Details

Subjects:

Knights of Malta -- Early works to 1800.
Knights of Malta.
Hospitalers.
Military religious orders -- France.
Monasticism and religious orders -- Early works to 1800.
Monasticism and religious orders.
Military religious orders.
France.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Ordinances.
Statutes.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

French.

Summary:

The first work is a French translation of the 1676 Italian edition of the statutes published in Borgo Nuovo ("traduits sur l'edition de Borgeforte de 1676," f. 1r). It begins with a copy of the confirmation of eight statutes of the order from 1588, previously approved by Pope Pius V, followed by rules arranged into 19 "titles" addressing subjects such as the habit of the order, the prayers to be used, the exercise of hospitality, the treasury, elections, commanderies, and visits. The statement of responsibility in the caption title of the second work reads, "par l'eminentissime et reverendissime Grand Maistre Frere Antoine de Paule." The title for the second work that appears on the title page of the volume is "L'ordonnance du Chapitre du Grand Prieuré de France." This work covers almost all the same statute titles in roughly the same order, with three additional titles at the end concerning the chancellory, hostels, and galleys. The volume concludes with a detailed table of contents for the first work (14 p.) and a more cursory one for the second (2 p.).

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title of first work from title page of the volume; title of second work from caption title of the second work (p. 1 of the second work); date from Zacour-Hirsch.
Pagination: Paper, ii + 184 + iii; [ii], 1-213, [iii], 1-134, 1-14, 1-2; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.
Layout: Written in 38 to 40 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.
Binding: Contemporary calf with gilt ornamentation and title on spine (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Written in France, circa 1700 (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Bookplate removed from flyleaf verso and following leaf cut out.
Purchased, 1962.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 71 (Ms. French 86).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1009

Contains:

Ordonnances du Chapitre General tenu l'an 1631.
Ordonnance du Chapitre du Grand Prieuré de France.
L'ordonnance du Chapitre du Grand Prieuré de France.

OCLC:

155927520