Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts
MS. 12
De vitiis
Contents:
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Table of contents with section numbers and accompanying letters of the alphabet
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Summa de vitiis
author:Guillaume Peyraut
extent:ff. 9r-408v
rubric:
de vitio in communi
incipit:
DICTURI de singulis uitiis
explicit:
(...)qui dixerit amen
decoration:Paraph marks, one-line high, are inserted in alternating colors of blue and red throughout the text. 2 and 4 line initials in either blue or red with decorative flourishes in the opposing color mark the beginning of sections. In the top margin of each folium, titles indicating what vice is currently under discussion are written in letters alternating red and blue. On f. 9r, the body of the 4+-line capital D of "dicturi" is painted in blue and red with lighter line decorations in the lobe and outer spaces likewise executed in blue and red. On f. 51v, the 9-line body of P beginning "post" is painted with blue on outer layer and red on the inner. The interior of the lobe contains blue spirals, and the red flourishes off of the stem extend the entire length of the text column into the upper and lower margins. On f. 81v, the inner, blue descending flourish off of the red D of "deo" terminates in a red line-drawing of a bird with beak, wings, and talons. On f. 153r, the 6+-line body of P beginning "post" is elegantly painted with red on outer layer and blue on the inner. The interior of the lobe is red, and the ascending and descending flourishes are predominantly red with some blue mingled in. On f. 199r, the 5-line body of D beginning "dicto" is painted in blue and red with red design drawn in the lobe. Marginal ascending and descending flourishes are in both red and blue and cover the full extent of the text column and almost to the bottom of the folium. On f. 334v, the 4-line body of E beginning "expleto" is predominantly red with a thin layer of blue on outer perimeter. Upper and lower halves are filled in with blue line-drawing. Marginal ascenders and descenders are entirely in red. On f. 340r, the 10-line body of P beginning "post" is predominantly red with blue on the inner portions. The lobe contains designs drawn in red. The marginal ascending flourish is in blue, and the descending in red. Both flourishes extend well into their respective top or bottom margin. On f. 368v, the 5-line body of U beginning "ultimo" has red outer half and blue inner half. The open space contains circular designs drawn in red. Marginal ascender is red, lower in blue.
Date of origin:14th century.
Place of origin:France
Support:
Parchment codex.
Foliation:
Folia 1-8, containing the table of contents for the manuscript, are numbered on the recto in lead in a modern hand; modern foliation in lead resumes on 10r and continues to the end. The table of contents (ff. 1r-8v) is keyed to running section numbers and letter sigla so that one can find a specific section of the text with relative ease. Medieval foliation begins in arabic numerals with 1 on f. 9r. The medieval foliator mislabels f. 260 as 251, thus doubling folium numbered 251. From this point until the cessation of the medieval numbering at f. 339, the medieval numbers are always 9 behind the actual number of folia.
Dimensions:180mm x 130mm (leaves), 120mm x 75mm (ruled space)
Collation:1-2812 2910 3012 3110 32-3412 354 Catchwords are present (though occasionally cut off) and boxed in decorative designs. No prick marks are visible.
Script:Written in a littera gothica textualis media in a hand that bears strong resemblance to a "parisiensis.
Binding:"The binding is in early 18th century limp marbled covers" (Corbett 81).
Additions:Marginal annotations can be seen on ff. 74v, 115v, 165r.
Provenance:
The manuscript was sold in London by Sotheby's as item #595 on Dec. 4, 1896, noted on front pastedown.
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