Instructions for a nun and the Passion according to St. John

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Title: Instructions for a nun and the Passion according to St. John
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Southern Netherlands
Abstract: Manuscript on paper containing 1) Instructions for a nun, addressed as "ma devote fille", by a priest, containing extensive Latin quotations, followed by their French translations, from the Bible, St. Augustine, St. Bernard, Cesarius of Arles, St. Gregory the Great, Isidore of Seville, St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom, Macrobius, Origen, Richard of St. Victor ("ung docteur nommé Richart"), Seneca, Thomas Aquinas. 2) The Passion according to the Gospel of St. John, as read in the office of Good Friday (Jn. 18:1-40; 19:1-42), to be read when a nun is dying, in French translation
Description: In French.
Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens.
Watermark: Crowned Lily, var. Briquet 7252 (mostly 1468-1477).
Written in campo aperto in one column, 20-23 lines.
Headings and stroking of majuscules in red.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Blue mottled paper over cardboard.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. ii + 24 + ii : 135 x 95 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Netherlands 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Didactic literature, French
Manuscripts, Medieval
Women
Religious life
Subjects: Didactic literature, French
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Women > Religious life
Netherlands > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Instructions for a nun and the Passion according to St. John. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.