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John Climax, Jacopone da Todi, Johannes de Alvernia, Petrarch — 15th century, late (after 1476)

MS. Canon. Misc. 536

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Title

John Climax, Jacopone da Todi, Johannes de Alvernia, Petrarch — 15th century, late (after 1476)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 536

Date

15th century, late (after 1476)

Language

Latin

Italian

Contents

1. (fol. 1) Patristic sententiae
2. (fol. 16) Hymns
Incipit: Stabat mater dolorosa
Incipit: Stabat mater speciosa, Justa fenum gaudiosa Dum jacebat parvulus
Incipit: In hoc anni circulo Vita datur seculo Nato nobis parvulo
Incipit: Ave vivens hostia et vita[sic], In qua sacrificia cunta sunt finita, Per te Patri gloria datur infinita, Per te stat ecclesia jugiter munita.
Incipit: Recordare, frater pie, Septem vicibus in die Passionis Domini
3. (fol. 26v) John Climax Scala paradisi
4. (fol. 42) Apostles' Creed with concordance of prophets
5. (fol. 46) Incipit: Deo servire est regnare
6. (fol. 48) Sententiae from Seneca, Aristotle, etc.
7. (fol. 50) Jacopone da Todi Laude
8. (fol. 52v) Jacopone da Todi Laude to fr. Zuane de Laverna
9. (fol. 53) Johannes de Alvernia De gradibus animae
10. (fol. 53v) Extracts from Cassiodorus, Seneca, Aristotle, ete.
11. (fol. 65) Incipit: Quisquis precipuam Cristi spectare peroptat
12. (fol.65v) Incipit: Non ual superbia ira ne crudel sdegno
13. (fol. 66) Petrarch Verses to Mary Magdalen (from Seniles 14.15)
(fols. 66v–69v) Mostly comprised of inscriptions and epitaphs copied at Rome, c. 1474-6.
14. (fol. 66v) Rubric: Sanctus iohannes euangelista
15. (fol. 67) Rubric: Sanctus Bernardus, Romae in S. Johanne Lateranensi
16. (fol. 67) Rubric: Rome ante sanctam mariam maiorem
17. (fol. 67) Rubric: Rome ad mineruam in conuentu fratrum predicatorum
18. (fol. 67v) Rubric: De petro apostolo in curtiuo rome sub naui apostolorum ad sanctum petrum
19. (fol. 67v) Rubric: In capella sancti petri
20. (fol. 67v) Rubric: Rome ex monasterio sancti sabe abbatis in quo ostenduntur corpora titi et vespasiani que uidi in die stacionis sancte prisce . 1476
21. (fol. 67v) Petrarch Rubric: Italia dominus F. P. qum exiret ex galia in italiam et esset in vertice gibenne montis hec de eius laude italie composuit carmina
22. (fol. 68) Petrach's epitaph for himself
23. (fol. 68v) Rubric: Viro insigni F. Petrarche Laureato, Franciscolus de Brossano Mediolanensis, gener individua conversatione, amore, propinquitate, successione, memoria, in vila Arquati, districtus Paduae
23. (fol. 68v) Rubric: Papa pius in conuentu sancti francisci
25. (fol. 68v) Rubric: Calpurnia anthis fecit
26. (fol. 69r) Rubric: Rome ex sancto iohanne lateranensi ubi papa dat benedictionem. 1476
27. (fol. 70) De pace et amore, de eucharistia, etc. .
28. (fol. 70v) Sententiae from Bernard, Gregory, John Gerson, Rabanus, Chrysostom, Lactantius, aliisque; mana, altera

Form

codex

Support

paper, folded in octavo; watermark difficult to see, but probably cf. Piccard, Anker, IV.165-6, 168-9 (used 1482-8)

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

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Title

Theological

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 536

Summary

Patristic and classical extracts

Hymns

John Climax, Scala paradisi (extracts)

Poems and laude

Date

16th century

Language

Latin

Italian

Physical extent

1 volume

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Collection contents

Canonici Manuscripts

Canonici Miscellaneous

Theological

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  • John,‏ Climacus, Saint,‏ active 6th century‏

  • Jacopone, da Todi, 1230-1306

  • Canonici, Giuseppe (d. 1807)

  • Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

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