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Title

Miscellany of theological, devotional and liturgical works

Authors

• John XXII, Pope, d. 1334

Call number

Ms. Codex 317
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9915809403503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904491
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580940

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian; possibly in the Florentine vernacular

Origin

Date

14--

Place

Tuscany?

Summary

Consists of miscellaneous theological, devotional and liturgical works including the Leggende (i.e. Vita e Miracoli) di S. Domitilla Vergine, which generally is the last portion of the Vita Nerei et Achillei (f. 1r-49r); 79 four-line stanzas that deal mostly with rules for proper behavior in daily, mostly secular, life (f. 51v-56v); the Lives and miracles of SS. Ursula and Elizabeth (f. 76v-95r); over forty sequences, readings, etc. used in the liturgy throughout the year (incomplete; f. 130r-228v); and various other short prayers and other works.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Much of the descriptive information and titles of individual items taken from Zacour-Hirsch.
   
• Inscription (f. 129v): Armauirum que cano Troye qui primus aboris. This is the first line of Vergil's Aeneid.
   
• Cover worn, especially at edges and hinges. Possible evidence of slight worm damage on inside covers. First (blank, unnumbered) quire loose. Various smudges and stains. Edges of some leaves fraying and tearing. Evidence of repairs to some leaves.
   
• Small scrap of paper with assorted writing laid in between f. 234-235.
   
• Dealer's description (Bernard Rosenthal) on file in the Library.
   

Extent

237 leaves : 208 x 144 mm. bound to 219 x 146 mm

Collation

Paper, ii + 235; 1-9⁸, 10¹⁰, 11-14⁸, 15⁸(-1), 16⁸, 17-19¹⁶, 20-22¹⁶, 23¹²(-2); [ii, 1-235]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto, mostly trimmed away; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Early 16th-century full calf on wooden boards; clasps missing.

Decoration

Black initials with red ornamentation (f. 1r, 1v, 3r, 4r, 4v).

Script

Written in several different cursive scripts.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard Rosenthal, 1959.
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--Discipline
• Catholic Church--Doctrines
• Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts
• Christian saints in literature--Early works to 1800
• Hagiography--Early works to 1800
• Sacraments--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800
• Spirituality--Catholic Church
• Theology, Doctrinal--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Anthologies
• Hagiographies
• Lectionaries
• Prayers
• Codices
• Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Saint's Life
• Lectionary
• Paper

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Leggende di S. Domitilla, f. 1r
• fol. 50r — Dodici arthocholi della fede, f. 50r
• fol. 51v — Il savio romano, f. 51v
• fol. 57r — On confession, f. 57r
• fol. 76v — Leggenda di Santa Orsina, f. 76v
• fol. 84r — I fioretti tracti della storia della beatissima Lisabetta, f. 84r
• fol. 95r — Four short prayers, f. 95r
• fol. 95v — Orazio ad Jhesum Christum, f. 95v
• fol. 98v — Orazione, f. 98v
• fol. 99v — Leggenda di Christofano, f. 99v
• fol. 103v — Short poem; De santo Jacopo; short poem, f. 103v
• fol. 107r — Percitio dell?anima, f. 107r
• fol. 130r — Sequences and lectiones, f. 130r

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Decorated initial, Initial U, f. 1r
• fol. 1v — Decorated initial, Initial D, f. 1v
• fol. 3r — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 3r
• fol. 4r — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 4r
• fol. 4v — Decorated initial, Initial M, f. 4v