Vita sanctae matris nostrae Birgittae

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Title: Vita sanctae matris nostrae Birgittae
Published / Created: 1637.
Publication Place: Denmark (?)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (thick, coarse) of the Life of Saint Birgitta, in two books
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written in quasi-italic by a single scribe.
Hand-colored engraving of St. Birgitta, standing with open book in left hand and crucifix in right, pasted to f. 11v. Same engraving (but uncolored) of St. Birgitta pasted to f. 106v.
Folio 16 cut in half, with loss of text.
Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Vellum case with stubs of two ties. Title, in ink, on spine and front cover: "Vita Sancta [sic] matris nostrae Birgittae". Red edges.
Provenance: Belonged to comte Paul Riant (1836-88) whose Scandinavian library was presented to Yale by Mrs. Henry Farnam, in 1896.
Extent: ff. iii + 150 + iii : 99 x 76 (70 x 52) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Latin

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Beinecke MS 449
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Genre: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373.
Bridgettines.
Subject (Topic): Christian hagiography
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Bridgettines
Christian hagiography
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Vita Sanctae Matris Nostrae Birgittae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.