Officiolum di Francesco da Barberino
Series: Edizione nazionale dei commenti danteschi -- 5
Publisher: Salerno
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Roma
Language: lat; ita
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9788869730054; 9788869730061
Subjects: Italian Illumination of books and manuscripts; Gothic Illumination of books and manuscripts; Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts; Books of hours; Illustrations; Prayers and devotions; Art collections; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern); Facsimiles; Catholic Church
Work titles: Book of hours (Ms. Officiolum di Francesco da Barberino)
Notes: Full-color facsimile of a manuscript conceived of by Francesco da Barberino, and produced in Padua between 1304 and 1309. The manuscript's cycle of illuminations was designed by Francesco, and features personifications and allegories rather than religious narratives. Along with the canonical prayers, the book contains a previously unknown work by Francesco, an allegorical treatise on Hope. The manuscript is currently owned by the private collector Guido Rossi, of Milan.

Edition of 399 copies numbered in Arabic numerals, in addition to 25 copies numbered in Roman numerals from I to XXV, and 26 copies lettered from A to Z.

Issued in a wooden box (27 x 24 x 14 cm).

Commentary includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Ms. in Latin and Italian, with booklet ("commentario essenziale", an interim commentary) in Italian.