Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Conv. soppr. B. II. 1719, a. 1498.

Description

Paper manuscript, 167 x 116 mm. I, 160, I cc.

Content

  • ff. 1r–78r: Italian translation of Sermo angelicus by St. Birgitta with the prologue of Alfonso of Jaén and an anonymous vernacular writer.

    (Italian translation of Sermo angelicus)
  • ff. 78v–80r: Versus in honorem sanctae Brigidae. Incipit: O sancta benedecta, Brigida generosa.
Dating

  • c. 81r gives the date 1498.

Provenance

  • The Birgittine monastery of Santa Maria del Paradiso in Florence. Scribe: Sister Cleofe. The manuscript also has notes from a later owner, sister Victoria, from the 16th century.

    Link to scribe(s):
Literature

Miriello, Rosanna. 2007. I manoscritti del Monastero del Paradiso di Firenze. (Biblioteche e archivi 16.) Florence, p. 89 f.