[Leggendario delle Sante Virgini]

Contributor:

Cavalca, Domenico, -1342 (translator)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1350

Description:

Collection of hagiographic and devotional works concerning various female saints. These might come from the Vitae Patrum, a 14th-century collection of saints' lives and legends by unknown authors, translated into Italian by Domenico Cavalca (d. 1342). Contains the following works: Life of St. Domitilla (f. 1r-6v); Laude di Santa Domitilla (f. 6v-10v); Di Sancta Eufrasina, della sua nativita et come essendo maritata fuggi ad uno monasterio di monaci (f. 10v-21v); Di Santa Maria Vergine (f. 10v-24v); La vita e legenda della Beata Eugenia (f. 24v-30v).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Francis Campbell Macauley (bookplate, inside upper cover; Zacour-Hirsch).; Purchased, 1900 (Notes of Thomas R. Adams, on file in the Library).; Macauley, Francis Campbell, former owner.

Subject:

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint Legends; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Saints; Christian saints in literature; Christian saints in literature -- Early works to 1800; Saints -- Legends -- Early works to 1800; Spirituality -- Catholic Church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Legends; Hagiographies (works); Codices; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

32 leaves : paper; 223 x 175 (145 x 120) mm bound to 227 x 180 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from modern dealer's note (front flyleaf 1 verso).; The suggestion that these works might come from the Vitae Patrum is taken from a modern dealer's note (front flyleaf recto) and the notes of Thomas R. Adams, on file in the Library.; Fragmentary; the beginning of the first item and the end of the last are missing.; First work lacks title or incipit.; Second work. Heading: Laude di Santa Domitilla (f. 6v); incipit: Una stella ea parita Vergine di grande honore (f. 6v). This section consists of a collection of prayers and antiphons in honor of St. Domitilla.; Third work. Heading: Di Sancta Eufrasina della sua nativita et come essendo maritata fuggi ad uno monasterio di monaci (f. 10v); incipit: Fue nella cipta [sic] dalexandria uno ge[n]tile huomo & honorevole che temeva idio il quale avea nome panuntio (f. 10v-11r).; Fourth work. Heading: Di Santa Maria Vergine (f. 21v); incipit: Uno huomo secolare & imanendo morta lamoglie ... (f. 21v).; Fifth work. Heading: Comincia la vita e legenda della Beata Eugenia (f. 24v); incipit: Quomodo imperadore nel septimo anno del suo imperio mando filippo Illustrissimo huomo in Egipto ... (f. 24v).; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 30 + i (modern paper); [1-30]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 2 columns of 23 lines; frame-ruled in lead.; Script: Written in a single minuscule hand of the late 14th or 15th century (Notes of Thomas R. Adams, on file in the Library).; Decoration: Red and blue used to highlight initials and section headings.; Binding: Modern paper boards. Slightly loose in places; spine of cover split at front hinge.; Origin: Written in Italy in the late 14th or 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Various smudges and stains. Most leaves show some evidence of mildew damage. There is later arithmetic doodling in the bottom margin of f. 12r.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 242