Newberry Library - Vite dei santi padri

Title Vite dei santi padri

Date 1460-1480

Subjects Christian saints, Fathers of the church, Hermits

Summary Excerpts from Domenico Cavalca's translation of the Latin work Vitae patrum. The manuscript is composed of two parts. It opens with the life of Saint Eufronia; followed by short accounts of the lives and miracles of various desert fathers and hermits, including Hypertio, Isach, Apolo, Theodoro, Acerbio, Cypriano, Cuculla, Patriarch Gregory of Theopoli, and many others, with accounts of conversions, miracles, ascetic life and holy living, and a long account of the hermit Abraham. The second part comprises the much longer lives and miracles of Saint Paul the First Hermit and Saint Anthony.

Extent 175 leaves : ilustrations. ; 133 x 99 (95 x 75) mm bound to 135 x 103 mm

Format Biographies, Manuscripts

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Call Number VAULT Case MS 219

BibID 998221098805867

Projects Tag Italian Paleography

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Manifest

Filename 998221098805867_case_ms_219

Unique Identifier NL111O1P

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