[Carmine alla Beata Vergine Maria]
- Description
- Poem to the Blessed Virgin. Consists of 236 six-line stanzas, plus another 27 lines that have been crossed out (f. 5v).
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- poems
- Manuscripts, Italian
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
- Date
- 1400
- Language
- Italian
- Subject
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint Poetry
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
- Christian poetry
- Christian poetry -- Early works to 1800
- Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800
- Devotional literature
- Italian poetry -- 15th century
- Italian poetry
- Religious poetry, Italian -- To 1500
- Religious poetry, Italian
- Extent
- 7 leaves : paper ; 264 x 206 mm bound to 266 x 201 mm
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Incipit: O gloriosa vergene Maria / Regina dellu celu et de omne gente / Prestame gratia nella mente mea / Che io te pocza ludare digniamente / Tu che sei Mater del filiolu de deu.... (f. 1r).
- Explicit: Et ihesu christu volliate pregare / Che se vollia dignare per vostro amore[?] / De perdonareme ca so peccatore. De[o] gratias. (f. 7v).
- Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 7 + i (modern paper); [1-7]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
- Layout: Written in 2 columns of 55-60 lines.
- Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.
- Binding: Modern vellum over boards.
- Origin: Written in southern[?] Italy in the 15th century. The orthography and the many endings in -u suggest this.
- Cover boards slightly warped. Some smudges and stains, possibly some water damage. No left margin on the versos; the leaves appear to have been trimmed after the text was written. Leaves originally folded in half.
- Italian.
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p35f9f
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 249
- Provenance
- Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., 1950.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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