The "Summa de vitiis", a counterpart to his "Summa de
virtutibus" (1st published about 1475 by M. Wenssler, the 2nd
printer of Basel) contains a. o. chapters on gluttony, vanity,
avarice, jealousy, wrath, defamation, blasphemy, slander,
perjury, etc.
Franciscan Literature of the Middle Ages William Peraldus (Pegrault) a French friar - preacher
published an extensive treatise on the capital vices, the Summa
de vitiis, which some yrs. later complimented with a
Summa de virtutibus. It gave authoritative form to the
classif. + the iconography in which medieval writers
Typically think about the delineation of "psycological" action,
+ it was beyond question one of the seminal respositories of
the "allegorical imagery" of medieval - Renaissance poets -
painters.
[crossed out] -Paraldus' works were highly esteemed, especially by Johann
Gerson + Johemn Geiler von Kaisersberg, who mentions the
"Summa" with praise. [end crosses out]
HEHL (93091) listed as 1469 rubricated in red
my leaf F4 (of 10) - Capitulum XXXVIII
-last 1/3 of book. De in obediecia in Bmuori my leaf 3 of 10 in this chapter
folio 183. Incipit tractus de vicio superbic.
Quare vicia sic ordine tur et de radicibus horuus
vitiorum. Prima pars. (has 40 Capitulum.)
-contains 9 parts (6- Supbia)
Summa de vitis (de virtutibus) - gave authoritative form
to the classification + the iconography of the capital vices
+ virtues, = there fore to the ways in which medieval
writers typically think about the delineation fo
"psychological' action, + it was beyond question one of the
seminal repositories of the "allegorical imagery" of
medieval + Renaissance poets + painters.
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