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Other Title:

Sententiae Sancti Nili Martyri... A[?] S[?] Sancta Antiqua

Subjects:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History.
Catholic Church.
History.
Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Asceticism.
Clergy -- Office -- Early works to 1800.
Clergy -- Office.
Virtues -- Early works to 1800.
Virtues.
Monastic and religious life -- Early works to 1800.
Monastic and religious life.
Carthusians.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Finding tabs.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Sermons.
Treatises.
Poems.
Annotations.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Latin with occasional words in Greek (f. 21r, 134v).

Biography/History:

Nilus of Ancyra (the Elder) was a prominent 5th-century theologian, biblical scholar, and ascetic writer; John of Damascus was a 7th-century monk who expounded on the Christian faith; Conrad de Kytzingen was a monastic scholar living in the Carthusian monastery in Nuremburg.

Summary:

Writings of Nilus the Elder on the principles of asceticism and religious life; a sermon by John of Damascus about vices and virtues in religious life; three books from Ambrose's De officiis, an ecclesiastical handbook about the ministers of the Church, with marginal annotations and Biblical cross-references; sermons expounding the beliefs of the Carthusian order about regulations, solitary living, and abstinence; and excerpts from the Distichs of Dionysius Cato, a collection of proverbial maxims about wisdom and morality, with marginal annotations.

Contents:

1. f.1r-17v: Sententiae beatissimi patris Nili episcopi et martiris / Saint Nilus of Ancyra.
2. f.18r-21r: Ex sanctissimis patris Johannis Damasceni sermonibus / Saint John of Damascus.
3. f.22r-134v: Collectura ex primo, secundo, et tertio libro officiorum Sancti Ambrosii / Saint Ambrose.
4. f.136r-152v: [Sermones] / Conradus de Kytzingen.
5. f.153r-164r: [Disticha Catonis] / Dionysius Cato.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Finding tabs, with metal leaf, probably copper, mark the beginnings of the writings of Saint Nilus, each of the three books from Saint Ambrose, the writings of Conradus, and the Disticha Catonis.
Collation: Paper, i (parchment) + 164 +i (parchment); [1-164]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: First work written in 18 long lines; second work written in 18 long lines; third work written in 23 long lines; fourth work written in 22 long lines; fifth work written in 15 long lines.
Script: Written in various Gothic and secretary scripts by multiple hands.
Watermark: Briquet Tete de bœuf 15367 (1478).
Decoration: Brown and red pen flourish line fillers, some initials, headings and underlining in red or green; 2-line initials in blue (f. 22r) and red (f. 153r).
Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards with brass clasp and catch.
Origin: Written in Germany in the second half of the 15th century.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly in the collection of James P. R. Lyell (bookplate, inside upper cover, with motto "viam aut inveniam aut faciam").
Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699 (1952), no. 135.
Gift of Albert C. Baugh, 1965.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800, Supplement A (1). The Library Chronicle 35 (1969), p. 7 (Ms. Latin 210).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1080.

Contributor:

Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871-1948, former owner.
Baugh, Albert C. (Albert Croll), 1891-1981, former owner.

Contains:

John, of Damascus, Saint
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397. De officiis.
Conradus, de Kytzingen, 15th century.
Catonis disticha.

OCLC:

182540182

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