Poems on monastic life. (DS1431) (Q8703)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9954234603503681, Ms. Codex 1620)
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Poems on monastic life. (DS1431)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9954234603503681, Ms. Codex 1620)

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    Poems on monastic life.
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    Hybrid books
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    Monasticism and religious orders for women--Early works to 1800
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    Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint--Prayers and devotions
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    Monasticism and religious orders for women
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    Early works to 1800
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    Latin, with the final poem in Italian (f. 16v)
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    Extent: 134 leaves (16 manuscript) : paper, color illustrations ; 147 x 96 (109 x 69) mm bound to 149 x 109 mm
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    paper, color illustrations
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    Foliation: Paper, 16 manuscript leaves; [1-8] (at beginning of volume), [9-16] (at end of volume), modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
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    Printed edition is cataloged separately under the title Speculum perfectionis vene[rabilis] Fr[ater] Henrici Hierp ...
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    Title supplied by cataloger.
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    Ms. codex.
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    Layout: Written in 17-20 long lines or lines of verse, with the first line of text above the line; frame-ruled in lead.
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    Script: Written in a humanistic script, with the last poem written in a humanistic cursive or italic script (f. 16v).
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    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.
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    Binding: 17th- or 18th-century morocco, gilt spine.
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    Origin: Written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch) after 1524, the date of the printed edition; probably between 1530 and 1550 (Zacour-Hirsch).
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    Possible ownership inscriptions on first printed leaf: F. Franciscus pradice [?]; Ballesdens.
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    Transferred from Culture Class collection, University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
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    Sold by Lathrop C. Harper (New York), 1962.
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    19 September 2023
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    19 September 2023
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