Life and Miracles of St Birgitta

Italy, 15th century, second half

parchment

i, 12, i' leaves

235 × 175–180 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–7r) Life of St Birgitta

Rubric: Incipit uita beate Brigide

Incipit: Beata brigida in regno suetie oriunda de nobilibus deuotis\que/ ~~que~~ progenitoribus et parentibus nata fuit

Explicit: Postea miris signis et uariis miraculorum prodigiis dominus eam uenerandam declarat et mirificat Ihesus christus filius dei qui est benedictus in secula seculorum amen

Note: ‘The life and miracles’ seems to correspond to part of the readings in the Officium Sancte Birgitte of Birger Gregersson, but abridged and rearranged, see Undhagen (1960), pp. 173–238.

2 (ff. 7r–12v) Miracles of St Birgitta

Incipit: FRater quidam conuersus dicti monasterii de aluastro

Explicit: finem quoque gaudiosum et euigilabit in requiem lazari

Physical Description

Secundo folio

uestim fulgidis sedentem

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: ff. LCI, SL1r–SL1v, SR1r–SR1v, RCI

Support: Western paper

Leaf dimensions: 235 × 180 mm

Watermark 1

LCI,

Motif: Beehive with 1889 written underneath.

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1r–12v

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 235 × 175 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil.

Collation

Formula: 1-2(6)

Layout

Locus: ff. 1r–12v

Columns: 1

Ruled lines: 28

Written area: 170 × 125 mm

Note: Ruling in ink. Pricking in margins.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Southern textualis

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top left corner: National Library book label with current signum; top of page in black ink by a modern hand: ‘Inköpt till KB frn grefve Politi-Flamini i Rom, för 40 Lire (= 29 Kr.), 10 febr. 1894. Bunden i Mars s.å. på K.B.’.

Textblock

(ff. 1v–12r) A few marginal and occasional interlinear additions in different inks by different medieval hands. They seem to consist of corrections and one-word additions/comments. There are also chapter identifications in lead/pencil.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink, capitals touched in red, rubrics and line fillers in red.

Initials:

(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

Description:

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’.

Binding dimensions: 240 × 190 × 10 mm

Contemporary: No