Oslo, Nasjonalbiblioteket, fol. 1992, second half of the 15th century.

Description

Parchment manuscript, ff. 96. Available online at the National Library of Norway.

Content

  • f. 1v: "Incomincia lo prologo sopra el libro del imperatore celeste revelato a Sancta Brigida principessa de Svecia. L(ege) f(elicemente)."

  • ff. 2r–20r: Italian translation of Epistola solitarii ad reges by Alfonso of Jaén.

    (Italian translation of Epistola solitarii)

  • ff. 20r–24r: List of chapters in Rev. VIII.

  • f. 24v: "Incomincia lo libro de lo imperatore celeste a li re revelato divinamente a la Beata Brigida principessa del regno de Svecia. Lege felicemente."

  • ff. 25r–95r: Italian translation of Rev. VIII (Liber celestis imperatoris ad reges).

    (Italian translation of Revelationes)

  • ff. 95v–96v: Blank pages.

Dating

  • The manuscript is dated to the second half of the 15th century (1450–1500).

Provenance

  • The manuscript is of Italian, likely Florentine, origin.

    It later belonged to Olav Sinding (1870–1939), chaplain in Stavanger. His widow donated the manuscript to the National Library of Norway after his death.

Literature

Winqvist, Margareta (red.). 1980. La Svezia e Roma: quattro momenti della cultura svedese a Roma : Palazzo Braschi - novembre 1980. Roma: Fratelli Palombi. Pp. 27, 29.