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ff. 78 - Italian blind stamped calf, 15th century; 2 bosses on fore-edge corners of each cover; remains of top and fore edge clasp; bottom clasp intact. - Bequest of James K. Moffitt to the Bancroft Library UC Berkeley, 1956. Previous call numbers MAR 38, 2MS BX890 B506. - Bond and Faye, p. 4, n. 61.

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Title
BANC MS UCB 024
Published
Italy
Full Collection Name
Digital Scriptorium
Type
Image
Language
Italian
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Notes:-Erased ownership stamp, f. 1.
Century: 15th
Contents
Part 1: ff. 1-78

Description: - Parchment - 180 x 130 mm - 24 long lines ruled in ink.

Country: Italy

Assigned Date: s. XV1

Dated by scribe: No

Document: No

Number of Scribes: 1

Script: Humanistic.

Other Decoration: 2 4-line painted initials on square gold grounds; 2-line initials in alternating red and blue with pen flourishing of other color.




Text 1: ff. 1r-76v

Author: Bernard of Clairvaux (Bernardus Claraevallensis)

Title: Epistola pertinenti ad la perfectione de la vita contemplationeand other writings.

Language(s): Italian

Notes: Selected instructions on contemplative life. 

Image 1: f. 1 Painted initial; erased ownership stamp in lower margin; purple stains from mold.

Image 2: f. 3v Flourished initial.

Image 3: ff. 27v-28 Flourished initials.

Image 4: f. 53 Painted initial.

Image 5: Binding Front cover.

Image 6: Binding Back cover.
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