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Title

Memoriale ad passagium mortis tute faciendum

Authors

• Bartholomeus, de Vitellensibus de Corneto

Other related names

• Deedes, Cecil, 1843-1929, former owner
• Baugh, Albert C. 1891-1981, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1232
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9943686533503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234234771
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4368653

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

14--

Place

Italy

Summary

A handbook for the faithful concerned with their impending deaths, describing the proper steps to take, the necessary rituals, and the experiences associated with the approach of life's end in order to fully prepare both their souls for the release from the mortal coil and entry into the afterlife and their worldly possessions for inheritance.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r).
   
• Incipit: Si quis in hoc presenti seculo ad partes remotas profecturus in legatione est (f. 1r); Explicit: ...peccata diluere, et celeste regnum aperire (f. 34v).
   

Extent

36 leaves : 202 x 141 (125 x 88) mm. bound to 208 x 150 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (modern paper) + 36 + i (modern paper); [1-36]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Rebacked in 20th-century vellum by Steinemann; original or early binding of green damask over oak boards, with remains of a metal clasp embossed with the Agnus Dei on the lower cover and parchment pastedowns from a Latin text, shelved separately.

Layout

Written in 26 long lines, ruled in lead and ink with horizontal and vertical bounding lines.

Decoration

2-line initials in red ink; rubricated headings; manicules in margins (f. 22r, 28r).

Script

Written in an Italian Bolognese Gothic book script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Cecil Deedes (Zacour-Hirsch).
   
• Gift of Albert C. Baugh, 1965.
   

Subjects topical

• Sacraments--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800
• Confession--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800
• Death--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Procedures
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Italy
• Italian
• Paper
• Christian
• Devotion
• Instructional materials

Licenses

• Text

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Decorations

• fol. 3v — Manicule, f. 3v
• fol. 22r — Manicule, f. 22r
• fol. 28r — Manicule, f. 28r