Manuscript on paper of 1) Iacobus de Cessolis O.P. (d. after 1322), De ludo scaccorum. 2) Iohannes Gerson (1363-1429), Qualiter confessor debet se habere in confessionibus audiendis
Description:
In Latin., Script: Art. 1 is copied by one hand writing Gothica Cursiva Currens. Art. 2 is copied by a second hand writing a smaller Gothica Cursiva Libraria., In art. 1 red stroking of majuscules; guide letters and 2-3-line plain red initials; all decoration is missing on ff. 8v-12v, 21v-24v; 4-line red initial f. 29v and 32v; 4-line red initial decorated as littera duplex f. 30v. No decoration in art. 2., The paper is damaged by the acid ink in art. 1., and Binding: Between 1850 and 1900. De luxe, gold-tooled orange brown pigskin over pasteboard; spine with five raised bands and gold-tooled inscriptions: “Cessolis, Solacium Ludi Scacorum” and “Manuscript a(us) d(em) 15. Jahrh(undert)”; also a paper label with the number “4723”; marbled endpapers and gold-tooled doublure margins. One parchment tab at the outer edge of f. 1.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288-1322. and Dominicans.
Subject (Topic):
Chess, Confession, Catholic Church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
