From St. Francis to Dante; Translations from the Chronicle of the Franciscan Salimbene (1221-1288) with Notes and Illustrations from Other Medieval So (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... Appendix A. NOTES ON THE CHAPTERS. Chapter I. 1. These lacunae existed already in the 16th century, when a tran script of the Chronicle was made. 2. For growth of luxury see Murat. ix, pp. 128 ff and 669: Ben. I in. vol. T, p. 150: for slaves see Biagi, p. 333, and Wadding, 1274, p. 423. 3. Ps. xliv, 3. I have thought it best to give nearly all the Bible quotations from the Douai version, as more exactly representing the Vulgate, which Salimbene of course always quotes. The page references are to the text of Salimbene in Hon. Germ. Hist. Scriptt., t. xxxii. In some cases, however, I have not been able to secure in time the paged sheets of this standard edition; in such cases I give the year under which Salimbene records the matter, together with the page of the Parma edition. Thus the reference (1250-237) will enable the reader to verify my quotation on p. 237 in the Parma edition, or under the year 1250 in either edition. Whether the whole of the Chronicle was written for Sister Agnes has been questioned by Father Michael, who however gives no very cogent reasons for his doubt. Certainly Salimbene's freedom of speech supplies no proof that it was not written for a nun: see chap. iii, note 7. 4. Michael, p. 2. 5. e.g. The early history of the city and diocese of Tournai, in the Corpus Chronicorum Flandrice, 1841, t. ii, pp. 480 following. Similarly, Abbot Guibert of Nogent tells how he has been pestered to deliver imaginary panegyrics on unknown saints: and his words imply that such requests were frequent and difficult to refuse. (Migne. Pat. Lat., vol. clvi, p. 624). When, in 1282, a general chapter of the Franciscans was held at Strassburg, "the Minister-General enjoined Brother Philip, minister of Tuscany, to enquire diligently, if...