Sposalitio di Sancta Catherina vergine e martire
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Description
- Title
- Sposalitio di Sancta Catherina vergine e martire
- Contributor
- Catherine,--of Alexandria, Saint
- Published / Created
- 1559
- Publication Place
- Florence,
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of a play in five acts, written for an audience of nuns by a Dominican friar. The only surviving manuscript containing this text.
- Description
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Binding: early paper binding.
Play (Commedia) in five acts, in verse, about S. Catherine of Alexandria, written for an audience of nuns (see the frequent allusions to Christ as “sposo celeste”) by a Dominican friar whose initials are F.N.F. There are many important changes and additions by a slightly later, rapid hand.
Script: the original text copied by a single hand, writing Humanistica Cursiva. The changes and additions are written in Humanistica Cursiva Currens under Gothic influence. - Extent
- ff. 42 ; 210 x 150 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Italian
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 843
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
-
Annotations
Manuscripts - Material
- paper
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
- Catherine,--of Alexandria, Saint
- Subject (Topic)
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Commedia dell’arte
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Sposalitio di Sancta Catherina Vergine e Martire. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9883648
- Object ID (OID)
- 10995177
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms843.htm