Details

Other Title:

O gloriosa vergene Maria.

Subjects:

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Poetry.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
Christian poetry.
Christian poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
Devotional literature.
Italian poetry -- 15th century.
Italian poetry.
Religious poetry, Italian -- To 1500.
Religious poetry, Italian.

Form/Genre:

Poetry.
Codices.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Christian poetry.

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

Poem to the Blessed Virgin. Consists of 236 six-line stanzas, plus another 27 lines that have been crossed out (f. 5v).

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Incipit: O gloriosa vergene Maria / Regina dellu celu et de omne gente / Prestame gratia nella mente mea / Che io te pocza ludare digniamente / Tu che sei Mater del filiolu de deu.... (f. 1r).
Explicit: Et ihesu christu volliate pregare / Che se vollia dignare per vostro amore[?] / De perdonareme ca so peccatore. De[o] gratias. (f. 7v).
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 7 + i (modern paper); [1-7]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 55-60 lines.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.
Binding: Modern vellum over boards.
Origin: Written in southern[?] Italy in the 15th century. The orthography and the many endings in -u suggest this.
Cover boards slightly warped. Some smudges and stains, possibly some water damage. No left margin on the versos; the leaves appear to have been trimmed after the text was written. Leaves originally folded in half.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., 1950.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 94 (Ms. Italian 9).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 249

OCLC:

155964165