscript]., Dot Porter
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Philosophical dialogue in five books between a narrator and Lady Philosophy which deals with ideas of fate, fortune, and the relationship between free will and divine omniscience, and which was one of the most important philosophical texts of the medieval period, includes marginal notations drawn from Nicholas Trivet; and a list of books in a personal library being taken to Salamanca (f.86v).
Collation Model Of Ms. Codex 1559: Duo Libri Contemplationis ... [Etc.].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model Of Ms. Codex 1559: Duo Libri Contemplationis ... [Etc.]., Dot Porter
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Manuscript dated 1510 of the Latin translation by Carmelite friar Thomas Fishlake (circa 1400) of Walter Hilton's Scale of perfection, a mystical work in two books concerning the reformation of the soul and contemplative union with God, written in Middle English in the second half of the 14th century and first translated into Latin ca. 1400. The opening rubric of Book I notes that many additions from the writing of Saint Bonaventure are included (examples of specific references to Saint Bonaventure, f. 26r, 56r). Although the rubric for Book I has the customary description of the work as written for …
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 20: [Summa Dictaminis] ...[Etc.]; [Manuscript].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 20: [Summa Dictaminis] ...[Etc.]; [Manuscript]., Dot Porter
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Text of the Summa dictaminis of Thomas de Capua. Also contains 15 shorter works on the same topic by Johannes Bondi de Aquilegia (Giovanni da Aquileia), though for some of the works the attribution to Bondi is not secure. There is a table of contents in Latin in a much later hand on the front paper flyleaf.
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1141: Omnes Ad Praeda Venient.,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1141: Omnes Ad Praeda Venient., Dot Porter
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Prophecy details the election of Pope Leo X in the conclave, his subsequent actions in the European church (specifically in Italy, France, and Germany) during his tenure as pope, and predicts the events following Leo's death and the election of Pope Clement VII in 1523. Possibly given to Giovanni Todeschini Piccolomini (Ad Reverendissimum Cardinalem Senense, f.2r), who was the archbishop of Siena (1503-1529) and participated in the conclave of 1523. Appears to have been part of a larger manuscript, as pages are faintly foliated 29-32 in a modern hand. Leaves have been mended along lower and inside edges with strips …
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 86: De Casibus Conscientiae ... [Etc.],
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 86: De Casibus Conscientiae ... [Etc.], Dot Porter
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Contains text of a work entitled De casibus conscientiae (f. 1r-364v). There is no indication of the identity of the author. Also contains the text of Pope Clement VIII's bull Pastoralis Romani Pontificis vigilantia (commonly referred to as In coena Domini; f. 366r-378v). This appears to have been copied from a version printed in 1596, though the heading bears the date 1598. Also contains a commentary on Clement's bull, titled De casibus reservatis, et nominatim de iis qui reservatur in bulla Coenae domini.
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1215: Lumen [Con]Fessorum.,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1215: Lumen [Con]Fessorum., Dot Porter
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Treatise on confession and penitence, with a ruling by the penitentiaries in the Roman Curia during the pontificate of Eugenius IV added at the end.
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1248: [Liturgical Miscellany].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1248: [Liturgical Miscellany]., Dot Porter
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Miniature manuscript of music and prayers from a monastic context. The manuscript has a pedagogical slant, beginning with the seven tones and some of the ordinary chants (Kyrie, Gloria, Ite missa est) written out repeatedly in different tones. It ends with a diagram of a Guidonian hand, a tool attributed to the 11th-century musical theorist Guido d'Arezzo and used in the 12th through 16th centuries for teaching sight-singing, and a ladder diagram of the gamut. Most of the content of the manuscript consists of brief chants for the liturgical cycle, with more extensive chants for Holy Week, including part of …
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 50: Statuta Sive Capitula Loci Castini [Manuscript].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 50: Statuta Sive Capitula Loci Castini [Manuscript]., Dot Porter
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Statutes of Castino in Italy (f. 1r-21r). Includes a table of contents (tabula suprascriptorum capitulorum) on f. 21r-22v. Folio 23 contains additions dated 1539 and 1540.
