Manuscript on paper of a Paraphrase of the Creed, by Antonio Beccari, known as Credo di Dante, as well as rules for the Confraternita della Morte on how to accompany and comfort the condemned to death; Laudi to comfort those condemned to death, and moral and biblical quotations related to death
Description:
In Italian and Latin., Script: copied by three scribes: A, writing Gothica Semitextualis Libraria, copied ff. 1r-28r, line 5; 30r-79v; B, writing Gothico-Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria/Formata, copied ff. 28r, line 6 -29v and 80r-87r; C, writing Gothico-Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria, copied ff. 88r-91r. Headings in red. Paragraph marks and 2-line plain initials alternately blue and red. In the texts copied by hand B decorated 2-line initials and red stroking of the majuscules. On f. 1r 7-line initial on square gold background with marginal extensions, and in the lower margin three painted wreaths, in the two outer ones the initials A and L, in the larger central one the emblem of the Fraternity of Death: a black skull surmounted by a cross; in the upper right corner a label has been pasted containing a now erased coat of arms. On f. 2r a 4-line gold initial on square blue background., Antonio da Ferrara (Antonio Beccari, 1315- c. 1373), paraphrase in verse of the Creed, dealing also with the sacraments, the Ten Commandments, the mortal sins, the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary, known as Credo di Dante, and often attributed to Dante Alighieri. The manuscript also contains rules for the members of the Confraternita della Morte in the Ospedale di Santa Maria della Morte in Bologna, on how to accompany and comfort the condemned to death, as well as Laudi to comfort those condemned to death, moral quotations related to death, and quotations from the Bible and the Church Fathers, in Latin on the verso pages, in Italian translation on the facing rectos., and Binding: 19th century, blind-tooled brown leather over pasteboard. Spine with three raised bands. The parchment flyleaves are palimpsest fragments from a Latin biblical manuscript (Italy, s. XII) written in two columns; a few parts of Daniel 10:16-17 are still legible On the rear pastedown printed label of the "Legatoria L. Muratori, Bologna" (active 1932-1968), probably added at the occasion of a repair.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Beccari, Antonio, 1315-approximately 1371.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Italian, Consolation, and Manuscripts, Medieval
