Italian Sermons, 16th Century

Notebook containing sermons on various subjects, written in a neat sixteenth-century Italian hand. Entitled in an eighteenth-century hand, 'Raccolta di molti prediche e discorsi morali.' Among the few contemporary references are mentioned printed books and plagiarism (f. 86r.), and the prevalence of famine in Italy (f. 121v.). Among other things, the preacher discusses the relation between famine and plague (f. 122v.).

16th century

374 ff 1 volume: 215 × 160 mm. Vellum binding characteristic of the library of the Venetian Jacopo Soranzo (1686-1761).

Purchased at Hodgson's 12 Dec. 1930, lot 844.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

Subsequently in the library in Venice of Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727-1806).