Religious meditations, treatises and sermons — 16th century; Italian
MS. Add. A. 29
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Religious meditations, treatises and sermons — 16th century; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Add. A. 29
Place of origin
Italian
Date
16th century
Language
Italian
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
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Title
Religious pieces
Shelfmark
MS. Add. A. 29
Summary
Religious pieces, made up of three MSS.:
First manuscript comprises:
(fol. 1) Meditations on the Passion of Christ, for the canonical hours, in Latin: prologue beg. 'Septies in die ... Rogasti me.';
(fol. 19) Religious treatise, in Italian: beg. 'Quando serra nato in te.';
(fol. 31) Treatise on the Seven Words of Christ on the Cross: beg. 'Septe Parabole ... Da po che Iesu.' Two Italian hymns are at fols. 15v, 54v (begg. 'Loratione si e un leuamento', 'Sopr' ogni lingua amore'), and a Latin one at fol. 55 beg. 'Tibi laudes et gratias').
Second manuscript comprises:
(fol. 58) A meditation on the sorrows of the Virgin Mary, in Italian, beg. 'Maria staua fore de lo monumento.'.
Third manuscript comprises:
(fol. 78). Religious meditations on Christ's sufferings, in Italian: the first beg. 'Fu una anima molto desiderosa.';
(fol. 104) An account of the Crucifixion, written in the first person as if by Christ, in Italian: beg. '[O] vera virgine': in double columns;
(fol. 109) A sermon on Rev. i. 5 in Italian: beg. 'Dilexit nos ... Non posso negare': in double columns.
Date
written in the 16th century (the first two early, the third later), in Italy
Language
Italian
Multiple languages
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
119 Leaves
Custodial history
Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 853.
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Collection contents
Religious pieces
