Bifolium from a copy of the Leggenda di Lazzarro, Marta, e Maddalena : in Italian
Title (alt.):
Leggenda di Lazzarro, Marta, e Maddalena
Description:
A single bifolium, recovered from a binding, comprising two non-consecutive leaves from an Italian manuscript of the anonymous Leggenda di Lazzarro, Marta, e Maddelena. Excluding word order and orthographic features, the contents of the first leaf generally comport with pages 34-36 of the 1853 Cavara edition, while the second leaf likewise comports with pages 48-50. See contents notes.
1. fol. 1r. [begins] "E fatta lhora del desnare si poseno a la mensa da poy ... [ends, fol. 1v] e cosi stando a quelli b[e]n[e]deti pedi de [Christo]"
2. fol. 2r. [begins] "modo douesse tenire e veniendo la hora del dormire la hu[m]ile martha ... [ends, fol. 2v] simile laude de dio el co suo no[n] era zonto c[o]n el suo spoxo"
Notes:
Ms. leaves.
Title from the edition of the text edited by Cesare Cavara and printed in 1853 (Bologna: Società tipografica bolognese).
Origin: Copied in Italy in the final quarter of the 15th century(?); based on orthographic features and script, possibly in Northern Italy.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: With inscriptions and pen trials, including two later inscriptions by one Antonio Rossi, for example "Antonio Rosso confermo come sopra lanno dell milla Cento ottanta." Later in a private French collection until 2019.
Notes (acquisition):
Purchase; Bernard Quaritch, Ltd.; 20230519; 2023.31.1.
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch in May, 2023.
Notes (object):
Layout: Single column, 28 lines, bounding and writing lines in light brown ink.
Script: Written in a humanistic cursive bookhand.