MS. Add. A. 17

Summary Catalogue no.: 24760

1. (fols 1, 9v, 18 )

Religious poems

Incipit: O Try et Vno et uno senpre may te chiamo

A poem of fifty-one stanzas in ottava rima

Incipit: O patre Eterno O Divina Potentia — Figliol de Dio Escelentia Divina

A poem of forty-five stanzas in ottava rima

(fol. 17)

Extracts in prose from patristic sources, respecting 'I Benefitii della Messa'

Incipit: Anima benedetta dall' alto Creatore

A hymn

Language(s): Italian

2. (fol. 18v)

Verse drama of the Life and Death of Christ

Incipit: Como el peccatore domanda Maria del suo figliolo

Comprised of 126 quatrains. The first is:

'O gloriosa Matre Beata / Matre de Christo sete chiamata / Dime Madonna questa fiata / Quando tu fusty sy adolorata.'

There are many interlocutors

Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

Extent: i + 29 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 8.5 × 5.625 in.

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian at Sotheby's on 2 April 1859 from the collection of Guillaume Libri. No. 868 in the sale catalogue

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 64

Bibliography

MSS. Add., handwritten catalogue by F. Madan [Weston Library, shelved at R. 6. 58]

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-05-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905) and other printed sources

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