National Library of Sweden, A 73 Medieval Latin Manuscripts in the National Library: Cataloguing and Digitization National Library of Sweden Riksbankens jubileumsfond – The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences Patrik Granholm Robin Böckerman manuscripta.se: A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/101091 CC BY 4.0 Sweden Stockholm National Library of Sweden National Library of Sweden A 73 4kqg3gjj2166z8tq 004841113 Life and Miracles of St Birgitta

Paper Beehive with 1889 written underneath.

Modern foliation in pencil. uestim fulgidis sedentem 1-2(6)

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

Modern binding. Marbled paper and parchment over cardboard. Binding dates to 1894. , printed on paper label: Officium B. BIRGITTAE Vitae et Miraculor. lectiones ; stamped in gold: A 73.

Italy , 15th century, second half

Provenance unknown. These leaves were probably part of a larger manuscript containing the Revelations or other Birgittine texts. During the 19th century the manuscript belonged to the noted collector count Marzio Politi Flamini (1836-1908) from Recanati.

Purchase from count Politi Flamini in Rome by the National Library in .

 1 Life of St Birgitta Incipit uita beate Brigide Beata brigida in regno suetie oriunda de nobilibus deuotisque que progenitoribus et parentibus nata fuit Postea miris signis et uariis miraculorum prodigiis dominus eam uenerandam declarat et mirificat Ihesus christus filius dei qui est benedictus in secula seculorum amen 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) . Miracles of St Birgitta FRater quidam conuersus dicti monasterii de aluastro finem quoque gaudiosum et euigilabit in requiem lazari

Parchment

Ruling in ink. Pricking in margins. Southern textualis.

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 by a later hand.

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

: Decorated initial B over 8 lines (extending above and below the line). Letter of foliate shape, in purple and yellow with white highlights. Placed on a background in blue with foliate shapes outlined in white. Further foliate shapes in blue, orange and green extend from the letter into the margin;

: plain initials in red over 2-3 lines (extending above and below the line).

 First published 260602 First draft

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