Prayers, hymns, and meditations — 15th century, beginning; Italian, North
MS. Canon. Liturg. 159
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Prayers, hymns, and meditations — 15th century, beginning; Italian, North
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 159
Associated place
Venice
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, North
Date
15th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Good initial. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 772)
Binding
17th century or 18th century?, Italian: thin pasteboard, folded continously around spine as a casing; covering of orange-red velvet, formed from pieces sewn crudely together, possibly cannibalized from a piece of clothing; spine very worn, exposing an edging of green fabric along one of the sewn junctions; undecorated; no clasps; edges plain. 168–169 122–124 c. 12–15 (book closed). The manuscript was probably from a religious house, since it was inspected and approved in 1596 by a ‘father visitor’ of the S. Giustina Congregation, ? at Venice.
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Title
Italian and Latin prayers, hymns and meditations
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 159
Summary
Italian and Latin prayers, hymns and meditations, chiefly addressed to the Virgin or Christ. Among them are 'Lamentatio ... Virginis Marie de morte ... Filij' in Italian, a kind of miracle play (fol. 6V), and a similar one in Italian verse about the Passion (fol. 17): at fol. 33 is an Italian hymn in which every line begins with 'Ama Ihesum.'.
Date
Written in the 15th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Italian
Physical facet
On parchment, imperfect at end
Physical extent
47 Leaves
Custodial history
'Visus et permissus die 14 Martij 1596. Presbiter Paulus Cattaneus.'.
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
Italian and Latin prayers, hymns and meditations
