Enselmino da Montebelluna — 15th century; Italian

Title

Enselmino da Montebelluna — 15th century; Italian

Martyrology (?) — 12th century; Byzantine (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 317

Associated place

Italian

Place of origin

Italian

Byzantine (?)

Date

12th century

15th century

Language

Italian

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

Binding

15th century, Italian (as MS.): wood boards with pronounced inside bevel and rounded corners, probably always bare, in quarter-leather style; the original spine of dark leather (lost) stretched nearly halfway across each board, secured there by a vertical row of five nails which were evidently saved and reused later for the narrower reback; remains of a single clasp at centre fore-edge with a lost strap of thick tawed leather; endleaves (fols. 1, 41) are fragments from a Greek martyrology(?), 12th century; a 15th(?)-century table of contents is written in ink on the bare inside front board. Rebacked in light brown leather, later 19th century, Bodleian. 221 154–156 c. 24 (book closed).

Title

'...Planctus Virginis Marie' etc.

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 317

Summary

'...Planctus Virginis Marie,' '... Fletus siue lamentatio beate Marie Virginis uulgariter compillata & in rithimis probata per ... fratrem Anselmum ordinis sancti Augustini', in nine chapters: followed by a shorter poem of thanks to the Virgin beg.'[N]ele toe braze, o uergene Maria', fol. 36v). Fols. 1, 41 are fragments of a 12th cent. Greek martyrology (?) on parchment.

Date

Written in the 15th century in Italy

Language

Italian

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

41 Leaves