COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_nb_ms007_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
Newberry / WMU MS 7
Title:
Tractatus de varys et virtutibus
Alternative Title:
Newberry Library. Manuscript. Case MS 222
Alternative Title:
Western Michigan University / Newberry Library. Joint Purchase. MS 7
Origin Date:
between 1375 and 1425
Origin Location:
Italy
Description:
"Unpublished, unrecorded, and incontestably authentic treatise on the Virtues and Vices that includes a curious eighteenth-century forgery of its medieval provenance. The manuscript is part of a small group of codices whose authorship was falsely attributed to real historical Riminese characters, here Cardinal Gozio Battagliani (c. 1270-1348), and dedicated to members of the famous Malatesta family, here Galeotto Malatesta (1305-1385) of Rimini. Other manuscripts similarly forged are known, and others could still surface."--Dealer description. The forgeries could be attributed to Giovanni Maria Belmonti Stiviv.
Provenance:
Written, probably in Italy, in the late 14th or early 15th century. From the book-label: au Cte. Chandon de Briailles. mss. 68. Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 2011.
Explicit:
Explicit liber de varys et virtutibus compositus per me Gotuim Card. Batagliani de Arimino ad usum Galeoti Malastestis vaicary S[anctae] R[omanae] E[cclesiae] Rimini.
Extent:
74 leaves
Subject:
Virtues--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
198 x 143 mm (written space: 150 x 110 mm), bound to 205 x 153 mm
Material:
parchment
Collation:
1¹² 2-9⁸ 10⁶
Foliation:
ff. 1r-74v
Binding:
In modern limp vellum, smooth spine, title in blue and red ink on spine; armorial stamp of Comte Chandon de Briailles on front and back covers.
Decoration Description:
Text written in 2 columns of 33 lines ruled in light lead. 2-line initials alternating red and blue with contrasting pen flourishes in red or blue; paragraph marks without text alternating red and blue; arms of Cardinal Battagliani painted in red and gold at end of text; catchwords on the lower inner margin of every recto; rubricated in red; capitals touched in red; foliated in Roman Numerals on the recto of each leaf.
Description of Hands:
Written in gothic cursive.
Is Part Of:
Newberry Library
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
WMU / NB Case MS 007, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Is Referenced By:
Newberry Library. "Tractatus de varys et virtutibus." Newberry Online Catalog. https://i-share.car… (accessed: August 28, 2019)
Is Referenced By:
Meldini, P. "Due falsi malatestioani e un falsario giacobino," in Roma gna arte e storia, I (1981), p. 69-80.
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.