medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Can any of the subscribers to the Medieval Religion list help me to
trace a copy of the following book:
P. (Pietro) Burchi, Catalogus Processuum Beatificationis et
Canonizationis qui in tabulariis et bibliothecis Urbis asservantur
(Rome, 1965). It is listed in the bibliography of Leonard Boyle, Survey
of the Vatican Archives and of its Medieval Holdings, and in principle
it should be easy to find in the online catalogue of any major library.
However it is not to be found, even in the catalogue of the Vatican
Library (which has several other books by the same author). I wonder if
in fact the book ever existed in printed form and is perhaps only a
typescript.
I am interested in consulting Burchi on the offchance that the author
may have found some trace of the Book of Miracles of Edward II, which
was composed on the instructions of Boniface IX after 1389 and was
delivered to him in Florence in 1395. The book of miracles is not to be
found in the royal records in the PRO in London or, so far as I can
trace, in the Vatican Library or the ASV. I have also consulted a number
of catalogues of libraries in Florence but without any success. I am
writing a book on the reign of Edward II but am also interested in his
posthumous reputation and in Richard II's attempts to have him
canonised. I think it is unlikely that the book of miracles has
survived, but it is always possible that it is to be found somewhere
totally unexpected. It is also possible that a manuscript copy of Edward
II's miracles is wrongly described in a library catalogue somewhere as
being the miracles of Edward the Confessor.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Seymour Phillips
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