Book of the Confraternity of the Holy Name of Jesus

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Title: Book of the Confraternity of the Holy Name of Jesus
Supplied Title: Book of the Confraternity of the Holy Name of Jesus
Subject: Compagnia del Nome di Jesu (Genoa, Italy).
Catholic Church -- Liturgy.
Catholic Church -- Societies, etc.
Confraternities -- Italy -- Genoa -- Early works to 1800.
Genre: codices
Format: text
Extent: 38 folios : illustrations ; 20 cm
Date Issued: 1500
1582
Place of Publcation: [Genoa]
Publisher: [producer not identified],
Note: Title from dealer website (http://www.textmanuscripts.com/medieval/confraternity-holy-name-jesus-14..., viewed July 19, 2019).
Illuminated manuscript on parchment.
"No catchwords or signatures, ruled in hardpoint ... written in black ink in gothic textualis bookhand on 25 lines, capitals highlighted in yellow throughout, initials one to four lines high alternating in red or blue throughout"--From dealer description.
Text includes Pater Noster, salutation in Italian, and Office of the confraternity; litanies; continuation of Office; thirteen prayers in Italian; the Salve regina prayer, the Te deum hymn; prayers in Latin and Italian; statutes and rulebook of the confraternity in Italian; Office of the Dead; litanies, prayers in Latin and Italian; prayers in Latin added later in the sixteenth century; additions to the statutes and regulations in Italian.
Illustration includes full-page miniature of the Crucifixion and four appearances of the IHS monogram, in two small miniatures and two initials.
Made for the Compagnia del Nome di Jesu, a Genoa lay brotherhood, at the start of the sixteenth century; new regulations added at points later in the same century, the last dating after February 25, 1582. Sixteenth-century inscriptions indicate ownership by Giacomo Saluzzo; a more recent inscription indicates Henrietta Katherine Burrell's gift of the book to Richard Durnford, Bishop of Chichester.
Classification: BX814.C44 B66 1500z
Source Document Location: University of Vermont Libraries. Special Collections.
Shelf Location: BX814.C44 B66 1500z
Ms. 16
Form: print
Language: Latin
Italian
Note [Digital Version]: 2020-01-23, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Digital Format: Text/Color: 24 bits; 400 ppi
Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Access Conditions: No Copyright - United States
Access Conditions (Local): For further information please contact Special Collections, University of Vermont Libaries at uvmsc@uvm.edu.
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