[Libretto delli brevi]
- Description
- A testimonial in 24 chapters by Fra Francesco da Pesaro, a Capuchin monk, to the varied efficacies of an amulet of his manufacture, describing the uses of the amulet against disease, natural disasters, demonic and carnal temptations, witchcraft, and "fatture," etc. with examples of successful cases. The author claims to have received permission from the bishop of San Marino in 1606 for the use of the amulet.
- Creator
- Pesaro, Francesco, 1740-1799
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts, Italian
- Manuscripts, European
- Date
- 1629
- Language
- Italian
- Subject
- Charms
- Amulets
- Demonology
- Witchcraft and sex
- Geographic Subject
- Marche (Italy)
- Extent
- 104 leaves : paper ; 139 x 95 mm bound to 137 x 100 mm
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Incipit: Virtu delli brevi; primo, contra la fortuna del mare ... (f. 3r).
- Foliation: Paper, 104; [i], 1-23, 23-38, 38-54, 56-60, [61-102]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
- Binding: Contemporary parchment.
- Origin: Written in Italy on 2 August 1629 (f. i recto).
- Italian.
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3zp3w18s
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 580
- Provenance
- Provenance: "Joannes Baptista Comes a Thu[illeg.] 1695" inside upper cover; "Ego Wolfgangus Theodosius Barsa Thona possesor sum huius libri 1706" on upper cover.
- Purchased, 1959.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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