Ms. Codex 249 Carmine alla Beata Vergine Maria
Title
Carmine alla Beata Vergine MariaCall number
Ms. Codex 249(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9915808583503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122528335
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580858
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
ItalianOrigin
Written in southern[?] Italy in the 15th century. The orthography and the many endings in -u suggest this.
- Date
- 14--
- Place
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Italy
Summary
Poem to the Blessed Virgin. Consists of 236 six-line stanzas, plus another 27 lines that have been crossed out (f. 5v).
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Incipit: O gloriosa vergene Maria / Regina dellu celu et de omne gente / Prestame gratia nella mente mea / Che io te pocza ludare digniamente / Tu che sei Mater del filiolu de deu.... (f. 1r).
- Explicit: Et ihesu christu volliate pregare / Che se vollia dignare per vostro amore[?] / De perdonareme ca so peccatore. De[o] gratias. (f. 7v).
- Cover boards slightly warped. Some smudges and stains, possibly some water damage. No left margin on the versos; the leaves appear to have been trimmed after the text was written. Leaves originally folded in half.
Extent
7 leaves : 264 x 206 mm. bound to 266 x 201 mmFoliation
Paper, i (modern paper) + 7 + i (modern paper); [1-7]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.Support
PaperBinding
Modern vellum over boards.Layout
Script
Provenance
- Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., 1950.
Subjects topical
- Christian poetry--Early works to 1800
- Devotional literature--Early works to 1800
- Italian poetry--15th century
- Religious poetry, Italian--To 1500
Genres
- Codices
- Poems
- Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
Keywords
- 15th century
- Devotion
- Literature -- Poetry
- Paper
- Italian
- Italy
- Christian
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