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Title

Vita, morte e miracoli di Bartolomeo Garosi detto Brandano e volgarmente detto il Pazzo di Gesù Christo ... etc.

Other related names

• Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 597
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9924865533503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63613642
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2486553

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

ca. 1600

Place

Italy

Summary

Three biographies written in one hand. The first is of Bartolomeo Carosi, or Garosi, born ca. 1488 in Petroio (in this account Pretoria), province of Siena. Known as Brandano, "the madman of Jesus Christ," he was one of the itinerant apocalyptic preachers or "romiti" who flourished in Italy around the time of the Sack of Rome. This biography describes in detail his conversion, his devotions, his preaching activities, his miracles, and, in particular, the political bent soon taken on by his preaching: it claims that Brandano's influence on the popular classes was a significant factor in the Sienese revolt against the Spanish garrison in 1552. There is a different life of Brandano in UPenn Ms. Codex 287 (f. 49-98). The second biography is of Cecco d'Ascoli, an astrologer executed for heresy by the Inquisition in Florence in 1328 (according to this text--other sources give 1327 as his death date). The third biography describes the death of Giuliano de' Medici, younger brother of Lorenzo il Magnifico, killed during the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478 (incorrectly transcribed in Zacour-Hirsch as 1470).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (p. 1).
   
• Titles and notes in pencil on f. i recto are in the hand of Henry Charles Lea, as is the note laid in between p. 62-63.
   

Extent

77 leaves : 214 x 161 (189 x 147) mm. bound to 221 x 163 mm

Foliation

Paper, 77; [ii, 1-152]; modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto; p. 65-152 blank; final folio torn out.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, with some patches of vellum missing on upper cover.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea, 1886 (bookplate, inside upper cover).
   
• Bequest of Henry Charles Lea, 1909.
   

Subjects topical

• Inquisition--Italy--Florence
• Pazzi Conspiracy, 1478

Genres

• Codices
• Biographies
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 16th century
• 17th century
• Biography
• Italian
• Italy
• Paper

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover