Probably, the name vercelli comes from wehr celt, that is to say celtic stronghold, but then the romans, who conquered the city in. The vercelli book is one of the four most significant verse manuscripts to survive from the anglosaxon period. Provincia di vercelli is a province in the piedmont region of northern italy. Registri dello stato civile di vercelli provincia, 17951920. Plinios custom to make a short commentary on the lives of the next days saint in a meeting for youth in order to encourage them. Travel experiences in province of vercelli written by users like you.
Vercelli hotels map is available on the target page linked above. If you would like to support this site, donations are very welcome. However, the codex was documented in vercelli as early as the eleventh century. The vercelli book vercelli, cathedral library, ms cxvii is one of the oldest of the four old english poetic codices. Vercelli book, latin codex vercellensis, old english manuscript written in the late 10th century. It is a curious fact that among the numerous provincial councils which met during charlemagnes reign not one concerned itself with the jews, although these had increased in number. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. John bosco who used to make similar talks for the boys of his college, each evening it was prof. Participate in the biggest community talking about tourism in italy. Vercelli cathedral, vercelli, province of vercelli, piedmont, italy.
Rainfall is most prevalent during the spring and autumn. This is a beta version though, lacking several features that will be present in the final edition, scheduled for publication in 2014. Be sure to include the city, province and region of the photo, along with a short description. Here you will find prayer cards, medals, and items for the promotion of the cause for canonization of blessed john of vercelli. The countryside is varied and intriguing, from the summits of the alpine massif, the indisputable king of ski localities. The digital vercelli book provides universal access to extremely highquality scans and machinereadable texts of vercelli, cathedral library, ms 117, the manuscript that contains, among much other poetry and prose, the dream of the rood for this reason the digital vercelli book is a partner with the visionary cross project. In simplest terms, a stemma is a family tree of manuscripts showing which manuscripts were copied from each other, and stemmatics is the preparation and analysis of such stemma. Provincia di vercelli is a province in the piedmont region of italy. Records images cemetery page showing maps, records, and images of headstones in the vercelli cathedral, vercelli, province of vercelli, piedmont, italy billiongraves cemetery and images. See vercelli photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of vercelli in italy.
Hermit for two years at monte solicoli where he healed a blind man. Towards a rst digital edition of the oldest surviving. In the words of a modern critic elaine treharne, the vercelli book appears. The founder of the hermits of monte vergine, or williamites, born 1085. Vercelli is a province in the region of piedmont, italy. A history of old english literature wiley online library. The vercelli book contains a significant body of prose and poetry.
Archdiocese in the province of novara, piedmont, italy. The vercelli book comprises 5 folios, and although the manuscript was probably compiled and written in the late 10th century, not all of the texts found in the manuscript were originally written at that time. This page provides a complete overview of vercelli, piemonte, italy region maps. The languages spoken in vercelli are italian and piedmontese. In the 1870s the provinces of vercelli, ivrea, savona and lodi were suppressed, and vercelli was included in the province of novara, to be reestablished on 2 january 1927. The climate is typical of the po valley with cold, foggy winters and oppressive heat during the summer months. The city of vercelli is an important commercial centre for agricultural produce. He was the son of noble parents, both of whom died while he was still a child, and his education was entrusted to one of his kinsmen.
Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Almost all the texts in these manuscripts are unique and without them we would have a much poorer understanding of the earliest period of english literature. From simple outline map graphics to detailed map of vercelli. It is a hobby, which takes much time and money books, hosting etc etc. He lived in perpetual contemplation and exercises of rigorous penitential austerities on a nearby mountain. In the 12th century vercelli was a powerful town with self government and a member of the lombard league. Before 1859 the province included also the areas of biella and casale. Deutschbein remarks that the stemma had been established by zupitza and was only confirmed by miller. Saint william of vercelli lost his parents as an infant and was raised by a relative. At fifteen, he left and made a pilgrimage to the shrine of the virgin at zaragoza. The vercelli book is one of the oldest of the four old english poetic codices it is an anthology of old english prose and verse that dates back to the late 10th. The vercelli book, one of the four old english poetic codices. Vercelli, city, capital of vercelli provincia, piemonte piedmont regione, northwestern italy.
Information from its description page there is shown below. Media in category province of vercelli the following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total. It lies along the sesia river, southwest of novara. John returned to vercelli in 1232 to establish a dominican priory, and to serve as its superior. Ane o the auldest urban steids in northren italy, it wis foondit, accordin tae maist historians, aroond the year 600 bc. Its a genealogy, tracing relationships from parent to child to grandchild, showing sisters and nephews and cousins. The chief city of the libici a ligurian tribe, it later became a roman municipium town. Province of vercelli when writing to italy for records, be sure to be as specific as possible, including full names, dates, and the specific record you want. Get the billiongraves app now and help collect images for this cemetery. Vercelli contains several building of artistic importance and many of the churches in the area contain. The saint of the day features highlights from the lives of saints based on comments made by the late prof. Nonbiblical textual criticism skypoint communications. Population, official site, zip code and post office, town profile, useful link. In its beginnings, vercelli served as roman town and later became a free commune.
It is an anthology of old english prose and verse that dates back to the late 10th century. The vercelli book is one of the oldest of the four old english poetic codices the others being the junius manuscript, the exeter book, and the nowell codex. He was the son of noble parents, both of whom died when he was still a child, and his education was entrusted to one of his kinsmen. This book contains the twentythree prose works of the vercelli book, a late tenthcentury manuscript. The two spent the winter in vercelli, and in the spring. It contains texts of the poem andreas, two poems by cynewulf, the dream of the rood, an address of the saved soul to the body, and a fragment of a homiletic poem, as well as 23 prose homilies and a prose life of st. The codex vercellensis vercelli book the codex vercellensis, or vercelli book, as it is known in the anglosaxon world and now also in italy, is a manuscript dating back to the end of the 10th century, containing miscellaneous religious works, in verse and prose. The city is situated on the river sesia in the plain of the river po between milan and turin.
This is a collection of items related specifically in some way to blessed john of vercelli. Eusebius, formerly adorned with precious pillars and mosaics, was remodelled in the ninth century, and radically changed in the sixteenth by count alfieri. While the poetry is already well known, having been translated many times, the prose. William of vercelli or william of monte vergine, the founder of the hermits of monte vergine, or williamites, b. I do not want to use aggressive advertisements on the site, therefore the revenue from the site is very small. The campi raudii raudian fields to the south were the. Almost all the texts in these manuscripts are unique and without them we would have a much poorer. The province of vercelli lies in northeastern piedmont, extending along the sesia river from monte rosa to the po river, through the baragge and flatlands southeast of the provincial capital. Vercelli piedmont travel planning guide trip to vercelli. The origins of vercelli are lost in the mists of time t his territory was inhabited first by a ligurian tribe, and then by the celts in the 4th century b.
After years of hard work, the digital vercelli book is now online. Recensio is the process of grouping the manuscripts into a stemma or family tree. If you have a scanned photo image in this province and would like to share it with others, please email it to us as an attachment. Italian provinces stemma coat of arms crest of italian. The poems ascribed to cynewulf the fates of the apostles and elene could have been created much earlier. Located in the piemonte region of northern italy, vercelli is an important commercial centre for agricultural produce. It is especially important in the areas of rice, food processing machinery and textile.