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DescriptionAntoninus Florentinus
Confessionale: Defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio [Italian] Defecerunt vulghare. Florence: Francesco di Dino, [c. 1492]
4to (198 x 135mm.), 174 leaves, [*]4 a–u8 x6 [y]4, 25 lines, roman type, later half green morocco over marbled boards, quire e misbound
Sant'Antonino's popular manual for confessors discusses lots of different sins, including avarice, lying and whispering, and how various professions should behave, including doctors and bankers. It is recorded in several different versions, according to the initial words of the text; here, the opening "Defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio" is from Psalm 63. This is the first Italian translation.
LITERATURE:ISTC ia00835000
PROVENANCE:"Questo libro chiamato Defecerunt e di me Jachopo di Lorenzo di Giovanni di Jachopo dighiudo degli Orlandini di Sangiovanni di Firenze et del mio proximo", early inscription on a1 (otherwise blank) and repeated at end; Gustavo Camillo Galletti, ink stamp on second leaf; Baron Horace de Landau, bookplate with stamped number 5077
Giovanni di Jacopo Orlandini was a member of the prominent Orlandini mercantile family of Florence in around 1400 (he is mentioned in the Datini Archives), living in the San Giovanni district; this book was presumably owned by his grandson.Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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