(Q17159)
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28 November 2023
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Rule of the Third Order of Franciscans : in Italian and Latin].
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Italian--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Third Order Regular of St. Francis--Manuscripts
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Third Order Regular of St. Francis--Early works to 1800
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ca. 1450
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 77 leaves : parchment ; 190 x 135 (143 x 101) mm bound to 21 cm, in box 23 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Italian and Latin.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based primarily on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: ...heretico o sospecto...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. iii (paper) + 77 + iii (paper) ; 1-710 810−3 (final three leaves apparently cancelled) ; decorative catchwords in the center lower margin of the final verso of each quire. Modern arabic pencil foliation, first 1 or 2 leaves of each quire.
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Layout: 1 column, 25 lines. Bounding and ruling lines in light plummet.
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Script: Written in a rounded gothic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: 1- and 2-line initials throughout alternating red and blue; 5-line blue and white initial with red filigree, fol. 1.
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Binding: 17th-century limp vellum with 2 alum-tawed ties, paper pastedowns and flyleaves, watermark of scales in a circle; 17th-century title on spine: "REGOLA/ del/ TERZO ORDINE/ DI/ SANCTO FRANCE/SCO" and "COD. MEM[BR]/SAEC...." [the remainder faded]. In tan cloth-covered clamshell box.
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Origin: Written in Tuscany, probably at the abbey in Poggibonzi for the use of the Franciscans there.
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Provenance: 18th-century inscription, fol. 1r: "Della libraria di S. Francesco presso Villafranca," presumably referring to the Franciscan community in the nearby town of Villafranca di Lunigiana.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by BPL in 1938 (Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts 57059).
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Call number: MS q Med.119.
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Former call number: MS Fr.96.F84t.
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Bibliography: More Books/BPL Quarterly XV (1940): 406-7 (pasted inside rear cover).
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4 December 2023
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