Vita R.P. Dominici Valesii mortui Crumlovii A. 1615 Feria 3. Pentecostes: manuscript

Collection — Volume: MS.2017.017

Identifier: MS-2017-017

Dates

Creation: not before 1615

Scope and Contents

Narrative of the life of the Italian Jesuit Dominico Valesio (1581-1615).

Bound manuscript of 98 pages, the first 6 and last 7 of which are blank, writen in a humanistic script. Title in a different early hand, affixed to fourth leaf. The text is divided in 35 chapters and written in the first person by a narrator personally familiar with Valesio. Possibly written in Český Krumlov, Bohemia, where Valesio died in 1615.

Language of Materials

Latin.

Biographical / Historical

Josef Pingas (1745-1822), was a Catholic priest, canon of České Budějovice, and a noted book collector.

Dominico Valesio was an Italian Jesuit active in Bohemia and Moravia. His life is chronicled in Matthias Tanner's Societas Jesu Apostolorum Imitatrix (1694).

Extent

1 Volumes (98 pages) : paper ; 19 x 15 cm

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

Title from preliminary leaf. Bound in parchment manuscript waste from a medieval antiphonal written in square notation, with one colored initial.

Related Names

Source

Inlibris LLC (Firm) (Organization)

Subject

Valesius, Dominicus (Person)

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Vita R.P. Dominici Valesii mortui Crumlovii A. 1615 Feria 3. Pentecostes: manuscript
Status: Marc Only
Subtitle: Český Krumlov (Czech Republic)?, not before 1615
Date: 2017
Description rules: Dcrmmss
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin