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Moral and theological treatises copied for Christopher Urswick
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Title
[Moral and theological treatises copied for Christopher Urswick].
Created
[London], 1502.
Physical Description
ff. 142 : parchment ; 215 x 135 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
In a humanistic script.
Original foliation in red, from i to clii, skips from lxxix to c.
Rubrics and foliation in red. Historiated initial and full-page border on ff 1v.; seven large and twenty-two small illuminated initials, all in a Northern Netherlandish style ("Masters of the Dark Eyes").
Colophon (ff. 142v) in red states that the manuscript was written for Christopher Urswick by "Petrus Meghen monoculus."
Spine label: Vrsyke de sacra: euch:. Spine date at foot: MCCCCCII.
Binding: 19 century full paneled brown calf, blind-stamped. Five-compartmented spine.
In Latin.
Provenance
Purchased from Bernard Quaritch (Christie's London sale, 2010 June 2, lot 208) on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2010.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Peter Meghen (d. 1537), of 's-Hertogenbosch in Brabant; scribe who copied works for several English clients, including Christopher Urswick and John Colet, and served as a courier for Erasmus and Sir Thomas More. Meghen's other patrons included Cardinal Wolsey, and he became Writer of the King's Books in the 1520s and served until his death in 1537. His nickname, "Cyclops," referred to his having only one eye.
Summary
Manuscript, on parchment, containing copies of several treatises: 1) Tractatus de Sacramento Corpus Christi, by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury (ff. 1-26); 2) De Vero Sapientia, Dialogus I and II, attributed here to Petrarch (now believed to be by Nicholas of Cusa) (ff. 27-50v); 3) De Invidia, Niccolò Perotti's translation of a sermon by Basil the Great, with a preface addressed to Pope Nicholas V (ff. 51-63); 4) De invidia et odio, Niccolò Perotti's translation of a work by Petrarch, with a preface addressed to Pope Nicholas V (ff. 63v-68v); 5) De fortuna virtute ve nominum: ad Nicolaum quintum pontificem maximum, by Niccolò Perotti (69-73v); 6) Epistle LXVII to Simplician, by St. Ambrose (ff. 74-79v); 7) Ex sermonibus quadragesimalibus: Sermone de correctione fraterna, by Leonardo di Utino, O.P. (80-86v); 8) Speculum regis Edwardii tercii, attributed here to Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury (now recognized as the work of William Pagula) (ff. 87-148, with skip from 89 to 100); 9) De tenenda obedientia et evitanda superbia, by St. Augustine (ff. 148-152).
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Added to Catalog
August 28, 2012
References
Peter Meghen, Moral and Theological Treatises Copied for Christopher Urswick. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Peter Meghen, Moral and Theological Treatises Copied for Christopher Urswick. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 16th century.
Manuscripts, Renaissance - England - 16th century.
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