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Devotional treatises; Italy (?Venice), 1440

MS. Holkham misc. 12

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Title

Devotional treatises; Italy (?Venice), 1440

Shelfmark

MS. Holkham misc. 12

Place of origin

Italian, Veneto, Venice (?)

Date

1440

Language

Latin

Contents

1. (fols. 1r–) Rudolf von Biberach De septem itineribus aeternitatis
2. (fols. 122r) Elegiacs in praise of the work
3. (fols. 122v–135r) Alphabetical tabula to the work, preceded by instructions for use.
4. (fols. 135r) Hexameters in praise of the work
5. (fols. 135v) Bonaventure Soliloquium
6. (fols. 177v–) Bonaventure De triplici uia
7. (fols. 189v–) Ps.-Augustine Sermon 351
8. (fols. 201v–) Ps.-Augustine Commentary on the Lord's Prayer
9. (fols. 203r–) Caesarius of Arles Sermo de indigna familiaritate extranearum mulierum
10. (fols. 205r–) Rubric: Sermo sancti Augustini episcopi de edificatione anime
11. (fols. 208r–) Ps.-Augustine Serm. 154
12. (fols. 211v–) Ps.-Augustine Serm. 49
13. (fols. 214r–) Pelagius (Ps.-Augustine) Liber de uita christiana
14. (fols. 226v–) Ps.-Augustine Manuale
15. (fols. 235v–) Rubric: Libellus seu tractatus beati Augustini episcopi de moribus et vita honesta. In alio libro dicitur Ambrosii
16. (fols. 237r–) Bernard of Clairvaux De diligendo Deo
17. (fols. 256r–) Arnulfus de Boeriis Speculum monachorum
18. (fols. 258r–) Ps. Bernard Formula honestae uitae
19. (fols. 259v–) Ps.-Bernard Rubric: Informatio ad religionem s. Bernardi abbatis
20. (fols. 260v–) Ps.-Bernard Preface to Psalms

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iii (paper) + 260 + iii (paper)

Hands

Fine 'fere humanistica' script, attributed to Michael de Salvaticis (see under Provenance).

Decoration

One reactangular miniature: the Stigmatization of St. Francis, his companion nearby outside a chapel, set in a lanscape with mountains, trees, bushes, a river, and animals; with a three-sided foliate border, including the Redeemer in a small roundel in the upper border, and the Virgin and Child seated on the ground in a larger roundel in the lower border (fol. 1r). (Pächt and Alexander ii. 464, pl. XLVI)

Binding

Straight-grained dark blue morocco, the upper cover stamped in gilt with the Coke crest; the spine lettered in gilt 'BIBRACHI | ITINERUM | ÆTERNITATI | ET | ALIORUM | OPERA | – | MS. | SÆC. XV. | 154'.

Provenance

The scribe is identifiable with Michael de Salvaticis , active in Venice c.1430–60.

Bernardo Trevisan , Venice, early 18th century ((Hassall, 1970), 24 n. 11).

Bought by Thomas Coke , c. 1717.

Bookplate ' THOMAS WILLIAM COKE ' (1754–1842), and the signature 'Thos Wlm Coke' (fol. i verso); formerly Holkham Hall, MS. 154.

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