National Library of Sweden, A 73
Life and Miracles of St Birgitta
Italy, 15th century, second half
parchment
i, 12, i' leaves
235 × 175–180 mm
Latin
Secundo folio
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Collation
Script
Textblock
Hand 1
Southern textualisAdditions
Binding/Endleaves
Decorations
Textblock
Main text in brown ink, capitals touched in red, rubrics and line fillers in red.
(f. 1r): B over 8 lines (+ extending above and below the line). Letter with vegetative shape and ornaments. Letter in purple and yellow with white highlights. Frame and counter space in blue with vegetative shapes outlined in white. Further vegetative shapes in blue, orange and green extend from the letter into the margin. (ff. 1v–12r): plain initials in red over 2-3 lines (+ extending above and below the line).
Binding
Binding dates to 1894, cardboard and marbled paper. LCO, printed on paper label: ‘
Officium B. BIRGITTAE Vitae et Miraculor. lectiones ’; stamped in gold: ‘A 73’.
Provenance
Provenance unknown. These leaves were probably part of a larger manuscript containing the Revelations or other Birgittine texts.
Acquisition
Purchase from count Politi Flamini in Rome by the National Library in 1894.