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Opera
Author:
Lactantius
Scribe:
Gobellini de Lins, Johannes
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, i modern paper flyleaf lined with leather + 336 fols. + i modern paper flyleaf lined with leather, 337 x 223 mm (212 x 102 mm), 29 long lines, ruled in hard point, running headers, catchwords
BINDING: Nineteenth century, blind- and gold-stamped brown leather over wooden boards.
CONTENTS:
fol. 1v Lactantius, Dedication to Emperor Constantine I
fols. 2r-3v Summary of Lactantius’ career
fols. 3v-4r List of capitula to Bk I of Divinae institutiones
fols. 4v-283r Lactantius, Divinae institutiones
fols. 284r-311r Lactantius, De ira dei with prologue and list of capitula
fols. 311v-336v Lactantius, De opificio dei with dedication to Demetrianus and list of capitula
DECORATION: Historiated initial formed of gold interlace entwined in white vine-scroll on blue, green and red ground with triplets of white dots: fol. 4v Divinae institutiones, Bk I, [M, 10 ll.] Lactantius writing in his study, with full border of gold interlace and white vine-scroll on blue, green and red ground with triplets of white dots inhabited by putti, birds and animals, and containing a medallion with the year 1460 (top), a wreath with overpainted coat of arms (bottom), and three corner medallions enclosing the scenes of Gideon’s fleece (top left), Samson defeating the lion (bottom left) and Judith beheading Holofernes (bottom right).
ORNAMENTATION: Architectural frontispiece on purple shredded ground enclosing the Dedication to Emperor Constantine I (fol. 1v).
Gold initial [D, 7 ll.] with white vine-scroll infill on blue, green and red ground with triplets of white dots, extending into a full border with gold interlaced frame, putti, birds, animals, hybrids, spraywork extensions with gold balls and flowers, and a wreath enclosing the arms of Niccoló Forteguerri surmounted by a Cardinal’s hat (fol. 2r); gold initials [8-10 ll.] with identical infill and three-sided borders for remaining books of Divinae institutiones (fols. 46r, 83v, 127r, 168v, 203v, 248r), and the beginning of De ira dei (fol. 284v) and De opificio dei (fol. 312r); gold initials [3 ll.] with white vine-scroll infill and extensions on blue, green and red grounds with triplets of white dots, terminating in spraywork with gold balls, for prologues and capitula.
History note: Completed for Niccolò Forteguerri (1419-1473) on 7 June 1460 (colophon, fol. 336v); purchased from Ulrico Hoepi in Milan by Frank McClean (1837-1904); his bequest, 1904.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
Support
composed of
parchment
Page
Height 335 mm
Width 220 mm
Accession number: MS McClean 115
Primary reference Number: 93594
Project ID: 750
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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