Rule of the Augustinian Canonesses
Published: 1511
Place of publication: Genoa
Language: ita
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Augustinians
Notes: Manuscript written on parchment in Italian (Genoese dialect).

Apparently unpublished and unedited Rule for the Augustinian canonesses of Sant'Andrea della Porta in Genoa, written in a practiced script by the confessor of the house, who signs his name.

Opening page with three miniatures, of St. Augustine, two angels hodling a medallion, and an elderly saint with a cross.

Italian (Genoese dialect).

Binding: Bound in the 17th century in dark brown goatskin over wooden boards, both covers gold tooled with filets and a foliage roll, fleurs-de-lis in corners, a crucifixion in the center of the front cover, Virgin and Child in the center of the back cover, spine with three raised bands, gold tooled with flowers, leather in corners and spine slightly worn, one of two leather straps and metal clasps missing.