Lives of Sts. John Gualbert and Euphrosyna

Description

Title: Lives of Sts. John Gualbert and Euphrosyna
Published / Created: [ca.1441?]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (?) containing 1) Atto Pistoriensis, Vita sancti Iohannis Gualberti, Italian adaptation by friar Giovanni. 2) Gregorius abbas Passinianensis, Miraculum sancti Iohannis Gualberti, Italian version. 3) Prayer to God and St. John Gualbert. 4) Final Epilogue to the Life of St. John Gualbert. 5) Vita sanctae Euphrosynae Alexandrinae, Italian adaptation. 6) Poem in honour of St. John the Baptist, consisting of 10 strophes of 17 verses, describing "la nobile chapella del Batista" in Florence. 7) Sermon for nuns
Description: In Italian.
Script: copied by various rapid hands in Gothica Cursiva Currens (ff. 25r-40r, line 20; 42r-47v) or Gothica Hybrida Libraria (ff. 40r, line 20 - 41v). The explicit formula on f. 41v is in Humanistica Textualis.
No decoration.
Binding: Eighteenth century (?). Marbled paper over pasteboard. On the spine a label with the handwritten title "Vite / dei Si / Gio: / Gual: / ed / Eufra/sina" (Eighteenth Century).
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. 25 :
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper (?).
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Biography
Christian hagiography
Monasticism and religious orders
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Biography > 15th century
Christian hagiography
Monasticism and religious orders
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Lives of Sts. John Gualbert and Euphrosyna. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.