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Early Latin notes on the etymology and meaning of the word "psychomachia"; and, early Latin notes in two hands, one delineating a standard set of virtues and their opposed vices, the other relating these pairs to the seven ages of man

At head:

Psyche es[t?] Anima

Machia [...] Pugna

Mache es[t?] pugna

 

At head outer corner:

Hi[n]c Psycho

machia [est?]

Pugna seu

Lucta In[?]

a[n]i[m]a, Qu[a]e

no[n] alia est

[...] virtutis[?]

cont[ra] vitiu[m]

 

Above title:

Pugna animae.

 

[Early Latin notes on the etymology and meaning of the word "psychomachia," annotated in the title as "pugna animae" (i.e. battle of the soul).]

 

At foot:

Infantia Fides contra Idolatriam

Pueritia. Pudicicia con[tra] libidine[m]

Adolescentia. Pacientia con[tra] Iram

Iuuentus. Humilitas con[tra] su[per]bia[m]

Virilis aetas. Sobrietas con[tra] luxuria[m]

Senium. Largitas con[tra] auaricia[m]

Decrepita aetas. Concordia con[tra] discordia[m]

 

[Early Latin notes in two hands, one delineating a standard set of virtues and their opposed vices, the other relating these pairs to the seven ages of man.]

 

 

 

Penn Libraries call number: LatC P9514 506p

 

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