Manuscript, on paper, in a number of hands, containing a variety of religious and devotional texts, many related to the Franciscan order. Contents include lives of Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi, and Anthony of Padua; a poem on the day of judgemen...
Description:
In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Franciscans
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Devotional literature, Italian, Devotional literature, Latin, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of Henry Suso, Horologium Sapientiae, translated into Italian. With Office of Eternal Wisdom (Cursus de aeterna sapientia), composed by Henry Suso; and several anonymous, miscellaneous texts
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Italian, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysticism
Manuscript on paper of the Life of Saint John the Baptist. Manuscript also contains a formulary for addressing Latin letters to ecclesiastical authorities and dignitaries, as well as a sermon and vision about Saint John the Baptist
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
John, the Baptist, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Devotional literature, Italian, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Bernardo Giustiniani (Bernardus Iustiniani, 1408-1489), Vita Beati Laurentii Iustiniani, translated into Italian by the Venetian Niccolo Manerbi (Malherbi, 1422-81).
Description:
St. Laurence Giustiniani (1381-1456) was the first patriarch of Venice. The author of this biography was his nephew.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Giustiniani, Bernardo, 1408 or 1409-1489. and Lawrence Justinian, Saint, 1381-1456.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Italian, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
