Manuscript on goatskin of Specchio delle donne; Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Planctus beatae Mariae and Meditatio super Salve Regina; St. Bonaventure, Meditatio in Orationem Dominicam; and various other prayers and devotions
Description:
In Italian., Script: Copied by one hand in Gothico-Humanistica Libraria/Formata with single-compartment a., Decoration: Headings, paragraph marks, and 2-line plain initials in red. Art. 9 entirely written in red. A 6-line historiated initial with acanthus extensions and burnished gold bezants in the margin on f. 1r: half-length figure of Christ as Man of Sorrows, sitting in the Tomb among the Instrumens of the Passion. The illumination is attributed to the Master of the Vitae imperatorum., and Binding: Contemporary brown leather over wooden boards with square edges, damaged and rebacked; sewn on three split leather thongs. Marks of four small bosses on each cover. Marks of one clasp probably attached to the front cover. Title inscription on a partly preserved paper label on the spine: “[S]pech[io] / [d]ell[e] / [d]on[ne]." At the bottom, there are remainders of a printed paper label with handwritten number "**9."
