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 colopho...
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.
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
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 5
Image Count:
71
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of 1) St. Birgitta, Regula Sancti Salvatoris. 2) Urban V, Ut nihil a noviciis omnino exigatur. 3) Pseudo-Augustine, Disciplina monasterii. 4) Additiones domini Prioris Petri super Regula sancti Saluatoris. 5) [One leaf of anoth...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373. and Bridgettines.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, Monasticism and religious orders for women, and Women mystics
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 24
Image Count:
412
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of St. Birgitta, Revelationes. With the Life of St. Birgitta and several prayers, one of which is in German. Written by the abbot of the monastery of Maria Forst (near Cologne).
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Cologne (Germany)
Subject (Name):
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers, and Women mystics
