University of Kansas, MS C70

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1160

Shelfmark:

MS C70

Title:

Quid sit annus solaris

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[between 1401-1500]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 4 leaves : paper ; 203 x 146 (185 x 140) mm bound to 208 x 150 mm

Note:

Title from opening rubric.
Manuscript gathering
Collation: ii (modern paper, i is pastedown) + 4 (paper) + ii (modern paper, ii is pastedown): 1⁸ (wants 5-8).
Foliation: Unfoliated. Foliation supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Written in 31-32 long lines. Unruled.
Watermarks: A hand/glove with a five-pointed star (only upper half of watermark is extant; unidentified).
Script: Written by a single hand in Humanistic cursive.
Decoration: Paragraph marks in the same ink with the writing.
Binding: Modern. Bound in paste paper in dark blue patterns over paper boards. Two paper labels adhered to spine: a rectangular label on the head and a spiked round label on the tail.
Origin: Probably written in Italy in the fifteenth century.
Former shelfmark: MS Y134
Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS C70
In good condition except for minor stains and minor damage with some loss of text on the lower corner of the last folio.
Early history of the manuscript is unknown. Two paper labels adhered to spine. Possible bookseller annotations in pencil on front pastedown, now erased. Inscribed "142 Guilielmus Durandus" on front pastedown, probably by Jacques Rosenthal who listed this manuscript in his 1928 catalog under number 142.

Keyword:

Paste paper bindings

Watermarks

Sun

Zodiac

Solar system

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1n9tuvc/KU_VOYAGER2959549

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MSC70_30/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

University of Kansas