Manual for confessors
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Description
- Title
- Manual for confessors
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1450]
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of an extremely detailed but not consistently structured list of sins with the mention in the margin whether they are mortal ("M") or venial ("V"; the latter case is very rare). The text consists of countless cases opening with a paragraph mark generally followed by "Si ...".
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: Copied by two scribes. Hand A (ff. 1r-30r, 14) writes a careful Gothico-Humanistica Textualis Libraria; Hand B (ff. 30r, 15-91v) writes a more rapid Gothico-Humanistica Cursiva Libraria/Currens. The parts copied by the two scribes differ from each other also in the style of the text and the headings.
Numerous red paragraph marks in the left margins. The treatment of the headings is not consistent. 2-line (rarely 3-line, on f. 1r 4-line) initials in red at the head of all major subdivisions; they are plain initials on ff. 1r-30r, often flourished initials (black or red penwork) from f. 31r onwards, but the flourishing appears to have been blotted out.
Binding: Sixteenth century (?). Undecorated orange-brown sheepskin over pasteboard, the spine with three raised bands. Pastedowns and flyleaves from four leaves of an 11th-century manuscript, containing part of the Office for the burial of a monk. - Provenance
- Purchased 1990 (?) from E.K. Schreiber, New York, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. i + ii + 91 + i : 195 x 135 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 739
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Topic)
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Canon law
Confession
Catholic Church
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Canon law
Confession > Catholic Church
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
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
- Manual for confessors. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9661756
- Object ID (OID)
- 10614755
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