Summula ecclesiae sacramentorum
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Description
- Title
- Summula ecclesiae sacramentorum
- Creator
- Giffono, Leonardus de, d. 1407
- Published / Created
- 1497.
- Publication Place
- Southern Italy
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of Leonardus de Giffono O.F.M. (d. 1407), Summula Ecclesiae sacramentorum, in fact a Confessionale or manual of penitence; with magical formulas against the plague, a table of contents, and additional prayers and indexes
- Description
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In Latin and Italian.
Script: The main text (artt. 2-3) is copied by a single hand in Gothico-Humanistica Libraria, while artt. 1, 4, 5 and 6 are written in Humanistica Cursiva by various hands.
Decoration: Red headings; stroking of majuscules in red; red or blue paragraph marks; alternately red and blue 1-line versals with penwork in the contrasting color, and 1- or 2-line flourished initials in blue with red penwork. Note a 5-line brown initial, in art. 3 (f. 13r), on a red background decorated with gold penwork, with a coat of arms resting on two adossed green birds in the lower margin.
Binding: Original brown leather over wooden boards, sewn on two double cords. Both covers are blind-tooled with quadruple fillets, rope and flower motifs, and quadrangular small stemps. The remnants of two clasps are attached to the front cover, associated with brass catches fixed to the rear cover. The flyleaves (art. 7) are part of a single leaf from a 12th or 13th century manuscript on parchment, written in a late Beneventan script. - Provenance
- Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. i (parchment) + 232 + i (parchment) : 170 x 125 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1126
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- Paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Giffono, Leonardus de, d. 1407.
- Subject (Topic)
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Manuscripts, Medieval
Sacraments
Catholic Church - Subjects
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Giffono, Leonardus de, d. 1407
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Sacraments > Catholic Church > Early works to 1800
Italy > 15th century
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
- Leonardus de Giffono, Summula Ecclesie Sacramentorum. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9897704
- Object ID (OID)
- 2040655
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