Revelationes | |
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National Library of Poland | |
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Type | codex |
Date | between 1375 and 1377 |
Place of origin | Italy |
Language(s) | Latin |
Size | 26,5x18 cm, 425 leaves |
Accession | Rps 3310 II [1] |
Revelationes (Rps 3310 II) is a manuscript of Revelationes by Bridget of Sweden from 14th century. [2]
The manuscript, produced in Italy, perhaps in Naples between 1375 and 1377 by Alfonsus de Vadaterra, is one of the oldest surviving copies of the original version of the Revelations. [2] In the second half of the 14th century the manuscript was located in Rome in the possession of Matthaeus de Cracovia, who then brought it to Poland. [2] From at least the 17th century the book was in the library of the prebendaries in the Holy Cross Chapel of the Krakow Cathedral. [3] In 1819 it was presented to the Warsaw Society of the Friends of Science. [3] After the defeat of the November Uprising it was seized by the Russians and taken to St Petersburg. [3] Under the 1921 Treaty of Riga it returned to Poland and was placed in the collection of the National Library of Poland. [2] In 1939 it was evacuated to Canada, from where it returned to Poland in 1959. [2] From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth. [4] [5]
The manuscript consists of 425 leaves, measuring 26,5x18 cm. [1] It contains one full-page miniature shows an episode from the life of St. Bridget, six figurative initials and 409 large red-blue calligraphic initials. [3] The illuminations are attributed to a Neapolitan artist known as Maestro del Seneca dei Girolamini. 409 large red-blue calligraphic initials. [5]
Revelationes | |
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National Library of Poland | |
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Type | codex |
Date | between 1375 and 1377 |
Place of origin | Italy |
Language(s) | Latin |
Size | 26,5x18 cm, 425 leaves |
Accession | Rps 3310 II [1] |
Revelationes (Rps 3310 II) is a manuscript of Revelationes by Bridget of Sweden from 14th century. [2]
The manuscript, produced in Italy, perhaps in Naples between 1375 and 1377 by Alfonsus de Vadaterra, is one of the oldest surviving copies of the original version of the Revelations. [2] In the second half of the 14th century the manuscript was located in Rome in the possession of Matthaeus de Cracovia, who then brought it to Poland. [2] From at least the 17th century the book was in the library of the prebendaries in the Holy Cross Chapel of the Krakow Cathedral. [3] In 1819 it was presented to the Warsaw Society of the Friends of Science. [3] After the defeat of the November Uprising it was seized by the Russians and taken to St Petersburg. [3] Under the 1921 Treaty of Riga it returned to Poland and was placed in the collection of the National Library of Poland. [2] In 1939 it was evacuated to Canada, from where it returned to Poland in 1959. [2] From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth. [4] [5]
The manuscript consists of 425 leaves, measuring 26,5x18 cm. [1] It contains one full-page miniature shows an episode from the life of St. Bridget, six figurative initials and 409 large red-blue calligraphic initials. [3] The illuminations are attributed to a Neapolitan artist known as Maestro del Seneca dei Girolamini. 409 large red-blue calligraphic initials. [5]