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<mods:title>De civitate Dei (De Valle)</mods:title>
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<mods:title>Aureli Augustini beatissimi de civitate Dei</mods:title>
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<mods:title>S. Augustinus De Civitate Dei</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Walterus de Valle</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Barresi, Matteo, marchese di Pietraperzia,</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Gallo, Paolo</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Augustine, of Hippo, Saint</mods:namePart>
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<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">1. folios 1r-303r: De civitate Dei libri XXII / Augustine of Hippo</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">1.1. folios 1r-13v: Table of contents: "[incipit] De adversariis nominis Chr[ist]i quibus in vastatione urbis propter Chr[istu]m barbari pepercerunt victis. i. ... [explicit] De eterna felicitate civitatis Dei sabbatoq[ue] p[er]petuo. xxviii. [rubric] Explitiunt sententie sup[er] toto libro Augustini de civitate Dei. Amen."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">1.2. folio 14r: Preface, taken from Retractationum libri duo, II.43 / Augustine of Hippo: "[incipit] Int[er]ea Roma Gothor[um] irruption[n]e agentiu[m] sub rege Alarico ... [explicit] Hoc opus sic incipit gloriosissima[m] civitatem Dei. [rubric] Ex primo libro retractationum ca[pitul]o lxixo."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">1.3. folio 14v: Ownership inscription, originally blank</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">1.4. folios 15r-303r: Book I-XXII: "[incipit] Gloriosissimam civitatem Dei sive in hoc tempo[rum] cursu ... ad loquendu[m] [et] scribendu[m] apta atq[ue] co[n][veniens]; [folio 303r] ut prima etas tamq[uam] primus dies sit ab Adam usq[ue] ad diluviu[m] ... [explicit] non michi sed Deo mecum gratias [et] congratulantes agant. [rubric] Aureli Augustini beatissimi de civitate Dei liber vigessimus secundus et ultimus contra paganos feliciter explicit. Gloria patri et filio et spritu sancto. Sicut erat in principio nunc et semper et in secula seculorum. Amen. [colophon] Walterus de Valle scripsit."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">2. folio 303v: blank</mods:abstract>
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