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Statutes and Register of the Confraternity of the Five Wounds of Our Lord; manuscript on parchment and paper, in Italian by Statutes and Register of the Confraternity of the Five Wounds of Our Lord

by Statutes and Register of the Confraternity of the Five Wounds of Our Lord

Statutes and Register of the Confraternity of the Five Wounds of Our Lord; manuscript on parchment and paper, in Italian by Statutes and Register of the Confraternity of the Five Wounds of Our Lord

Statutes and Register of the Confraternity of the Five Wounds of Our Lord; manuscript on parchment and paper, in Italian

by Statutes and Register of the Confraternity of the Five Wounds of Our Lord

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ONLY SURVIVING MANUSCRIPT OF THE UNEDITED AND UNPRINTED STATUTES OF PARMA'S CONFRATERNITY OF THE FIVE WOUNDS OF OUR LORD. Manuscript on parchment and paper, in Italian, Italy (Parma), 1563-1735. Dimensions c. 265 x c. 190 mm. 24 (parchment) + 6 (paper) folios, WRITTEN IN 4 PARTS: (i) ff. 1-4v written in Italian Humanistic script by two hands, imprint and traces of WAX SEAL on f.3 dated 1589; (ii) ff. 5v-22 written in several Italian cursive hands, dated 1680-1733; (iii) ff. 22v-24v, in several large non-cursive hands, dated 1680-1735; (iv) ff. 24-29 written in seventeenth-century Italian cancelleresca by one hand. BINDING: Contemporary folder binding of cardboard with parchment outer covering, warping but stable condition, indecipherable writing in brown ink by several hands on front and back. TEXT: Only extant manuscript of the ten foundational statutes of Parma's Confraternity of the Five Wounds of Our Lord, with an extensive register recording its members, and the rules of a second unidentified confraternity dedicated to the Stigmata of St. Francis. These texts illustrate the social, cultural, and religious values of two lay confraternities. Confraternities were (and still are) associations of laypeople centered around carrying out pious and charitable works, which through their performance and associated indulgences prepared members for a favorable afterlife. The extensive list of named members offers new evidence relevant to the history of Parma at the height of the Farnese power. PROVENANCE: The manuscript was written gradually over centuries, dates throughout. The main part of the manuscript is affiliated with the Church of San Ambrosio in Parma (now demolished). The statutes contemporary with the Confraternity's founding were ratified by Ferdinando Farnese, cousin of the powerful Duke Alessandro Farnese. The second section is dated 1589. Following is a register with names of the men who belonged to the Confraternity recorded between 1669 and 1735. The manuscript's final text, written in the seventeenth century, was not written for the Confraternity but rather for a confraternity dedicated to the Sacred Stigmata. It is unclear whether it was written in Parma. The manuscript was later in a private European collection. CONDITION: Moderate wear, discoloration, and staining throughout parchment quires with minor rippling, chipping or chewing at edges, paper quire has some staining, flecking, folding at corners, uneven bottom edges, worming on blank last folio, no text loss. Full description and pictures available. (TM 939)
  • Bookseller Les Enluminures US (US)
  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Keywords Manuscript, Statutes, Register, Parma, Italy, Confraternity, Urban history, lay religion