A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 1028

Summary Catalogue no.: 24719

Contents

Gradi di S. Girolamo
Explicit: Explicit lo libro de trenta gradi per uolgare
Incipit: Signiori, qui sincomincia Li trenta gradi della Celestiale Scala che fece sancto Girolimo. Lo primo grado e diritta fede
Nicola De Nisco, 'Nuove acquisizioni sulla tradizione dei «Gradi di san Girolamo»', StEFI. Studi di erudizione e di filologia italiana, IX (2020), 21-69 [not seen]
Elena Corbellini, 'Tradizione e storia dei “Gradi di San Girolamo”', Medioevo Romanzo, X, 1 (1985), 77-102
pr. Volgarizzamento de' gradi di S. Girolamo (Florence, 1729, repr. Milan, 1847)
Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: i + 57 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9 × 6 in.

Binding

The volume is no longer in 'original oak boards' as in 1859

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

'Questo libro e di Ottauio Buonaranti [?] ...' (16th century?)

The name of Lorenzino di Paolo Marrani (16th century) is on fol. 1v

Guiglelmo Libri, 1803-1869.

Purchased at his sale, Sotheby's, 31 March 1859, lot. 415.

Record Sources

Description adapted (January 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905) with additional reference to published literature as cited.

Last Substantive Revision

2025-01-13: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)