[MANOSCRITTO] - Incipit tractatus quorundam casus..confessorum compendium hoc vobis trado. [Italy: XV secolo].   An interesting treatise, in vulgar Italian and Latin, on education for the clergy. The volume reviews various well-defined cases, from marriage to the various vices and doubts that may affect the faithful and for each provides an explanation and an indication of behavior. It is a practical vademecum designed for the eventualities of confessors and priests in the daily service that provides an insight into the daily life of the late Middle Ages.   12mo (155 x 105mm). 53 manuscript leaves, paper codex written in merchant italic, initials and titles in red (lacking at least 7 leaves, first gathering almost completely detached, occasional light staining). Contemporary calf with blindstamped decorations, folded as a notebook (lacking spine and most of the front cover, probably damage by a rodent).

Estimate € 300 - 500

Awarded € 2,600