National Library of Sweden, A 14
Acts and proceedings from the canonization process of St Birgitta of Sweden
Rome, 1391
paper
255 leaves
230–295 × 185–225 mm
4 units
Latin
Unit 1
Parts of the words ‘beate brigide de’ in the rubric on f. 1v are missing due to a tear in the leaf.
Unit 2
Below final rubric on f. 123r is written: ‘Incipiunt attestaciones testium productorum et receptorum in Roma super sancto Canonizacionis pie memorie domine Brigide de Regno Swecie. Continuando folium sequens et cetera’.
f. 123v: blank.
The words ‘hoc est Cxiiii’ are an addition to the incipit by another hand, after which a space of ca four lines has been left blank. Below last line of the explicit the phrase ‘hoc est die prisce virginis’ is added.
On f. 253v the title ‘processus canonizacionis beate brigide de Swecia’ is written in the same style as on f. 1v.
Unit 3
Unit 4
Secundo folio
Unit 1
eorumdem et inUnit 2
Reuerendis patribusFoliation
Unit 1
Contemporary foliation in brown-black ink (by same scribe as some of the marginal notes?): i-xxi (ff. 2r–22r). f. 23r is blank without original foliation. Leaf numbering in red in the lower left corner of each verso running from ‘a ii’ to ‘b v’, starts on f. 3v (‘a i’ was probably in the lower corner of f. 2v but is now lost). Pagination running from ‘a 4’ to ‘a 40’ in pale lead point in the middle of the lower margin visible on ff. 3v–21v, on some pages barely visible.Unit 2
Contemporary foliation in brown-black ink (by main scribe ?) i-clix (ff. 24r–182r) and clxx-ccxxix (ff. 183r–252r). Clx-clxix skipped and clxx erroneously corrected to clxi (?). Numbers lxxxix-xcv (ff. 112r–118r) and ci-ciii (ff. 124r–126r) corrected. Leaf numbering in red in the lower left corner of each verso running from ‘b vi’ to ‘r xi’ (ff. 23v–252v), often worn off, and the last one missing on account of damage to the leaf.Collation
Binding/Endleaves
Unit 2
Unit 4
Condition
Layout
Unit 4
Script
Unit 1
Hand
(ff. 1v–23v) Gothic cursive. The title on (f. 1v) is written in a highly compressed style with elaborate final ‘s’, perhaps by a different scribe.Unit 2
Hand 2
(ff. 24r–253v) Gothic cursive. On (f. 253v) the title ‘processus canonizacionis beate brigide de swecia’ is written in the same style and by the same scribe as the title on (f. 1v).Unit 3
Unit 4
Additions
Binding/Endleaves
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Decorations
Unit 1
(f. 2r) In the rubric a plain initial ‘I’ over 2 lines in black ink with a face in profile in the counterspace. Opening initial ‘Q’ in black ink with simple leaf decoration in bows and counter space. ff. 5r, 19r Plain initials, ‘E’ and ‘C’, in black ink extending above the line with simple leaf decoration in bow and counter space. (f. 21v) Initial A over 2 lines with a man's face in the counter space.
Binding
Binding from Vadstena(of an older type?). Brown leather over wooden boards. 4 double raised binds and 2 endbands. Pinclasps with anchorplates on LCO and fastening for the pins on RCO. LCO, lower right corner: the National Library green book label with printed and handwritten text: ‘Hs-Bibliotheket, Stockholm. Handskrifter. Kyrkohistoria. Sv. Medeltid’. RCO, at the top in black ink: ‘F I’; in the centre a parchment label with text in black ink, partly worn off: ‘Attestaciones b[--- 4 chars ---] F I’. On Spine: branded directly on the leather: ‘74’; on a white label, partly torn off:‘ A 14’; at the bottom in gold:‘ A 14’
Provenance
Acquisition
- SRS 3, vol. 2, pp. 218–220.
- Höjer (1905), p. 101 et passim.
- Collijn (1920).
- Collijn (1924–1931).
