Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 151

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS18189

Shelfmark:

VAULT Case MS 151

Title:

Vita et epistole di S. Girolamo

Life of Saint Jerome

Correspondence of Jerome

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

approximately 1480

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 120] leaves, bound ; 24 cm (4to)

Note:

Spine title.
Caption title: "Comincia l'epistola del beato Eusebio la q[ua]le mando a Horato Dammaso veschouo portuense a theodoro, senator di Roma della morte del beato hyeronimo doctore excellentissimo et chardinale di sancta chiesa."
Possible identity of author as woman suggested by her annotations to Jerome's two letters to Saints Paula and Eustachia regarding the life of women in a religious order.
Text in a tiny, thin cursive hand in brown ink, on blind-ruled paper; captions, capitals, marginal notes, and fists in light red; vertical catchwords.
Blank leaves [101], [103-[108], and [110]-[111] replace nine missing leaves of text; leaves [115]-[120] were originally blank.
Watermark of a hat, used extensively in Florence during second half of 15th century; cf. Briquet "Chapeau", nos. 3387, 3391, 3393. Some leaves bear watermark of fleur-de-lis within a circle, also of Italian origin, but dating from the first half of 16th century; cf. Briquet "Fleur de lis inscrite dans un cercle", nos. 7105-7106.
Leaves [101], [103]-[108], [110]-[111], [115]-[119] blank.
For additional information, consult the Special Collectios Info File.

Keyword:

Shelf marks

Christian literature, Early

Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420

Correspondence

Christian saints

Manuscripts, Italian

Italy

Cults

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991828448805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZPQ7A39

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library