GB 0103 MS ITALIAN 4 - Venice, St George of Alga Canons: Institutes

14 leaves

With the stamp of Ercoli Sieva.
GB 0103 MS ITALIAN 4 15th century Collection (fonds) 14 leaves Unknown
Written in Italy, perhaps in Venice. The congregation of the canons regular of St George in Alga, Venice, to which the manuscript apparently relates, received its concession from Boniface IX in 1404, and confirmation from Gregory XII in 1407.

With the stamp of Ercoli Sieva.

Purchased from Bernard Rosenthal in New York in 1959.

Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing institutes of a congregation of canons, comprising a prologue, 15 institutes, and a commentary after each institute in one or more chapters, 37 in all. The name of the congregation is not given, but institutes are apparently those of the canons of St George in Alga, Venice. Folio 1 bears a later table of the chapters. Folios 13v-14v are blank.

Open.

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Italian. Gothic minuscule script.
Parchment manuscript, unbound. Text in red and black. 20cm.

N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); list at University College London Special Collections.

Probably unpublished.

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. Oct 2001 Canons of St George , Alga, Venice Europe Italy Religious communities Religious institutions Venice Western Europe

Purchased from Bernard Rosenthal in New York in 1959.

Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing institutes of a congregation of canons, comprising a prologue, 15 institutes, and a commentary after each institute in one or more chapters, 37 in all. The name of the congregation is not given, but institutes are apparently those of the canons of St George in Alga, Venice. Folio 1 bears a later table of the chapters. Folios 13v-14v are blank.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• Engels

• Latijn

Italian. Gothic minuscule script.

N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); list 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.

• Engels