Early Manuscripts at Iowa: Italy
Pre-1600 (and a few post-1600) manuscripts located in Special Collections at the University of Iowa
Manuscripts from Italy
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[Theological treatise]
Call Number: xMMs.Se3Publication Date: 12th Century [single leaf] / 14th Century codexContents of codex: Theological treatise, in Latin, touching on “gula” (f. 17 r.) and other vices (ff. 2 r.-69 r.); S. Augustinus, Oratio (ff. 69 v.-72 r.: Domine Deus omnipotens, qui es trinus et unus…); similar prayers and treatises (ff. 72 r.-100 r.); Orationes seu contemplativae meditations XV gaudiorum gloriosae Virginis Mariae (ff. 100 r.-124 v., incom-plete at end); S. Augustinus (?), Meditationes X (ff. 125 r.-178 v., imperfect at beginning and end).
Contents of single leaf at front: front fly leaf page (fol. 1) verso main text identified as Psalm 30. Marginal text appears to be psalter commentary. Phrase identified as Augustine of Hippo, commentary on the Psalms (PL electronic search on "iam non secundum adam").
Place of Origin: Italy
Language: Latin -
Leaf from a commentary on Isaiah by Thomas Aquinas by
Call Number: xMMs.Se5Publication Date: 15th CenturyContents: Commentary on Isaiah. Begins in the middle of Chapter 61: “…maris fortitudo gentium venerit tibi. Mystice Apostoli…”, all of 62, beginning of 63 until “…quod omnis sancti communiter exponunt de Christo. Et quaestio ista…”
Place of origin: Northern Italy
Language: Latin -
Breviloquium [leaf] by
Call Number: xfMMs.De2Publication Date: ca.1300Contents: Theological treatise. The folio contains chapters from Pars VI entitled "De Medicina Sacramentali/On the Sacramental Remedy." The recto contains the end of Pars VI, Chapter 5 (De Sacramentorum dispensatione/The Administration of the Sacraments) and the beginning of Chapter 6 (De Sacramentorum iteratione/The Repetition of the Sacraments). The verso contains the end of Chapter 6 and the beginning of Chapter 7 (De constitutione et integritate baptismi/The Nature and Integrity of Baptism).
Place of Origin: Italy
Language: Latin -
Sermones de diversis [leaf] by
Call Number: xMMs.De1Publication Date: ca.1300Contents: This leaf contains four different sermons. The recto starts with the end of Bonaventure's sermon for Saint Antonio (June 13th). The following sermon beginning with the "E" is Sermon 2 for Saint Maria Magdalena (July 22nd.) The following sermon beginning with a "G" is Sermon IV for the third Sunday after Pentacost. The last sermon, beginning with a "X" is Sermon II for the second Sunday after Easter.
Place of origin: Italy
Language: Latin -
[Charter granting title of Citizen of Rome] by
Call Number: xMMs.Ch1Publication Date: May 12, 1520Contents: This charter grants Thomas Rubeus de Monte Albodio the title of Citizen of Rome.
Place of origin: Rome
Language: Latin -
Summa Confessionum [Book of Prayers] byCall Number: xMMs.Pr4Publication Date: 1389-1459Contents: Summa Confessionum
Place of origin: Florence?, Italy
Language: Latin -
Italian confraternity book
Call Number: xMMs.NoR2Publication Date: 1556-1708Contents: Entries from 1556, 1597, 1605, 1612, 1626, 1628, 1635, 1638, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1658, 1708. (Note in research materials says "Register of a Venetian Confraternity dedicated to the virgin, 16th–18th century.")
Place of origin: Sedrina, Italy
Language: Italian -
Venetian monastery catasticho manuscript
Call Number: xMMs.NoR1Publication Date: 1478-1530Contents: “Catasto” (land registry) from the Female Benedictine Monastery of San Lorenzo in Venice, Italy, with five prefixed folios containing an almost contemporary index in Italian.
Place of origin: Venice, Italy [Monastery of San Lorenzo]
Language: Italian, Latin