Collation Model For Ljs 29: Extratto Da Un Libro De Razza Da Cavalli...,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ljs 29: Extratto Da Un Libro De Razza Da Cavalli..., Dot Porter
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LJS 29 is a treatise in 84 chapters on the anatomy, medical treatment, physical appearance, breeding, training, and care of horses. The manuscript claims to be an abridgment of an otherwise unknown work by Ferdinand I of Naples, an avid horseman.
Collation Model For Ljs 416: [Regulations For Mills And Bakeries].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ljs 416: [Regulations For Mills And Bakeries]., Dot Porter
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Official copies of regulations pertaining to mills and bakeries in Rouen from the 14th century up to 1518. The copies were made at the request of Pierre Tassel, overseer of the Rouen mills (fermier des moulins de la dit ville de Rouen), under the supervision of Louis (Loys) Cruchon, a member of the Rouen parliament, who signed the manuscript repeatedly (f. 9v, 13v, 16r).
Collation Model For Ljs 172: [Tabulae Directionum Et Profectionum]. [Tabella Sinus Recti].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ljs 172: [Tabulae Directionum Et Profectionum]. [Tabella Sinus Recti]., Dot Porter
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Astronomical tables of declinations and ascensions and a table of sines, copied not long after their completion by Regiomontanus in 1467.
Collation Model For Ljs 500: Liber Mirabilium [Manuscript].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ljs 500: Liber Mirabilium [Manuscript]., Dot Porter
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Alchemical and medical compendium containing recipes and texts from a variety of sources, many of which appear with traditional (now suspect) attributions in other manuscripts, with an alphabetical index to recipes at the beginning of the volume. Occasional manicules and annotations added by readers.
Collation Model For Ljs 215: [Scientific Miscellany] [Manuscript].,
2022
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ljs 215: [Scientific Miscellany] [Manuscript]., Dot Porter
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Compendium of astrological charts; astronomical and astrological tables; treatises on astronomy (calculating equinoxes and solstices, f. 51v; using an astrolabe, f. 68r) and geometry (f. 133r-180v, perhaps lacking ending, with numerous small diagrams and a few small illustrations); and instructions for making dyes and pigments (f. 182r-208r) and medical preparations (f. 224r, 226v). The first three gatherings of the manuscript are lacking, based on the signature of the first extant gathering, and the upper margin has been trimmed. 17th-century table of contents on lower flyleaf.
A Rare Edition Of Angelo Poliziano’S Nutricia,
2022
University of Massachusetts Amherst
A Rare Edition Of Angelo Poliziano’S Nutricia, Alejandro Coroleu
Translat Library
The purpose of this note is to draw scholars’ attention to a little-known edition of Angelo Poliziano’s Nutricia (Leipzig, 1517). One of the only two surviving copies of the volume (Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, 76, 39) contains annotations which constitute indisputable proof of how Poliziano’s poems attracted the interest of Renaissance readers.
Zucchero E Status E Tutto Bello,
2022
University of San Diego
Zucchero E Status E Tutto Bello, Ava Garofono
Italian 394: Italian Renaissance Foodways
No abstract provided.
Meet Me In The Middle Ages: Engaging With Fantasy, Reality, And Collaborative World-Building,
2022
Washington University in St. Louis
Meet Me In The Middle Ages: Engaging With Fantasy, Reality, And Collaborative World-Building, Amanda Greene
MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
This critical essay accompanies and describes my thesis project, Medievalia Miscellany, a magazine for middle-grade readers which explores the world of medieval fantasy through art, comics, stories, and activities. Throughout the essay, I use my own term “archaeological upcycling” to discuss and explore a variety of relationships between ideas of parts and a whole. I then use it to characterize the way stories are created out of many different parts and how these parts help a reader to relate to both the world of the story and the world in which they live. I describe the genre of medieval fantasy …
