La vita e ... la conversione del nostro segniore [jhesu] [christo]

Date:

1400

Description:

Manuscript containing an account of the life of Jesus. Also contains what appear to be short sayings of Jesus or prayers in a different hand (f. 60r). This text ends abruptly, possibly in mid-sentence.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Jacques Rosenthal, 1952.

Relation:

Collation model: https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/133/

Subject:

Jesus Christ; Spirituality -- Catholic Church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

60 leaves : parchment; 244 x 170 (181 x 123) mm bound to 247 x 174 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from heading (f. 1r): Questo libro tracta de la vita e de la conversione del nostro segnioro yhu xpo.; Modern note in orange pencil (inside upper cover): Vita e conversione del nostro Signore.; Incipit: Intra le altre grande vertude che se lezeno de sancta Cecilia vergene sie questa che ella portava sempre lo euangelio de [Christo] abscoso i[n] del suo pecto.... (f. 1r).; Collation: Parchment, 60; 1-7⁸, 8⁴; [1-60]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 37 long lines; ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a miniscule bookhand by a single hand, except for occasional corrections and additions. The text on f. 60r appears to be in a different hand.; Decoration: 6-line initial with penwork ornamentation (f. 1r); rubricated headings and initials.; Binding: Contemporary half leather over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Back cover board split, with evidence of a repair attempt; a couple of the nails are loose. Front board securely attached but back board somewhat loose. The leather that covered the spine has almost completely worn away. Parchment stained in places, sometimes badly. Some smudges. Ink mostly clear, but faded on some folios. A few wormholes. Some doodling on f. 60r-v.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 260