Negrini, Girolamo, fl 1840s (Librarian of the library of the Costabili family, Ferrara)

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Girolamo Negrini was the librarian of the 'Biblioteca Costabiliana' (the library of the Costabili family) in Ferrara.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

MS 108: Composite manuscript including five texts, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 108

Contents Contains five texts written by three different hands.ff. 1r-48r: 'Confessionale: Omnis mortalium cura' or 'Specchio di coscienza' ('Confessional: all the concerns of humans' or 'Mirror of Conscience') by Saint Antoninus, Archbishop of Florenceff. 48v-70v: 'Trattato della mondizia del cuore' ('Treatise on the Purity of the Heart') by Domenico Cavalcaff. 71r-80r: 'Conflictus vitiorum atque virtutum' ('The Contest between Vices and Virtues') by Ambrosius...

Dates: 15th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

MS 134: Composite manuscript including two texts, 14th century

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Identifier: MS 134

Contents Contains two texts, both in the same hand. The Tractatus de logica by Al-Ghāzāli is found on ff. 1-34. A book by 'Isaac de Diffinitionibus' is included on ff. 34v-36. The texts are described separately, under MS 134/ff. 1-34; and MS 134/ff. 34v-36. Writing Well written, small Italian Gothic hand. Illumination Blue and red filigree initials on burnished gold...

Dates: 14th century