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Title

Pratica deli devoti

Call number

Ms. Codex 335
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9915809643503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122480024
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580964

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

between 1450 and 1499

Place

Italy

Summary

Devotional treatises, one in 2 chapters on the Trinity, the other in 10 chapters on Jesus Christ, with references to the visions of either Mechthild of Magdeburg or Mechthild of Hackeborn.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from incipit (f. 2r): Incomenza la pratica deli devoti overo devotioni de menare la mente ad Yesu Cristo secundo la visioni dela beata Mechtilde ...
   
• Most leaves badly stained, possibly from water.
   

Extent

40 leaves : 143 x 105 (103 x 76) mm. bound to 150 x 110 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (modern paper) + 40 + i (modern paper); [1-40]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern vellum.

Layout

Written in 2 columns of 20-21 lines; ruled in drypoint.

Decoration

Extensive use of red for initials, headings, etc. A few initials decorated with faint blue, yellow, etc.

Script

Written in a humanistic script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1959.
   

Subjects topical

• Devotional literature, Italian
• Trinity--Early works to 1800
• Spirituality--Catholic Church

Genres

• Codices
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Treatise
• Devotion
• Christian
• Italy

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 2v — Decorated initial, Initial U, f. 2v
• fol. 18r — Decorated initial, Initial P, f. 18r