Fiorecti del libro de Sancto Francesco ... [etc.].

Abstract:

Chapters from Parts I-III of the Fioretti di San Francesco (stories and legends about Saint Francis and his disciples and followers) accompanied by an Italian translation of the 13th-century Latin account of the life of Francis' early companion Brother Juniper; an Italian prose translation of the Latin Legenda Sancta Clarae virginis by Thomas of Celano; an Italian translation of the rule of the Franciscans approved by Honorius III and issued by him in 1223 in the papal bull Solet annuere; and an Italian translation of the testament of Francis, first written in Latin before his death in 1226. The manuscript has marginal numbers for 119 chapters that include even those sections that are not part of the Fioretti; the numbers start over again for the rule and testament at the end. The numbers for chapters from the Fioretti often do not match the numbering in published editions. Occasional marginal notes point to miracles in the text (f. 63v-64r, for example). Slight losses to the vertical catchwords and a marginal note in an italic hand (f. 71v) due to trimming.

Date:

1460

Identifier:

9948338823503681; (OCoLC)ocn667706922; (OCoLC)667706922; (PU)4833882-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Italian; Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2010.

Publisher:

[Venice or Ferrara?, Italy], [between 1460 and 1480?]

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366323

Subject:

Monasticism and religious orders -- Rules.; Legends.; Illuminations (painting); Codices (bound manuscripts); Hagiographies.; Manuscripts, Italian -- 15th century.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

167 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 205 x 150 (134 x 94) mm

Personal Name:

Clare,; Francis,; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226. Testamentum.; Thomas, of Celano, active 1257. Legenda S. Clarae virginis. Italian

Corporate Name:

Catholic Church. Pope (1216-1227 : Honorius III). Solet annuere. Italian.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title for manuscript from title of predominant work in rubric (f. 45r).; Origin: Written in northern Italy, possibly Venice or Ferrara, between 1460 and 1480 (Les Enluminures).; Ms. codex.; Watermarks: Multiple, including marks similar to Briquet Aigle 201 (Venice, 1476), Aigle 202 (Venice, 1475), and Griffon 7465 (Venice and Ferrara, 1471-1476); also the letter R in a circle; and three mounts and a cross.; Decoration: 6-line historiated initial in pink on gold ground with Saint Francis with gold halo and stigmata, further decorated with acanthus leaves, floral motifs, and gold besants in the margin (f. 1r); circular laurel wreath with ribbons to receive arms or mongram, with 6-pointed star added later in ink (lower margin, f. 1r); numerous 3- to 5-line initials in red or blue with either purple or red flourishing; paragraph marks mostly in red in text, in blue before rubrics; chapter numbers (roman numerals in margins), rubrication, and occasional marginal notes in red. Decorative line fillers, initials touched with yellow, and a few slightly more elaborate 3- and 6-line initials in blue and red in the rule of the Franciscans (f. 160v-165r).; Script: Written in humanistic script, perhaps in two or three hands.; Layout: Written in 29 long lines; frame-ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines.; Collation: Paper, i (later paper) + 167 + i (later paper); 1⁴ 2¹⁰(-1) 3-6¹⁰ 7-9⁸ 10¹⁴(-1) 11⁸ 12¹⁰ 13¹⁰(-1) 14-17¹⁰ 18⁴ 19⁸(-2); [1-167]; modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Horizontal catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 4-8; vertical catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 12 and 14-17.; Binding: Later limp vellum (Les Enluminures).; Italian.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1577