Book of devotions in the form of the Seven Penitential Psalms, and other prayers and devotions, written during the early years of the pontificate of Pius VII.
Scope and Contents
The seven penitential psalms begin on folio 2.
The Psalms and several of the prayers are written in Latin (Psalms 1 (51) and cxxix (130) are not written out in full), the rest of the prayers and all the rubrics are in Italian.
A scrap of paper inscribed 'Libriccino che fu di uso del Cardinal Duca d'Yorck' in a nineteenth-century hand is tipped in at the front of the volume (folio i).
Dates
- Creation: 1800, 1824
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
25 Leaves ; Octavo.
Language of Materials
Multiple languages
Arrangement
i + 24 folios.
Custodial History
The book contains the arms of Henry Benedict Stuart, Cardinal York, as Henry IX, for whom the book was written, doubtless by a member of his household: the hand does not appear to be his, in spite of the printed label pasted inside the front cover. Also pasted inside the front cover is a label gold-stamped 'ex libris Mortimer L. Schiff’, and remnants of what may have been an older, unidentified bookplate. Written inside the back cover are 'Io Francesco Lanvó 1813', possibly a member of York's household, and apparently in the hand of the book, '14 April 1815'(?).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1991.
Physical Description
Bound in brown morocco, tooled in gold.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
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