Details

Subjects:

Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230.
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.
Criticism and interpretation.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Anthologies.
Commentaries.
Excerpts.
Poems.
Manuscripts, English.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Tertullian commentary in Latin; other works in English.

Summary:

Anthology containing three different works: a commentary to works of Tertullian; extracts and commentary on the Bible; and 24 poems and verses of Thomas Flatman. The second and third sections begin at the opposite end of the volume from the first. Folio 4r contains a table of contents to the works of Tertullian dealt with in the commentary, together with the subscription: "Edit. Lutetia. M.D.C.34. Sumptib[us] Mathurini Du Puis".

Contents:

1. f.3r-33v: [Commentary on works of Tertullian]
2. f.89v-73v (reverse f.3r-19r): [Biblical excerpts and commentary]
3. f. 72v-52r (reverse f. 20r-40v): Miscellanies / by Tho. Flatman.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Heading on Biblical excerpts and commentary: "Mr. Gibbon at Gregor. Nov. 26 -- 59" (f. 89v = reverse f. 3r).
Title page of Flatman work: Miscellanies by Tho: Flatman. Ex interiori Templo Londini, sic imperantibus fatis. Nov. 9. 1661. 13o Caroli 2di. (f. 72v = reverse f. 20r).
Appears to be 17th century in date (Zacour-Hirsch). Folio 3r has date "Nov. 24 -- 59" [probably 1659]. Biblical commentary section has date "Nov. 26 -- 59" [probably 1659] (f. 89v = reverse f. 3r). Many of the Flatman poems are dated; the dates range 1659-1671. All this suggests a date range of ca. 1659-1671, possibly later.
Foliation: Paper, iii (modern paper) + 87 + iii (modern paper); [1-87]; f. 50-87 = reverse f. 1-40; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Folios 5r-33v (in Tertullian commentary) have contemporary pagination in ink, 1-58, upper outer corner of even-numbered pages.
Script: Written in a cursive script by more than one hand.
Binding: 19th-century calf. Upper cover and back flyleaf completely detached. Cover wearing and crumbling at edges and hinges. Various stains. Many of the leaves are worn and fraying at the edges. On many leaves, text is written out to the edges and is hard to read. In some cases, trimming has obliterated text at the edges. Folio 52 is missing a piece that appears to have been cut out, but this does not seem to have affected the text.
Origin: Probably written in England, ca. 1659-1671.
Description from unidentified dealer's catalog pasted on front endleaf.

Penn Provenance:

Former owners include: Frederick William Cosens (inscribed armorial bookplate, inside lower cover); J. Mitford, 1850 (possibly the Rev. John Mitford, inscription, second flyleaf); D. D. R. H. Groome (possibly the Rev. Robert Hindes Groome, inscription, second flyleaf).

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 53 (Ms. English 28).

Publications about:

Flatman poems published in: Flatman, Thomas. Poems and songs. By Thomas Flatman. London, Printed by S. and B.G. for Benjamin Tooke at the Ship in St. Pauls Church-yard, and Jonathan Edwin at the three Roses in Ludgate Street, 1674. Other editions published in 1676, 1682 and 1686. This manuscript contains three pieces that are not in these editions and appear never to have been printed.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 211.

Contributor:

Cosens, F. W. (Frederick William), 1819-1889, former owner.
Mitford, John, 1781-1859, former owner.
Groome, Robert Hindes, 1810-1889, former owner.

Contains:

Flatman, Thomas, 1637-1688. Poems. Selections
Bible. Selections.

OCLC:

155962850

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