(Q8703)
Statements
Faucher, Denis, 1487-1562
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Hybrid books
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Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
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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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Latin, with the final poem in Italian (f. 16v)
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[after 1524]
16. century
1524Gregorian
1524Gregorian
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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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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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