Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis

Description

Title: Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1450]
Publication Place: Northern France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Pope Nicholas IV, Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis (Papal Bull Supra Montem, issued 17 August 1289), in French translation
Description: In French.
Script: copied by one hand in Gothica Textualis Formata, careful but not without inconsistencies. A scribe with initials “F.R.” is not attested.
Red underlining; paragraph marks alternately red and blue, and line fillers in the same colours. A few 1-line flourished versals, and 2-line flourished initials alternately in red and blue, with penwork in the contrasting colour, at the head of all chapters. A 3-line flourished initial in the same colours at the beginning of the Prologue, f. 2r.
Binding: early, white deerskin over pasteboard, spine with four raised bands. Marks of two leather ties.
Provenance: Purchased from the Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper Fund in memory of Lathrop Colgate Harper, Litt. D.
Extent: ff. ii + 12 + ii : 140 x 110 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Nicholas IV, Pope, 1227-1292.
Franciscans.
Subject (Topic): Bulls, Papal
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Monasticism and religious orders
Third orders
Subjects: Nicholas IV, Pope, 1227-1292
Franciscans
Bulls, Papal
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Monasticism and religious orders
Third orders
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.