Philadelphia, The Free Library, Lewis E 240, 15th century (Ma).

Description

Parchment and paper manuscript, 177 ff. 290 x 210 mm. The text is divided in two columns, written in humanist cursive.

Content

  • ff. 1ra–25rb: Rev. V by St. Birgitta.

    (Revelationes)

  • ff. 25rb–95vb: Rev. VI by St. Birgitta.

    (Revelationes)

  • ff. 94vb–129va: Rev. VII by St. Birgitta.

    (Revelationes)

  • ff. 129va–172vb: Rev. VIII by St. Birgitta.

    (Revelationes)
  • ff. 173ra–178rb: Unidentified Italian text in another hand.
Dating
  • 15th century.
Provenance

  • Manuscript of German origin.

Literature

De Ricci, Seymour de & Wilson, William J. 1937. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. II. New York, p. 2100.

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones lib. V. 1971. Birger Bergh (ed.). Uppsala, p. 7. Available at Litteraturbanken.