Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 79

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS17771

Shelfmark:

VAULT Case MS 79

Title:

Rule of Saint Benedict (in Italian)

Regula

Author:

Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino

Benedict of Nursia WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1450 and 1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 62 leaves : parchment ; 225 x 165 (155 x 108) mm

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from printed catalog.
The Rule of Saint Benedict prepared for nuns, note "figliola" in incipit; "monache" and "abbadessa" mentioned in text. Commentaries incorporated in the text under red lemmata, "Declaratio."
Collation: Parchment, fol. 61 + i (foliated 1-26); 1-48 5-610 1110(8, stub only); catchwords written in black or red ink.
Layout: Written in 30 long lines; ruled in light brown ink.
Script: Written in Italian gothic textualis rotunda formata.
Decoration: Historiated initials fol. 1r, Benedict reading his rule, monks to his right, nuns to his left, framed in dull gold 10 lines high; alternating blue initials with red flourishes and red initials with violet flourishes.
Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 15th century.

Keyword:

Gothic scripts

illuminated manuscripts

Manuscripts, Italian

Monasticism and religious orders

Rules

Early works

Benedictines

Regula (Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino)

Criticism and interpretation

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma998722868805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8Z9U79B7

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library