Divae Catharinae Senensis Vita

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Abstract: This manuscript is the workng copy used by the Venetian printer Giovanni Tacuine for the first printed edition (1501) of SANCTAE CATHARINAE SENENSIS; it contains notations by the men who prepared it for printing.

Creator	Borghesi, Niccolò, 1432-1500

Subject	Barbarigo, Agostino, 1408-1501
Subject	Borghesi, Niccolò, 1432-1500
Subject	Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380
Subject	Joannes, Tacuinus, de Tridino
Subject	Biography > Middle Ages, 500-1500
Subject	Mysticism > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Subject	Printing > Italy > History
Subject	Italy > History > 1492-1559
Subject	Printers
Subject	Saints

citation/reference	Reported to: Bibliothèque Nationale pre-1600 manuscript census.
ownership	Purchased, 1973.
Note	Borghesi was a member of a Sienese patrician family, known from the 13th century. He claimed that St. Catherine was of his family, the Benincasa. He was active in Siena politics, taught poetry and rhetoric in the university, and wrote the biographies of several saints. He dedicated this work to Agostino Barbarigo, the 74th Doge of Venice.
Note	In Latin, humanistic semi-cursive script.
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/rm504km6504
Location	Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305.

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Copyright: Public Domain.
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