- Published / Created:
- 1626.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 1141
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript volume, in the hand of an unidentified nun at the monastery of Scala Coeli in Genoa, containing copies of Italian translations from the Revelationes, Sermo Angelicus, and other texts from the Liber Caelestis of Saint Bridget. On the colophon, the scribe identifies herself as a professed nun of the Order of Saint Bridget, and states that the work was completed on July 26, 1626. The manuscript also includes circa 27 contemporary devotional engravings placed throughout the text, many with identifiable artists and publishers from Italy, France, the Netherlands, and elsewhere. The engravings depict Christian figures, including the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, the archangel Michael, and various saints; and scenes from the New Testament, including from the lives of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
- Description:
- Bridget of Sweden (approximately 1303-1373) was a mystic and saint. She experienced visions beginning in childhood, the records of which were gathered and translated into Latin. They are collectively known as the Revelationes and Liber Caelestis., The Birgittine convent known as Scala Coeli was founded in Genoa, Italy, circa 1406. Nuns at the convent translated the writings of Saint Bridget into Italian., In Italian; colophon in Latin., Title from first leaf., Includes table of contents on six leaves at end., Colophon, leaf 317r., and Binding: Contemporary red leather over wooden boards; front and back covers have blind tooled rules and rolls, with a central figure of a female saint and the letters "M S B G" tooled in gold; spine with raised bands and a blind tooled flower in each compartment; front edge originally had two leather straps with brass clasps, and is now lacking one strap and clasp. Later (19th century?) paper spine label with manuscript inscription: "[illegible] S. Brigid. Cavate dei libri delle sue rivela[tion]. Opera di una monaca della ordine stisso[?] per comodite delle Sorelle 1626".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Italy, and Sweden
- Subject (Name):
- Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373., Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373, Jesus Christ, John, the Baptist, Saint, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, and Michael (Archangel)
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotion to, Devotion, Nuns, Saints, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Le Visioni di Santa Brigida di Suuetia : Cauate da i libri delle sue diuine reuelationi : manuscript
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- Published / Created:
- 17th century.
- Call Number:
- Syriac MSS 9
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Syriac-Armenian lexicon (pages 4-199), with the Armenian written in Syriac script, consists mainly of an alphabetical list of verbs in various forms. The lexicon is preceded by poems of Barhebraeus (pages 1-3), and followed by: 1. Poem on the "Life of Saint John", son of Euphemianus, of the city of Rome (pages 200-216). 2. "On the transit of the Mother of God Mary from the world" (folios 216-231). 3. "Syriac-Armenian glossary" of verbs in the imperative forms, conjugations of verbs, pronouns, etc. (pages 231-241). 4. Prayer of the solitary monks (yíḥídāyē) to each other (page 241). 5. Poems by Saint Ephrem: Commandments and admonitions for Christians (pages 242-286). 6. Prayers and miscellaneous statements in a different hand (285-286). The lexicon seems to have been written for the benefit of Syriac speakers within Armenian communities. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned probably from the 17th century
- Description:
- In Syriac and Armenian in Syriac script., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., The dictionary starts with: "Eštbíw. Talnúsān ...", The poems of Barhebraeus start with: "Qúm tāʼ aḥún kašrútā lak hā mṭāyibʼnā ...", 1. Poem on the "Life of Saint John", son of Euphemianus starts with: "Kātbínan tašʻítā d-Māry Yúḥanān bar ʼÚpímyanús d-men Rúmí Mdíntā b-níšā d-Māry Aprém Súryāyā ...", 2. On the transit of the Mother of God Mary from the world starts with: "Túb seprā da-štā ʻal šúnāyeh d-Yaldat Alāhā Maryam d-men ʻalmā hānā ṣlútah ʻaman. Āmín ...", 4. Prayer of the solitary monks (yíḥídāyē) to each other start with: "Ṣlútā d-nemrún yíḥíyāyē la-ḥdādē: Alāhā d-barek la-Šlíḥāwhy qadíšē mbarek lak ...", 5. Poems by Saint Ephrem start with: "Ḥúr b-Alāhā ḥabíbay d-madnaḥ šmšeh ʻal bíšē ...", Prayers and miscellaneous statements in a different hand start with: "Ematy d-qāymat b-ṣaprā men šentā pšúṭ ʼīdayk la-šmāyā ú-sím tlātā búrkē l-apay madnḥā ú-ʼemar ..., 10.5 x 15.5 cm; written surface varies ; lines per page vary., Binding: In wooden cover., In clear West Syriac script, in black ink on cream color paper, markings in red., Inside the front cover: An erased note (four lines)., On page 285: An erased note (one lines): "Šlem ktābā ..." (The book is completed ...)., and Many of the pages in the latter half of the manuscript include marginal glosses giving the Armenian renderings of words occuring in the Syriac text.
- Subject (Name):
- Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373. and Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
- Subject (Topic):
- Assumption, Syriac language, Armenian, Armenian language, Syriac, Monks, Prayers and devotions, and Syriac poetry
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Syriac-Armenian lexicon : manuscript