THE NE W MEDIEVAL LIBRARI' ATELAINE OF VERGI TH E CH . Translatedfrom theMiddle- French - by An a : Knur Wn c u. Intro duction by P rof. L. Bu n o w. TH E BOOK OF TH E DUKE OF L R T t TRUE OVE S. ransla ed from the Middle- French with In troduction and Notes, hy Au cn - Ke mp Win es . OF TH E TUM BLER OF OUR L Y Trans ate fr m t e AD . l d o h Mi e-French with Intro uction ddl , d and Notes, b y An a : Kmar Wc n. ’ THE BABEES BOOK : Medieval Manners for the Youn In : mo ern En ish from Dr g‘ unm d gl . ' VA LL S texts. With I ' and Notes by Emma t xn r. TH E BOOK O F THE D IVINE CONSOLATION OF SAI NT ANGELA DA FOLIGNO. Translated from the Italian b y MA RY G. Sr n oum m. With In troduction b y Aunt: Tuonow . Others in preparation. The portrait initial in the en rave o v t is g d title, n re erse of h page, is taken from the Latin M S Le ends reserv at S n . g , p ed a Gimi nano The ette R in g . l r [ the M S inside whic it is .] h framed is b u n artis , y an nk own t of the early T recen to (p rob ab ly 1 00 C A endix ll 3 ] . pp ., note I. T H E LEGEN D O F T H E H O LY FINA VIRGIN O F , SA NTO GIM IGNA N O NO W FIRST TRANSLATED FRO M T H E T RECEN T O I TA LI A N O F FRA GIO VANNI DI CO P PO ; W ITH INTRO DUCTIO N AND NOTES BY M . M ANSFIELD N W Y RK DU FFIEL D 65 CO . E O LONDON CH ATTO AND WINDUS 1 9 0 8 CO N T E N T S I NTRODUCTION LEGEND OF THE HOLY FINA LA “GGENDA DELLA BEATA FINA ILLUSTRAT IONS THE HOLY FINA F7 01:tispiece ' Fr eero b Benoz zo Goz zole 1 20— 1 6 y , 4 49 , in the Church of San Agoetiao at San G n n imig a o. PAGE FACSIMILE OF THE TITLE- P AGE OF LA T R VITA ET M O RTE DI SANTA HIS O IA, , FINA DA SAN GIMIGNANO (1 59 8) T HE HOLY FINA To face 3 ' ' Freeeo b L t o M m em Siena 1 1 y pp of , 3 7 in the P alazzo Com nale an O) , of S GR G R FO RETELLS TH E R F 8 . E O Y HOU O H ER DEATH TO THE HOLY FINA Fr eeeo b Ghirlanda o 1 — 1 in the y i , 449 49 4, Col iate Church Sare Gm wauo leg , ig . T HE SOUL OF THE HOLY FINA BORNE BY ANGELS INTO H EAVEN F eo b Ghir tanda o 1 - 1 in he m y j , 449 49 4, t Colle iate Chureh San Gian nano g , lg . ALTAR TOMB OF THE HOLY FINA B Benedetto da M aiano in y , the Colle iate Church o! Gimi aano g , S g . IX ' Non on THE Wooncm TITLE- P AGE Rt raonucsn O n osrrs The W oodcut here reproduced forms the title page of a sixteenth century i talian adaptation of the Le end of Santa Fina b J aco o M anducci of g , y p i a fi r t h in P isa. Th s w s s pub lis ed in Florence 1 575 ; the copy used for the rep roduction is at San Gimi nano i n the Lib rar o the Colle iate g , y f g Church . ‘ ' ' l l l s INT RO D U CT IO N RA A COPPO the chronicler whose GIOV NNI DI , 1 Legend of the Holy Fina of Santa Giminiano ( ) is here offered to readers appreciative more of the poetry of past days than of the mere dry bones of his r l s r s t o Fra a of to y, pithi y Ob e ve Goccio, the W rden 3 H s al hi s — a b e the o pit , ( ) friend, th t to remembered, i s s ul set In la s and th ng ho d be down p in word briefly. F ll s u s l re o owing thi co n e Of perfection the fore, might not s s— u and a three hort word birth, fr ition , ch nge serve as the most concise definition of those pages and a t s li - s San a i ch p er in the fe tory of Gimign no, wh ch appear t o reach their natural conclusion