Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 237: Girolamo Savonarola OP, Commentary on Psalms 50 (Miserere mei ) and 30 (In te domine speravi)
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 237 is a copy, made in England, dating to c. 1500, of the Commentary (or Meditation) of Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98) on Psalm 50 (51), Miserere mei Deus, and Psalm 30 (31), In te Domine speravi. The Dominican preacher wrote this text while in prison in Florence in 1498, charged with heresy, and having been found guilty was burned at the stake in that year. The manuscript has on the first page a decorative illuminated border in English style. Savonarola's Meditation on these two psalms was much read during the Reformation period in England, although this copy antedates that time by at least thirty years.
- Contents
- Commentary on psalm 50 (Miserere mei ) -- Commentary on psalm 30 (In te domine speravi)
Description
| Alternative title | Savonarola |
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| Type of resource | mixed material |
| Extent | ff. 2 + 68 + 2 |
| Date created | [ca. 1475 - 1499] |
| Language | Latin; English |
| Material | paper, Vellum and paper, paper |
| Layout | vellum, 22 lines to a page |
| Height (mm) | 202 |
| Width (mm) | 132 |
| Collation | 2 flyleaves | a quire of paper | 1(8)-7(8) 8(6) 9(6) | 48 leaves of paper | 2 flyleaves of vellum. |
| Writing | in a good clear Flemish (?) hand, very slightly sloping |
| Foliation | ff. i-xvii + 1-68 + xviii (xix-xxxix blank and not imaged) + xl (xli-lxiii blank and not imaged) + lxiv-lxvii |
| Provenance | On f. iir: Liber Thome booth (xv-xvi) and other notes., On f. iiv: William boothe (erased) owethe this booke., On the vellum flyleaf at the end (f.lviv): Sum liber thome booth habitantis stauntonie. Si mea penna valet rectior mea littera fiet. |
| Research | The text of the manuscript was edited with a facsimile and an English version by Dr Perowne, late Master, in 1900. |
| Additions | 15 blank leaves of paper follow ff. iiir-xviiv., ff. 55r-68v are blank. 48 blank paper leaves follow (ff. xviiir-lviiv). |
Bibliographic information
| M.R. James Date | xv late |
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| Downloadable James Catalogue Record | |
| Superseded Interim Catalogue Record | |
| Contains |
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| TJames | vac. |
| Stanley | Lib. ab Al. 19 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/nh961mv6080 |
| Location | MS 237 |
| Repository | UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library |
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Collection
Parker Manuscripts
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