[Miscellany of religious verse and prose]

Name:

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Collection of religious verse and some prose.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Jacques Rosenthal, 1959.

Subject:

Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380; Jesus Christ In literature; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint In literature; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church; Devotional literature, Italian; Italian literature -- Early works to 1800; Italian poetry -- Early works to 1800; Spirituality -- Catholic Church; Italian poetry; Italian literature

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Anthologies; Codices; Poems; Prayers; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

54 leaves : paper; 212 x 143 mm bound to 219 x 143 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.2r-6r: Visione contemplativa [21 eight-line stanzas] (incipit: Questa si chiama una visione contemplativa la quale visione fu mostrata a uno grande procettore et cosi co lui che cosi vidde la ricopio poi in rima). -- 2. f.6v-7r: Untitled poem (perhaps a continuation of the previous, in a different hand) [35 lines] (incipit: Pero ti[m?]pito che tumiri spondi / ...). -- 3. f.8r-8v: Oratione (incipit: Qui addomanda la gratia de la quale tu ai desiderio davere, Per la quale oratione te singularmente prego come certa cosa ...). -- 4. f.8v-9v: Oratione della Vergine Maria (incipit: Ad voi signor mio Yesu Christo ...) -- 5. f.12r: [Fragment of?] two seven-line verses. -- 6. f.12r-13v: La laude del corpo di Christo [one two-line and eleven six-line stanzas] (incipit: Ogniuno adori in questo pan sagrato ...). -- 7. f.13v-14v: La laude di santa Caterina da Siena [one four-line and seven five-line stanzas] (incipit: Qual vergine a dio sia tanto acietta ...). -- 8. f.14v-17r: La laude del venardi santo [eight eight-line stanzas], followed by another untitled poem [one two-line and nine six-line stanzas]. -- 9. f.17r-18v: Laude del vano parlare. -- 10. f.18v-19v: Laude di santo Ansano martire. -- 11. f.19v-22v: Laude [pestilence in Siena]. -- 12. f.32r-33v: Prayers. -- 13. f.34r-36r: Thirty three-line poems (incipit: Ave pastor al sommo grado dengnio ...). -- 14. f.37r-40r: Francesco Petrarca. Oratione optima a nostra dona di misere [Canz. 366]. -- 15. f.41r-v: Prayer in Latin. -- 16. f.43r-44r: Historical data regarding Florence, 1186-1327.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 54 + i (modern paper); [1-54]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in cursive script by different hands.; Decoration: Red or blue initials, some with ornamentation (f. 12r, 37r); rubricated headings.; Binding: Modern boards.; Origin: Written in Siena in the 15th and 16th centuries (Zacour-Hirsch).; Various stains and smudges.; Italian, with one prayer in Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 315