as the centuries s as us x l ma of weep p t in the ine orab e rch time. The t a l or adi u s bir h of egend tr tion occ r , how we know ’ not a s dim and u s a s so it , in f ncy n c nned region ; even 1 F r t h notes t o th s an s se u nt e s o e i , d ub q e r ferences, ee a s et se p ge 8 : q. INTRODUCTION xv of legend dead and gone ; the faint echo of a never u as ev ts and m s els at a ret rning p t, r ived by poe in tr l oar l a of s too prince y b d, for the de ect tion mind highly ’ cultured to lend an ear of childlike faith to the poet s s x song of bygone days. The i teenth century has hardly ’ reached man s estate when we note already the change has o ld of l s and of art of which come ver the wor etter , — h u and a io . r a s ldi t o ght of ct n None f i r or o er, knight or fair lady— hold unquestioningly the beliefs that had ’ ennobled their forefathers lives ; or understand any more the symbolism that had comforted their hours s . a l ss of he s of de pondency C re e the morrow, t ir ta te in art reflects the hollowness of their life ; and as l k l ns and s a s as genera now edge wide pre d , they ce e to regard the allegories that had influenced the earlier wt an stages of their gro h, with ything more than n ff and s a l l m amused i di erence c rce y vei ed conte pt . Thus to the votary of artistic sincerity the Cinque o ou a l a see is al a s c Cent , if yet tw rd y f ir to , re dy tri ken, the canker of decay gnawing at its Vitals ; whilst the o- and s ll - s an Quattr Cento, ti more the Tre Cento, t d s a l s au and u b efore u a d zz ing vi ion of be ty of yo th, of c hildren gambolling in the spring -time and forenoon us as el a and s . e als was of enth i m, b ief, f ncy, de ire Th n o 6 xvi INTRODUCTION it given to us to witness in that fruitful land the birth Of those wondrous exemplars of renunciation and austerity combined with true enjoyment of the loveli ’ ss of s a k and ildl k ne God h ndiwor , ch i e faith in the reality of the visions that peopled the heavens and the a a s and la and a s n e rth . Fr nci C re their forebe r a d suc cessors a a of a s are ula in the Umbri n g rden S int , em ted 3 by their less well - known Tuscan brethren Bartolo ( ) 4 5 and al a and H l a Viv do, ( ) Peter M rtyr, ( ) the o y Fin , whose name alone suffices to strike a chord of a singular and s e ss o r s ls harmony w etne in u ou . Travelling away southwards and west wards from ’ Ar s s l s a s s w s no i ver tre k, from the teep here the pine ” ’ s a sl s k s a u e of t nd eeping, the mind eye evo e pict r a a as a all l all s Of remoteness nd Arcadi n e e . The p r e v ey the sa lsa and Era a s and Pe , E , (fit n me for the nymph dryad dwellers in their glades) are enclosed betwixt an u an so far as ma a wa s r ge pon r ge, eye y re ch to rd the a sea a n w k of l un ula i ac dre my , in et or gent y d t ng clivities H ll and al are s l . i d e dotted with the entine ss o s a wa n fi n o a s ea cypre , who p int rni g ger t w rd h ven, secure that with him no man shall move hi s neigh ’ u s la a k or a a n s a ds ua ass bo r ndm r ; yet g i t n g rd , m ed in s an s a un s lus of ru as ss erried r k ro d the ec ion ined f tne , INTRODUCTION xv ii and a asa and a s al as l the pe ce of pe nt home nce tr c t e.