Pratica deli devoti

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1450

Description:

Devotional treatises, one in 2 chapters on the Trinity, the other in 10 chapters on Jesus Christ, with references to the visions of either Mechthild of Magdeburg or Mechthild of Hackeborn.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1959.

Subject:

Jesus Christ Devotional literature Early works to 1800; Jesus Christ; Devotional literature, Italian; Trinity -- Early works to 1800; Trinity; Spirituality -- Catholic Church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Treatises; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Devotional literature; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper; 143 x 105 (103 x 76) mm bound to 150 x 110 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from incipit (f. 2r): Incomenza la pratica deli devoti overo devotioni de menare la mente ad Yesu Cristo secundo la visioni dela beata Mechtilde ...; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 40 + i (modern paper); [1-40]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 2 columns of 20-21 lines; ruled in drypoint.; Script: Written in a humanistic script by a single hand.; Decoration: Extensive use of red for initials, headings, etc. A few initials decorated with faint blue, yellow, etc.; Binding: Modern vellum.; Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Most leaves badly stained, possibly from water.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 335