Details

Subjects:

Bible. Matthew.
Bible. Gospels.
Deadly sins.
Vices -- Early works to 1800.
Vices.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Latin.

Contents:

1. f.1r-49r: Glosa super Matheum.
2. f.49v-102v: Glosa super Lucam.
3. f.102v-123v: Tractatus de vitiis.
4. f.124r-136v: Tabula.
5. f. 137r-138r: De Vitiis [incomplete].

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Attribution to Michael de Massa (d. 1336) from inscription at heading (f. 1r).
Other titles from Zacour-Hirsch, no attribution in text.
Foliation: Paper, i + 138 + i; [1-138], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 40 lines; ruled in ink.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.
Decoration: Red ink used for initials, capital strokes, and underlining.
Binding: Contemporary stamped calf over wooden boards, remains of one clasp.
Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by James P. R. Lyell (bookplate, inside upper cover).
Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699 (1952), no. 100.
Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1952.

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. 11 (Ms. Latin 48).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 697

Contributor:

Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871-1948, former owner.

OCLC:

155985428