Life of the Virgin Mary, together with two poems on the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. (DS1494) (Q8892)

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Life of the Virgin Mary, together with two poems on the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. (DS1494)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9915809293503681, Ms. Codex 312)

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    Life of the Virgin Mary, together with two poems on the Passion and Resurrection of Christ.
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    Christian saints in literature--Early works to 1800
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    Early works to 1800
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    Hagiography in literature--Early works to 1800
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    Catholic Church--Doctrines
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    Devotional literature, Italian--Early works to 1800
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    Christian hagiography--Early works to 1800
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    Extent: 142 leaves : paper; 213 x 142 (152 x 90) mm bound to 220 x 145 mm
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    Ms. codex.
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    The following items are on file in the Library: two typed pages of notes on the manuscript, presumably by Bernard Rosenthal; three photographs of folios of the manuscript, which appear to have been clipped from a dealer's catalog; and a letter from Bodo Richter (Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania) to Rudolf Hirsch (University of Pennsylvania Library) concerning the manuscript and...
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    These texts do not appear ever to have been published.
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    Various stains and smudges.
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    Title of first work taken from heading (f. 1r); titles of second and third works taken from explicits (f. 97r and 142r).
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    Incipit of first work (f. 1r): La beata Vergine Maria la quale fu madre di Christo ...
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    Incipit of second work (f. 51r): O increata maesta di dio / o infinita eterna potenza / ...
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    Incipit of third work (f. 101r): Volendo della resurexion [sic] santa / parlare chiamo Yhesu che re del cielo / ...
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    In the heading, incipits and explicits, the name Christo is written Xpo.
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    Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 142 + i (modern paper); 1-142; near contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
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    Script: Written in a 15th-century book script by a single hand.
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    Decoration: 4-line initial and foliate border decorated in gold, pink, green, blue, and white (f. 1r); blue initials with red penwork ornamentation; red initials with brown penwork ornamentation; rubricated headings and capitals.
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    Binding: Vellum, somewhat later than the text.
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    Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Tuscany, in 1473. First work finished on 22 September 1473 (colophon, f. 48r); second work finished on 30 September 1473 (colophon, f. 97v); third work finished 6 December 1473 (colophon, f. 142r). It is possible that these dates refer not only to the writing of the codex but also to the composition of the texts themselves.
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    The text appears to have been composed in Tuscany, and it is likely that the manuscript was written there as well. The Virgin's cintola was preserved in Prato (near Florence), and many of the miracles described in the first work take place in Tuscany.
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    Spine title: Vita del S. V. Maria.
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    Sold by Rosenthal, 1959.
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    Appears in Bernard M. Rosenthal's catalog 9 (1959), no. 44.
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    Formerly owned by Hermann Suchier (bookplate, inside front cover).
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    19 September 2023
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    19 September 2023
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