Life of St. John the Baptist

Description

Title: Life of St. John the Baptist
Published / Created: 1455 November 11
Publication Place: Italy (Florence)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of the Life of Saint John the Baptist. Manuscript also contains a formulary for addressing Latin letters to ecclesiastical authorities and dignitaries, as well as a sermon and vision about Saint John the Baptist
Description: In Italian.
Script: the formulary is copied in Gothica Semitextualis Libraria (Mercantesca); the other articles are in Gothica Semitextualis Currens (Mercantesca), sometimes of difficult legibility. There is no decoration.
Manuscript on paper containing: 1) Formulary for addressing Latin letters to pope Calixtus III (1455-1458) and various other Italian ecclesiastical authorities and dignitaries, ending with emperor Frederick III (1452-1493) and Charles VII, King of France (1422-1461). 2) Life of St. John the Baptist in Italian. 3) Sermon on St. John the Baptist, attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux. 4) Vision about St. John the Baptist, incomplete and of difficult legibility.
Binding: 20th century marbled brown paper binding.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. 45 : 285 x 215 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): John, the Baptist, Saint.
Subject (Topic): Christian hagiography
Devotional literature, Italian
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: John, the Baptist, Saint
Christian hagiography
Devotional literature, Italian
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Life of St. John the Baptist. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.