GB 0103 MS LAT 20 - Breviary for the use of Friars Minor

1 volume containing 295 leaves

The volume bears the bookplates of Conte Paolo Vimercati-Sozzi and Walter Seton.
GB 0103 MS LAT 20 15th century Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 295 leaves Unknown
The Franciscan order, the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic church, was founded in the early 13th century by St Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226), and comprises three orders: the First Order (priests and lay brothers who have sworn to lead a life of prayer, preaching, and penance), divided into three independent branches, the Friars Minor, the Friars Minor Conventual, and the Friars Minor Capuchin; the Second Order (cloistered nuns who belong to the Order of St Clare, known as Poor Clares); and the Third Order (religious and lay men and women who try to emulate Saint Francis' spirit in performing works of teaching, charity, and social service).

This manuscript was written in Italy, probably in the Veneto and probably between 1467 and 1474.

The volume bears the bookplates of Conte Paolo Vimercati-Sozzi and Walter Seton.

Purchased at the Seton sale at Sotheby's in 1927 and presented to University College London by the British Society of Franciscan Studies and others.

Manuscript volume, 15th century: Breviarum Ad Usum Fratrum Minorum (Breviary for the use of Friars Minor).

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Parchment manuscript bound in red velvet over wooden boards. One hand throughout in red and black with red or blue initials. 18cm.

N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2001 Ancient religions Breviaries Christianity Franciscan order Religions Religious activities Religious communities Religious doctrines Religious institutions Religious practice Religious texts Theology

Purchased at the Seton sale at Sotheby's in 1927 and presented to University College London by the British Society of Franciscan Studies and others.

Manuscript volume, 15th century: Breviarum Ad Usum Fratrum Minorum (Breviary for the use of Friars Minor).

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• English

• Latin

Latin

N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English