Saint Bonaventure's Life of St Francis (Italian)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS ITALIAN 3 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Saint Bonaventure's Life of St Francis (Italian) |
Date(s) | : 15th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 156 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint Bonaventure (San Bonaventura): born, c1217; original name Giovanni Di Fidanza (John of Fidanza); entered the University of Paris, 1235; received the master of arts degree, 1243; joined the Franciscan order; studied theology in the Franciscan school at Paris, 1243-1248; named Bonaventure, 1244; leading theologian, minister general of the Franciscan order, and cardinal bishop of Albano; author of several works on the spiritual life; recodified the constitution of his order, 1260; died, 1274.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing St Bonaventure's 'Leggenda di S Francesco' (Life of St Francis).
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Italian
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); list at University College London Special Collections.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Pasted inside the front cover is the bookplate of Walter Seton.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased at the Seton sale at Sotheby's in 1927 and presented to University College London by the British Society of Franciscan Studies and others.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jul 2001
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