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Philippus Ariminensis, Symposium de paupertate

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Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, Cod. Ms. Morbio 1 b

Meyer, Wilhelm: Die Handschriften in Göttingen, Bd. 3: Nachlässe von Gelehrten, orientalische Handschriften. Handschriften im Besitz von Institutionen und Behörden. Register zu Band 1–3 (Verzeichniss der Hss. im Preussischen Staate 1,3), Berlin 1894, 498–499 (Printed, Handwritten, or Typescript)

Remarks by the Editor

Translated from German, with additions, by Pannini.

General Information

Title Philippus Ariminensis, Symposium de paupertate
Shelfmarks Cod. Ms. Morbio 1 b
Former Shelfmarks C.m.h.l. 257 (?)
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Humanistic script written by a single hand; coeval marginalia throughout the text added by a second hand.

Original Condition

Page Height 207 mm
Page Width 137 mm
Height of Written Area 125 mm
Width of Written Area 85 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 85 mm
Number of Lines 25
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling ink ruled
Numbering

Modern ff. 1–10; the numeration is placed both on the right upper corner and in the external margin of the page. Fol. 10r also displays a third pencil numeration, a crossed out 42.

Current Condition

Extent ff. 10
Dimensions at least 207 mm x 137 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragment consists of 1f. (fol. 1), 18 (ff. 2–9), 1f. (fol. 10). The first page is trimmed in the upper half part and the attempt of restoration on the upper right corner covers some words on the verso. On the recto of the first two folia someone noted with a pencil “C.m.h.l. 257”, probably a previous shelfmark, and number 147a at fol. 1r and number 148 at fol. 2r.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Fol. 1r displays part of an illumination, belonging to the decoration of the first letter, which was cut out; it shows a white vine-stem decorated with colors (red, blue and green) and gold leaf.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Philippus Ariminensis
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Philippus Ariminensis, Symposium de paupertate
    • Content Description

      Dialogue on poverty Symposium de paupertate written by Philippus Ariminensis (Filippo da Rimini) and dedicated to Francesco Barbaro, lacking of both the initial and final parts.
    • Edition M.L. King, A study in Venetian humanism at Mid-Quattrocento: Filippo da Rimini and his Symposium de paupertate, in “Studi veneziani”, n. II (1978), pp. 75-96; III (1979), pp. 141-186.

History

Provenance

Previous owner Carlo Morbio (VIAF; DBI)
Persons and Institutions Private collection
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