(LCI)
Top left corner: National Library book label with current signum.
Centre page: bookplate of Marcantonio V Borghese in paper, 80 x 85 mm.
(f. SL1r)
In black ink by a modern hand: ‘No 4580 i prins Borgheses katalog. Uppgafs i kat. innehålla en outgifven Birgittahymn, "Rome celi curia" "i hvilken hänsyftas på S. Britas verksamhet för påfvens återförande till Rom!" Derför bjöds intill 100 fr. Boken tillslogs R.B. för 93 fr. Men hymnen är den kända Ruine celi curia, med några olikheter emot den i Brev. Lincop. ’ Bottom of page: ‘1892 juni 30’.
(ff. Note_1r–Note_1v)
Notes by Robert Geete on the acquisition, provenance and content of the volume, signed ‘1894 31/4 R.G.’
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(f. 1r)
In brown ink by a modern hand: ‘Ex Libris P. Hannibalis Meini ex dono reverendissimi canonici Dn. Calderini in vesp. diei 11. Martii 1842.’
(f. 3r)
In the margin, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: ‘colere’
(f. 16r)
In the margin, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: ‘tuus’
(f. 18r)
Top of page, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘laudes’
(f. 18v)
In the margin, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: ‘fore’
(f. 19r)
Top of page, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘complet.’
(f. 20v)
In the margin, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: ‘nos’
Decorations
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Main text and musical notes in brown-black ink. Capitals in red. Some capitals touched with light brown ink. Rubrics in red.
(f. 2r) Plain initial O over 3 lines, in red with interior reserved shapes, within a flourished blue frame.
(ff. 2r–40v) Plain initials in red ink over 1-3 lines throughout the volume.
(f. 2r) Miniature. In the middle Christ sitting with outstretched arms in front of a cross against a blue background, encircled by a wreath of green leaves. Circular ornaments in gold, with red and blue flowers, on the sides. (f. 40v) Decoration on the bottom of the page: circular ornament in gold, red and blue.
Musical Notation
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The hymns are noted with their musical incipits in square notation.
Binding
Modern binding in brown velvet. On LCOstamped in gold: ‘A 83’.
Names of two former owners, one Hannibale Meini and one Calderini (?), mentioned on f. 1r. In the late 19th century, the book belonged to Marcantonio V Borghese, whose bookplate is found on LCI.
