Beinecke MS 675

Archiconfraternita dei SS. Ambrogio e Carlo dei Lombardi.  Notarial
register of charters relating to the Hospital of St. Ambrose (Rome).

Latin.  Rome: ca. 1485-1585.

1.  f. 1r  Table of contents.

2.  ff. 2r-99r  A collection of documents pertaining to the Hospital of St.
Ambrose in Rome compiled over a century and contaononng a core of foundation
documents and numerous later additions.

Parchment.  ff. 93, 255 x 170-180 (approx.  168 x 110) mm.  One column,
variable number of lines.  Single vertical bounding lines and ruling in
highly faded ink.

I^^8+1, II-III^^10, IV^^10+1, V^^8, VI^^10, VII^^8, VIII^^6, IX^^10, X^^10+1.

Several notarial hands, signed and dated by notaries.

Heading on f. 2 in calligraphic script with a large interlaced penwork
initial.  Notaries' marks.

Binding: Contemporary blind stamped leather with foldover flap and buckle.
Miniature of St. Ambrose painted on front cover.

Provenance: Purchased from H.P. Kraus, 1987.

secundo folio: in nomine

Bibliography: B. Nogara, SS. Ambrogio e Carlo al Corgo (Le Chiese di Roma
Illustrata no. 3; Rome, 1923); M. Armellini, Le Chiese di Roma (Rome, 1942);
E. Muentz, Les Arts a la cour des Papes (Paris, 1882).