Rules and Privileges of the Third Order of St. Francis
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10621998
Description
- Title
- Rules and Privileges of the Third Order of St. Francis
- Published / Created
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Publication Place
- Northeastern Italy
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment of the Rules and Privileges of the Third Order of St. Francis; also containing ceremonials for the vestment and profession of friars and nuns of the Third Order
- Description
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In Latin and Italian.
Script: Artt. 1-5 are copied in large Southern Gothica Textualis Formata using Uncial and Half-Uncial "d"; art. 6 is copied by another hand in small Gothico-Humanistica; art. 7 is written by many different hands.
Decoration: Red headings, yellow heightening of the majuscules, and blue paragraph marks; 1-line versals, 2-line flourished initials, with penwork and guide-letters; and on f. 3r, 6-line historiated initial showing pope Nicholas presenting the Rule to a friar and a nun of the Third Order. The style has been associated with that of the Florentine illuminator Gherardo di Giovanni di Miniato (d. 1497).
Binding: 16th centry blind-tooled brown leather over thin wooden boards, sewn on three thongs; both covers decorated with frames of multiple fillets and stamps; remains of straps are attached to the front board, with associated pins on rear board. - Provenance
- Belonged to the convent of Franciscan nuns of the Third Order in Cortona (Tuscany). Bought by Charles E. Roseman Jr (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) in 1935. Purchased on the fund given by the estate of Edwin J. Beinecke in honor of Herman W. Liebert.
- Extent
- ff. 40 : 240 x 170 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 1113
- 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)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Franciscans.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Manuscripts, Medieval
Monasticism and religious orders - Subjects
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Franciscans
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Monasticism and religious orders
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Rules and Privileges of the Order of the Third Order of St. Francis.. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9895908
- Object ID (OID)
- 10621998
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