Details

Subjects:

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Gonzaga, Luigi, Saint, 1568-1591.
Paul, the Hermit, Saint, -approximately 341.
Vincent Ferrer, Saint, approximately 1350-1419.
Anagrams.
Fables, Latin (Medieval and modern).
Latin poetry.
Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern).
Christian saints in literature.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Acrostics.
Epigrams.
Epitaphs.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Latin, with some words in Greek.

Summary:

Collection of Latin epigrams and poetry. The epigrams are numbered, and divided into three main sections. The poems are written in a variety of forms, including elegies, epitaphs, dialogues, hymns, odes, songs, rhymes, and fables. There are also a few poems in playful forms, including acrostics, anagrams, serpentine verse, alliterative verse, and what are referred to in the work as labyrinthine poems (p. 81, 88). Most of the poems refer to both the fear of demons and evil, as well as divine miracles and the nature of God and various saints, including Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (p. 1), Saint Catherine (p. 2), Saint Elizabeth (p. 4), Saint Vincent Ferrer (referred to as Vincentius Ferrarius, p. 14), and Saint Paul the Hermit. Includes various epitaphs throughout, one of which is for Vespillones (p. i). Contains some sections throughout dedicated to Thomas Aquinas, including an acrostic poem (p. 3), and an anagram (p. 6-7), as well as celebration of him (p. 43-44). There are some marginal notes written in different hands. Contains alphabetical table of contents at the end (p. 101-104). One loose note inside with a short poem, with much contemporary editing, titled Via Hesperorum.

Contents:

1. p.1-16: Varia epigrammata.
2. p.17-41: Vita divi Pauli Eremitae secundum scribit divus Hieronymus / Saint Jerome.
3. p.43-102: Varia musarum opera.
4. p.101-104: Index operum poeticorum.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (p. 1).
Pagination: Paper, 56 leaves; [iv], 1-40, 40-65, 67, 67-68, 68-72, 75, 74, 75-104; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corner. Catchwords, lower right recto and verso.
Layout: Written in 25 long lines, ruled in pencil (p. 1-64).
Script: Written in a cursive script by at least two hands.
Decoration: Heraldic seal with a cross, two books, a crown, and a star in ink (p. 1); small ink Teutonic crosses to mark notes (p. 17-18).
Binding: Contemporary vellum (Zacour-Hirsch), with remains of four leather ties.
Origin: Written in Spain[?] in the 17th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Libreria Martinez de Tejada (1968).

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), Supplement A (1). The Library Chronicle 35 (1969) p. 16-17 (Ms. Latin 241).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1266

Contains:

Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420. Vita Pauli.

OCLC:

268655912