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Marston MS 131 Germany, s. XVI
Ps.-Dionysius the Aereopagite, De ecclesiastica hierarchia, Lat. tr. John the Scot
1. f. 1r ruled, but blank; ff. 1v-39r Epigramma in beatum Dionysium. et hoc
de ecclesiastica hierarchia duobus versibus exametris apud grecos
comprehensum.
Simbola [corrected from symbola] diuinorum mirabilium sacrorum vniformi
ratione ad singularitatem resoluisti vnius luminis vnam claritatem.
Dionysij areopagite episcopi athenarum ad timotheum...Dionysius
presbyter. [list of capitula i-vii follows:] [R]ecumbentium capitulorum
doctrinam secundum duplicem perficit modum. Primum exponit hoc quomodo
perficitur mysterium capituli...[text:] Capitulum primum. Que sit
ecclesiastice hierarchie traditio. et que eiusdem speculatio. [Q]uia
quidem secundum nos hierarchia diuinorum principiorum sacratissime intenta
atque diuina. habetur deifica scientia...Confido enim ex his que dicta sunt
ego repositos in te diuini ignis accendens usque uapores. Magni
dionysij Areopagite liber de ecclesiastica hierarchia finit. ff. 39v-40v
ruled, but blank
Dionysiaca: recueil donnant l'ensemble des traductions latines des
ouvrages attribues au Denys de l'Areopage (Paris, Bruges, 1937) v. 1, pp.
xxi-lxiv for numerous printed texts; v. 2, pp. 1071-476 for text.
Paper (unidentified watermarks along upper edge), ff. i (paper) + 40 + i
(paper), 180 x 115 (113 x 80) mm. 30 long lines. Single vertical bounding
lines ruled in lead or crayon; every third text line ruled in ink.
Accurate collation impossible due to tight binding.
Written by a single scribe in a stylized gothic script.
Spaces for decorative initials left unfilled. Headings, paragraph marks
and running headlines in red.
Binding: Place uncertain, s. xix. Quarter bound in brown leather with
olive green paper sides. Parts of edges daubed bluish-green.
Copied probably in Germany in the 16th century, perhaps from a printed book.
Belonged to T. Henry Foster of Ottumwa, Iowa; his sale (Parke-Bernet, March
1957). Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1957 by Thomas E. Marston
(bookplate).
secundo folio: Que sit
Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 1, p. 723, no. 2 (when in Foster collection); Faye
and Bond, p. 79, no. 131.
Barbara A. Shailor