Hieronymus, de Vallibus († 1458)
This volume, S 56, from the library of Walter Supersaxo (ca. 1402-1482), Bishop of Sion, and of his son Georg (ca. 1450-1529) in five parts brings together various Latin texts, classical texts as well as works by Italian humanists; the first two parts are printed (with initials in red and green), the latter three are handwritten. The first part, printed around 1472 by Michael Wenssler and Friedrich Biel in Basel (GW 3676), contains the Epistolae by the humanist and professor of rhetoric Gasparino Barzizza from Bergamo (ca. 1360-1431). This is followed by The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, also from the workshop of Michael Wenssler in Basel from about 1473-1474 (GW 4514). Next is the first handwritten text (incomplete, with marginal and interlinear glosses), Jesuida seu De passione Christi by the humanist and physician Girolamo della Valle from Padua († ca. 1458 or 1494). This work, written in hexameter and dedicated to Pietro Donato, Bishop of Padua from 1428 until 1447, was most likely copied from the edition of about 1474 that was printed by Michael Wenssler in Basel (GW M49385) and that also served as model for the lay-out. The fourth part contains the Catiline conspiracy by Sallust. At the end of the volume, the fifth part is made up of three works by two authors (with marginal and interlinear glosses; initials in red and green); due to a bookbinder's error, the order of the quires is mixed up. This fifth part contains the Elegantiolae (the order for reading would be: ff. 1r-10v, 27r-38v, 11r-20r) by the humanist and professor of rhetoric Agostino Dati from Siena (*1420 or 1428, †1478), as well as two treatises by Gasparino Barzizza, which are already included in the printed part, the Praeceptorum summula (ff. 20r-21v) and the Modus orandi (ff. 21v-26v, 39r-43r). The three handwritten parts of the volume were produced by different hands, among them that of the anonymous scribe of Georg Supersaxo. S 56 therefore is comparable to the other manuscripts (S 51, S 101, S 105) that were made for Georg Supersaxo at the time when the young man studied law in Basel (around 1472-1474). Among the annotations on the flyleaves one can recognize a note of ownership by his father Walter Supersaxon, Bishop of Sion (f. N2r).
Online Since: 03/22/2018
- Augustinus, Dati (Author) | Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (Author) | Gasparinus, Barzizius (Author) | Hieronymus, de Vallibus (Author) | Sallustius Crispus, Gaius (Author) | Supersaxo, Georg (Patron) | Supersaxo, Walter (Former possessor)
This collection of works was produced during the third quart of the 15th century, under the influence of early humanism, in one of the southwestern German states. It contains German and Latin texts from the late middle ages as well as some interlinear and marginal glosses. The newer works by humanist authors include contributions by Petrarch, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II), Hieronymus de Vallibus and Antonio Barzizza.
Online Since: 11/04/2010
- Adolfus, Viennensis (Author) | Alanus, ab Insulis (Author) | Albertanus, Brixiensis (Author) | Arnoldus, Leodiensis (Author) | Barzizza, Antonio (Author) | Burlaeus, Gualterus (Author) | Hieronymus, de Vallibus (Author) | Jacobus, de Cessolis (Author) | Mönch, von Salzburg (Author) | Petrarca, Francesco (Author) | Pius II, Papa (Author) | Steinhöwel, Heinrich (Author) | Vergilius Maro, Publius (Author) | Vincentius, Bellovacensis (Author) Found in: Standard description
Copies of books from the Old Testament, bound together from two codices: pp. 3–105 First Chronicles and Second Chronicles (Paralipomena), 12th century; pp. 107–239 the apocryphal First Maccabees and Second Maccabees with two prologues, 11th century. The only decoration is a red initial with scroll ornamentation in the column of p. 107.
Online Since: 06/23/2016
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This manuscript, written in 1499 under the schoolmaster Cunradus Reuschman of Lindau (note on p. 488), contains predominantly works by ancient writers, as well as several works by 15th century Italian authors. All texts have commentaries, and the more important works are generally preceded by an argumentum. Often there are several pages left blank between the texts. In the margins, there are several simple pen sketches (pp. 498–501, 504, 511, 513; on p. 706 and 712 sketches of maps of the world). P. 3 contains a full-page pen sketch of the city of Troy. The individual texts are: Publius Baebius Italicus, Ilias latina (pp. 5–51); Virgil, Georgica (pp. 57–146); Horace, Epistolae (pp. 148–230); Horace, Carmen saeculare (pp. 231–234); Lactantius, De ave Phoenice (pp. 234–241); Persius, Satires (pp. 245–282); Margarita passionis, inc. Cum prope pasca foret (pp. 283–288); Seneca, De providentia (pp. 289–298); Augustinus Datus, Elegantiolae (pp. 323–361); Carmen de dolo et astutia cuiusdam mulieris, inc. Summe procus caveat ducatur ne mala coniunx (pp. 362–365); hymns (pp. 366–388); Parvulus philosophiae moralis (pp. 395–417); Dominicus Mancinus, De quattuor virtutibus (pp. 419–488); Hieronimus de Vallibus, Jesuida (pp. 491–514); Matthaeus Bossus, Oratio in beata coena domini (pp. 515–524); Ps.-Leonardo Bruni Aretino, Comoedia Poliscena (pp. 539–549); Terence, Andria (pp. 563–621); Virgil, Bucolica (pp. 629–660); Horace, Ars poetica (pp. 661–678); Horace, Epodes (pp. 679–692); Ps.-Virgil, Moretum (pp. 692–694); Ps.-Ovid, Remedia amoris, inc. Qui fuerit cupiens ab amica solvere colla (pp. 694–695); Ps.-Ovid, De arte amandi, inc. Si quem forte iuvat subdi sapienter amori (pp. 695–698); a treatise on punctuation, De kanone punctorum (pp. 699); Virgil, Aeneis, lib. 1 and 3 (pp. 701–726 and 741–760); Sallust, De coniuratione Catilinae (pp. 765–802); Sallust, De bello Iugurthino, incomplete (pp. 803–804); Seneca, Epistolae morales (pp. 812–853).
Online Since: 10/04/2018
- Anonymus (Author) | Augustinus, Dati (Author) | Baebius, Italicus (Author) | Bosso, Matteo (Author) | Bruni, Leonardo (Author) | Hieronymus, de Vallibus (Author) | Horatius Flaccus, Quintus (Author) | Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (Author) | Mancinus, Dominicus (Author) | Ovidius Naso, Publius (Author) | Persius Flaccus, Aulus (Author) | Pindarus (Author) | Sallustius Crispus, Gaius (Author) | Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Author) | Terentius Afer, Publius (Author) | Trutfetter, Jodocus (Author) | Vergilius Maro, Publius (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Anonymus (Author) | Augustinus, Dati (Author) | Baebius, Italicus (Author) | Bosso, Matteo (Author) | Bruni, Leonardo (Author) | Hieronymus, de Vallibus (Author) | Horatius Flaccus, Quintus (Author) | Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (Author) | Mancinus, Dominicus (Author) | Ovidius Naso, Publius (Author) | Persius Flaccus, Aulus (Author) | Pindarus (Author) | Sallustius Crispus, Gaius (Author) | Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Author) | Terentius Afer, Publius (Author) | Trutfetter, Jodocus (Author) | Vergilius Maro, Publius (Author) Found in: Additional description