[Moral and theological treatises copied for Christopher Urswick].
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Description
- Title
- [Moral and theological treatises copied for Christopher Urswick].
- Creator
- Meghen, Peter, scribe
- Contributor
- Meghen, Peter,--scribe
- Published / Created
- 1502
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Abstract
-
Manuscript, on parchment, containing copies of several treatises: 1) Tractatus de Sacramento Corpus Christi, by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury (ff. 1-26); 2) De Vero Sapientia, Dialogus I and II, attributed here to Petrarch (now believed to be by Nicholas of Cusa) (ff. 27-50v); 3) De Invidia, Niccolò Perotti's translation of a sermon by Basil the Great, with a preface addressed to Pope Nicholas V (ff. 51-63); 4) De invidia et odio, Niccolò Perotti's translation of a work by Petrarch, with a preface addressed to Pope Nicholas V (ff. 63v-68v); 5) De fortuna virtute ve nominum: ad Nicolaum quintum pontificem maximum, by Niccolò Perotti (69-73v); 6) Epistle LXVII to Simplician, by St. Ambrose (ff. 74-79v); 7) Ex sermonibus quadragesimalibus: Sermone de correctione fraterna, by Leonardo di Utino, O.P. (80-86v); 8) Speculum regis Edwardii tercii, attributed here to Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury (now recognized as the work of William Pagula) (ff. 87-148, with skip from 89 to 100); 9) De tenenda obedientia et evitanda superbia, by St. Augustine (ff. 148-152).
- Description
- In a Humanistica script.
- Extent
- ff. 142 : parchment ; 215 x 135 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn a50
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- mixed material
- Genre
-
Decorated initials
Historiated initials
Manuscripts
Rubrics - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Geographic)
- England--Economic conditions--1066-1485
- Subject (Name)
- Meghen, Peter,--scribe
- Subject (Topic)
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1800
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Peter Meghen, Moral and Theological Treatises Copied for Christopher Urswick. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10887373
- Object ID (OID)
- 11394881
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.osborn.a50.htm