Le constitutione delle Suore della penitentia de Santo Domenico del Terzo Ordine del Monasterio di Santo Vincentio di Firenze vocato Annalena

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1475

Description:

Constitutions of the Dominican sisters of the third order of the monastery of Santo Vincentio in Florence, called Annalena, which was founded in 1494.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Prince Petri Ginori Conti (bookplate, inside upper cover); sold by Olschki (Florence) at one point (inv. # 27860; sticker, inside upper cover).; Acquired, 1963.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Discipline; Catholic Church; Discipline; Dominicans; Constitutions -- Specimens; Monasticism and religious orders for women -- History -- Early works to 1800; Monasticism and religious orders for women; History; Constitutions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Constitutions; Codices; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Specimens

Physical Description:

17 leaves : parchment; 248 x 173 (173 x 102) mm bound to 254 x 177 m.

Geographic Subject:

Florence (Italy) -- History -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from rubric (f. 1r).; Collation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 17 + i (modern paper); 1¹⁰, 2¹⁰(-3) [bound as 2²(+1), 3⁴]; 1-17; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. The three single folios of what was originally quire 2 have been given tissue supports and sewn as a quire of one bifolium and one single folio. This was probably done at the time of the original sewing.; Script: Written in a Gothic rotunda script.; Decoration: Rubricated throughout; spaces for initials at the beginning of each chapter.; Binding: 15th-century Italian limp vellum.; Origin: Written in Florence at the monastery Annalena of Santo Vincentio, in the last quarter of the 15th century (rubric, f. 1r).; Except for some stains on the parchment, generally in very good condition.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 104