Ambrosius Mediolanensis, Epistolae
Epistola I, 3-5
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Description made during the Codicology I course of the Diplôme Européen d'Études Médiévales (DEEM), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Instituts d'Études Médiévales (FIDEM). Tutor: Adrian Papahagi.
General Information
One hand, Northern textualis.
Original Condition
A quite significant part of the fragment is missing. Only the left margin is partially visible.
Current Condition
Mostly readable wrapper. The part corresponding to the spine of the volume is darker and has a small hole. The fragment also has some moisture stains.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Lombard initial I (5 lines, red); highlighted initials (red).
Content
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Content Item
- Persons Ambrosius Mediolanensis
- Text Language Latin
- Title Epistolae
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Content Description
…//celsior possibilitas fortior (Ep. I, 3 – PL 17, 479) X ... placet eius die noctuque (Ep. I, 5 – PL 17, 480)
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- Edition Ambrosius Mediolanensis, Epistolae ex Ambrosianarum numero segregatae (PL 17), Paris, 1845.
History
Central Europe
It is unknown when the host volume entered the collections of the Reformed College in Cluj. We have the usual stamp from 1871 (verso of frontispiece), but no earlier ownership note.
Host Volume
This is the second edition of the book; the first one was published in Leipzig in 1723. Further editions follow in 1738, 1757, 1762... This well-known hermetical book is said to have influenced young Goethe.