[Poems on monastic life].

Abstract:

Preface on holiness in nuns and poems attributed to Denis (Dionysus) Faucher on religious life precede a printed edition of Hendrik Herp's Speculum perfectionis (Venice: Sabio, 1524). The printed material ends with a woodcut of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and the following manuscript material begins with a hymn to Saint Catherine (f. 9r-10r), followed by additional poems on religious life. Most of the poems by Faucher are a addressed to a nun in the scholasticate (period following novitiate), except for one addressed to Antonius Rorincus (f. 8v).

Creator:

Faucher, Denis, 1487-1562.

Date:

1524

Identifier:

9954234603503681; (OCoLC)ocn775118875; (OCoLC)775118875; (PU)5423460-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin; Italian

Provenance:

Possible ownership inscriptions on first printed leaf: F. Franciscus pradice [?]; Ballesdens.; Transferred from Culture Class collection, University of Pennsylvania, 2012.; Sold by Lathrop C. Harper (New York), 1962.

Publisher:

[Italy], [after 1524]

Subject:

Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Early works to 1800.; Monasticism and religious orders for women.; Codices (bound manuscripts); Illuminations (painting); Devotional literature.; Poetry.; Hybrid books.; Manuscripts, Latin -- 16th century.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Prayers and devotions.; Prayers.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

134 leaves (16 manuscript) : paper, color illustrations; 147 x 96 (109 x 69) mm bound to 149 x 109 mm

Personal Name:

Catherine,; Herp, Hendrik, approximately 1400-1477. Speculum perfectionis.

Rights:

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Notes:

Foliation: Paper, 16 manuscript leaves; [1-8] (at beginning of volume), [9-16] (at end of volume), modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Printed edition is cataloged separately under the title Speculum perfectionis vene[rabilis] Fr[ater] Henrici Hierp ...; Title supplied by cataloger.; Ms. codex.; Layout: Written in 17-20 long lines or lines of verse, with the first line of text above the line; frame-ruled in lead.; Script: Written in a humanistic script, with the last poem written in a humanistic cursive or italic script (f. 16v).; Decoration: Full-page illumination of a nun on the cross above a 4-line verse titled Ad scholasticam (f. 1r) and an illumination of a skull surrounded by bones and flowers (f. 3r), both surrounded by text passages on scrolls; rubrication in red; paragraph marks in red or blue and 1- or 2-line initials in red or blue.; Binding: 17th- or 18th-century morocco, gilt spine.; Origin: Written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch) after 1524, the date of the printed edition; probably between 1530 and 1550 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin, with the final poem in Italian (f. 16v).

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1620