Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 5
Image Count:
71
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of 1) St. Birgitta, Regula Sancti Salvatoris. 2) Urban V, Ut nihil a noviciis omnino exigatur. 3) Pseudo-Augustine, Disciplina monasterii. 4) Additiones domini Prioris Petri super Regula sancti Saluatoris. 5) [One leaf of another manuscript laid in:] Revelacio Sancte Birgitte
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in batarde (no loops)., Primary plain initials, 11- to 1-line, in red; rubrics throughout., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Original sewing on four slit, tawed straps laced into beech boards as are the tawed cores of plain, wound endbands. Covered in cream-colored skin, cut or worn away so that the endbands are visible on the spine. Traces of five bosses on each board and of a strap-and-pin fastening, the strap attached to the lower board with a brass plate. Pin and strap wanting. Front pastedown: fragment of 15th-century manuscript, on paper; back pastedown: fragment of another 15th-century manuscript glued in upside down. Watercolor sketch of St. Birgitta (115 x 67 mm.) pasted on front cover, probably 16th century.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373. and Bridgettines.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, Monasticism and religious orders for women, and Women mystics
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., and 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373. and Bridgettines.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Medieval
