[Specchio de coscienza]

Alternate Title:

Confessionale.

Name:

Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389-1459

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1466

Description:

Text of a Confessionale in Italian by Saint Antoninus, in the form ending "la dicta età" (in this manuscript spelled "alla detta eta"). Some leaves at the beginning are missing. At the end (f. 81v) are 13 lines of a "Missa pro morbo evitando."

Language:

Italian; Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1958.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Discipline; Catholic Church; Discipline; Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts; Liturgics; Penitentials; Penance; Confession -- Catholic Church; Confession -- Early works to 1800; Confession; Confession -- Catholic Church -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Penance -- Early works to 1800; Penitentials -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); penitentials; codices (bound manuscripts); manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Handbooks and manuals

Physical Description:

81 leaves : paper; 209 x 143 (139 x 73) mm bound to 210 x 140 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Colophon (f. 81v): Finitum die XXI aprilis 1466 per me miserum Andream et indignum sacerdotem filium Bartoli de Lunigiana rure dicta Stagnone.; Foliation: Paper, i (parchment) + 81 + i (parchment); [1-81]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 26 long lines; ruled in drypoint.; Script: Written in a humanistic script by Andreas son of Bartolus de Lunigiana (colophon, f. 81v).; Binding: Contemporary half-leather over wooden boards.; Origin: Written in Stagnone (Italy), 21 April 1466 (colophon, f. 81v).; Cover in very poor condition. Leather badly deteriorated; upper cover board completely detached, lower board loose. Front endleaf detached. Stains on upper and outer edge of most leaves. Some indications of worm damage.; Saint Antoninus wrote three treatises that comprise the Confessional. This Italian text is original, not translated from Latin. Its earliest impression is Italy, unknown town and printer, dated 1472 (See notes of bookseller Jacques Rosenthal on file in the Library).; Inscription on verso of back flyleaf: "Iste liber est meus presbiter Domenico de Mairis."; Italian, with short "Missa" text at end in Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 272