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Title

Societas Sanctae Annae per Poloniam, Lithuaniam, Russiam, et alias sancti? regis Poloniae ditiones instituta

Authors

• Societas Sanctae Annae
• Solikowski, Jan Dymitr, 1539?-1603
• Wężyk, Jan, 1575-1638

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1190
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9943157493503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230827333
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4315749

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin, with articles and prayers in Polish

Origin

Date

1590-1833

Place

Kraków and Malogoszcz

Summary

On detached gathering, signed printed letter from Archbishop of Lviv Jan Dymitr Solikowski to the new Society of Saint Anne in Malogoszcz, Poland, with handwritten section by Archbishop of Gniezno Jan Wezyk added in 1634, when he was Primate of Poland and interrex, bearing wax seals by both Wezyk and Solikowski. Bound charter of Society of St. Anne, with articles in Polish, and Latin and Polish prayers. Following are catalogs of the men of the Society (including men's and women's names), members who died, and the women of the Society. Includes 10 scraps of paper with names and towns.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. 4r).
   

Watermark

Crescent on two-legged table (for example f. 1, 2); monogrammed S in circular coat of arms (f. 13, 14); crown over heart-shaped coat of arms (f. 25, 28); hourglass-like figure surrounded by oval coat of arms (f. 39, 41).

Extent

48 leaves : 295 x 190 mm. bound to 300 x 200 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 48; [1-48]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; some contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners 3-18 (f. 5r-13v).

Support

Paper

Binding

Late 16th-century vellum (Zacour-Hirsch), with remnants of two leather straps on upper and lower covers.

Layout

In brothers' catalog, entries for 1595-1619 in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in ink. In catalog of deceased members, 3 columns with vertical bounding lines in ink. In sisters' catalog, 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in ink throughout.

Decoration

In the printed text, initials of new sections illustrated with leaves and some figures. Pen-flourished initials in catalogs. Coat of arms of Solikowski (f. 4v). Engraving of Mary, Jesus and St. Anne (f. 4r).

Script

Written in various cursive scripts, with some headings in calligraphic bookhands.

Provenance

• Sold by L'Art Ancien (Zurich), 1959.
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--Societies, etc
• Confraternities--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Charters
• Hybrid books
• Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• Hybrid book
• 16th century
• Charter
• Christian
• Paper
• Poland
• Polish

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 2r — Societas Sanctae Annae, in oppido Malogosscz, f. 2r
• fol. 4r — Societas Sanctae Annae. Per Poloniam, Lithuaniam, Russiam, & alias S. Regis Poloniae ditiones instituta, f. 4r
• fol. 15r — Catalogus Fratrum Societatis Sanctae Annae in Malogoscz, Anno Domini 1595, f. 15r
• fol. 36v — Catalogus Fratrum ex hac in illam vitam commigrantium, f. 36v
• fol. 38r — Catalogus Sororum Societatis Sanctae Annae, Anno Domini 1595, f. 38r

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Engraved initial, Initial I, f. 1r
• fol. 3r — Wax seals, f. 3r
• fol. 4r — Engraving, Virgin and Child with St. Anne, f. 4r
• fol. 4v — Engraving, Coat of arms, f. 4v
• fol. 5r — Engraved initial, Initial I, f. 5r
• fol. 6r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 6r
• fol. 7r — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 7r