Details

Subjects:

Charms.
Amulets.
Demonology.
Witchcraft and sex.
Marche (Italy).

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

A testimonial in 24 chapters by Fra Francesco da Pesaro, a Capuchin monk, to the varied efficacies of an amulet of his manufacture, describing the uses of the amulet against disease, natural disasters, demonic and carnal temptations, witchcraft, and "fatture," etc. with examples of successful cases. The author claims to have received permission from the bishop of San Marino in 1606 for the use of the amulet.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Incipit: Virtu delli brevi; primo, contra la fortuna del mare ... (f. 3r).
Foliation: Paper, 104; [i], 1-23, 23-38, 38-54, 56-60, [61-102]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Binding: Contemporary parchment.
Origin: Written in Italy on 2 August 1629 (f. i recto).

Penn Provenance:

Provenance: "Joannes Baptista Comes a Thu[illeg.] 1695" inside upper cover; "Ego Wolfgangus Theodosius Barsa Thona possesor sum huius libri 1706" on upper cover.
Purchased, 1959.

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. 173 (Ms. Lea 125).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 580

OCLC:

209625959