[Miscellany of religious works]

Name:

Isaac, of Syria, 7th century

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1500

Description:

Collection of 7 religious, predominantly Franciscan, works. 3 are by Saint Bonaventure and one is a story about Saint Bonaventure teaching about the holy life. Other contents include works attributed to Catherine of Bologna and Isaac the Syrian, a 6th-century abbot of Spoleto, along with a group of sermons. The first two items are printed, and were published together by Albertino da Lisona Vercelese in Venice in 1502.

Language:

Italian; Latin

Provenance:

Gift of Francis Campbell Macauley (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Macauley, Francis Campbell, former owner.

Subject:

Franciscans -- Theology; Catholic Church -- Sermons; Catholic Church; Franciscans; Angels; Theology; Mysticism -- Catholic Church; Sermons, Italian; Spirituality -- Catholic Church; Monastic and religious life -- Early works to 1800; Monastic and religious life; Angels -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); sermons; anthologies; treatises; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

208 leaves : parchment and paper; 215 x 152 mm bound to 225 x 156 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-29v: Dialogo [Italian translation of Soliloquium] / composto per Sancto Bonaventura, cardinal del ordine di Fratri Minori.; Table of contents: 2. f.30r-41v: Itinerario in semedemo [Italian translation of Itinerarium mentis in Deum]/ del eximio doctore Sancto Bonaventura cardinale.; Table of contents: 3. f.42r-98v: Uno libreto [Sette armi spirituali] / composto da una beata religiosa del corpo de Christo Sora Caterina da Bologna [1.1-10.22, lacking closing (10.23)]; Table of contents: 4. f.99r-136r: Libro dell'abate Ysaac di Siria come si deposare in dio et contempto del mundo [incomplete?]; Table of contents: 5. f.136v-200r: [Sermons]; Table of contents: 6. f.200v-201v: [Precepts of Saint Bonaventure]; Table of contents: 7. f.202r-208r: Tractatus Sancto Bonaventure de sex alis seraphin [incomplete?]; Title supplied by cataloger. Spine title: S. Bonaven. Dial. Itin.; Foliation: Parchment and paper, i (17th-century[?] paper) + 208 + i (17th-century[?] paper); [1-208]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Folios 157-167 are parchment; the rest are paper.; Script: Written in a humanistic script, mostly by one hand (except the section of the sermons on parchment, f. 157-167, and the story about the precepts of Saint Bonaventure, f. 200v-201v).; Binding: 17th-century pigskin (Zacour-Hirsch). Spine stamped, with some gilding. Cover flaking around edges and spine. Cracking on spine and at hinges.; Origin: Manuscripts written in Italy in the late 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Some of the leaves are becoming brittle. On a number of leaves, oxidation of the ink has damaged the paper and rendered the text very difficult to read. On some leaves this deterioration has eaten through the paper. Some leaves show evidence of attempts to repair the damage.; Italian, with occasional phrases in Latin.; Related Work: Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274. Soliloquium. Italian.; Related Work: Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274. Itinerarium mentis in Deum. Italian; Related Work: Catherine, of Bologna, Saint, 1413-1463. Sette armi spirituali.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 241