Harvard University, MS Typ 162

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DS ID:

DS10571

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 162

Title:

Lectura arboris genealogiae regum Hispaniae; & specialiter in recta linea Regum Castellae et Legiois

Author:

Cartagena, Alonso de, 1385?-1456

Alfonso de Cartagena WIKIDATA

Date:

1492

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 105 leaves, bound : vellum ; 40 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Ellsworth, James W

James Ellsworth WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in an upright roman hand in black ink in 2 columns, rubricated. Initial letters after the first page are only pencilled in or left as white space.
The author's name from a note at the end of the text, f. 105r. For the date 1492 see curatorial file. There are marginal notes in later hands, one datable to 1514-1517.
The frontispiece is an unidentified coat of arms, drawn in black ink.
Bound in original blind-tooled russet morocco over stout wooden boards. A chain is attached at the top of the front board.
In a tray case, 43 cm.
Bookplate of James William Ellsworth.
Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Chained bindings

Spain

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095733490203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:45615215

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/ids:53794246

Holding Institution:

Harvard University