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Bod-Inc: B-206

Bernardus Claravallensis

Modus bene vivendi [Italian].

 

Analysis of Content

[*1r] [Prologue by the translator.] ‘Sermone composto dal traductore di questa opera in uulgare a Laura sua figluola religiosa'. Incipit: ‘Essendo stato gia piu [et] piu uolte, o Laura in Christo figluola mia, con piatosissima importunita richiesto dalla buona memoria . . .’

[*3r] ‘La tauola di questi deuotissimi sermoni'.

a1r Bernardus Claravallensis [pseudo-; Thomas de Frigido Monte (Froidmont )]: Modus bene vivendi. ‘Del modo del ben uiuere'. Incipit: ‘[C]arissima molto a me in Christo sorella, hauendomi tu gia lungo tempo pregato che io scriuessi [et] destinassi a te qualche parola amonitoria al ben uiuere . . .’

Imprint

Imprint: Florence: Lorenzo Morgiani and Johannes Petri, for Piero Pacini, 27 Jan. 1495/6. 4°.

Collation

Collation: [*4] a–i K l–p8.

Illustrations: On [*1r] a woodcut depicting St Bernard handing the book to a nun. Woodcut initials.

References

ISTC: ib00418000

GW: GW 4053;

Hain: H *2898; C 960;

Goff: Goff B‑418;

BMC: BMC VI 683;

Proctor: Pr 6359;

Others: BSB‑Ink T‑336; CIBN B‑305; Hillard 347; Sander 956; Sheppard 5245.

LCN: 14003240

Copies

Copy number: B-206(1)

Wanting gathering o.

Binding: Half parchment.

Size: 196 × 136 × 25 mm.

Size of leaf: 191 × 125 mm.

Provenance: Alessandro, Count Mortara (†1855). Purchased in 1852 from Count Mortara.

SHELFMARK: Mortara 489.


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