| AdminHistory | The Franciscan order, the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic Church, was founded in the early 13th century by St Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226), and comprises three orders: the First Order (priests and lay brothers who have sworn to lead a life of prayer, preaching, and penance), divided into three independent branches, the Friars Minor, the Friars Minor Conventual, and the Friars Minor Capuchin; the Second Order (cloistered nuns who belong to the Order of St Clare, known as Poor Clares); and the Third Order (religious and lay men and women who try to emulate Saint Francis' spirit in performing works of teaching, charity, and social service).
This manuscript was written in Italy, probably in the Veneto and probably between 1467 and 1474. |
| CustodialHistory | The volume bears the bookplates of (1) Conte Paolo Vimercati-Sozzi and (2) Walter Seton, former College Secretary. Following Seton's death, a fund was raised to buy books of Franciscan interest from his collection |