MS. Add. A. 17
Summary Catalogue no.: 24760
Contents
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
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)
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