University of Kansas, MS E18
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1201
- Shelfmark:
- MS E18
- Title:
- Divinae institutiones; De ira Dei; De opificio Dei /
- Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [between 1401-1500]
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 221 leaves : paper, illuminations; 200 x 130 (164 x 105) mm bound to 218 x 142 mm
- Note:
- Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript codex
Collation: ii (modern paper, i is pastedown) + 221 (paper) + ii (modern paper, ii is pastedown): 1-21¹⁰ +22¹² (wants 12, possibly blank).
Foliation: Unfoliated. Foliation supplied by cataloger.
Signatures: Quires signed a-i, k-t, v, x-y, with leaves foliated 1-10 in each quire but some are lost due to trimming on the tail-edge and fore-edge. Signatures present on the recto of leaves in lower right corner are: a3, b[1], b2, c2, c[5], g[5], l1, l2, l[4], l[5], m3, n[1], o1, p[1], p[4], q[5], t1, t3, v[2], v[3], v4, v[5], x[2], y1.
Catchwords: Horizontal catchwords in lower right on folios 10v, 20v, 30v, 50v, 60v, 80v, 130v, 140v, 150v, 160v, 170v, 180v, 190v, 200v, 210v. The manuscript probably had catchwords throughout but the rest are lost due to trimming on the tail-edge.
Watermarks: Single watermark on the front flyleaf: a majuscule letter A with an unidentified motif (only half of watermark is extant; unidentified); single watermark in the textblock: a triple mound (similar to Briquet BR 11652); single watermark on the back flyleaf: a majuscule letter C with an unidentified motif (only half of watermark is extant; unidentified).
Layout: Written in 33 long lines, below top line. Ruled in lead, with full-length vertical bounding lines and a full-length horizontal bounding line in the upper margin.
Script: Written by a single hand in Gothic rotunda.
Decoration: 9-line initial M in gold with a partial white vine-stem border in burgundy, green and blue at the beginning of Book I on folio 2r; 4- to 5-line boxed initials in gold on various combinations of burgundy, purple, green and blue backgrounds with fine scrollwork in white at the beginning of the rest of the books on folios 30r, 53v, 82r, 110r, 132r, 160r, 185r, 204r; 2- to 5-line...
Binding: Modern. Bound in full leather dyed in dark red (Morocco) over paper boards; rebacked with leather dyed in light brown. Gold-tooled with two concentric frames and a flower in the middle encircled with stars. The outer frame consists of a band of birds and branches and the inner frame is a narrower band of harps and flowers with eagles on its four corners. The head-, tail- and fore-edge...
Origin: Probably written in Italy in the fifteenth century.
Former shelfmark: MS BK Z18
Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS E18
In good condition. Minor staining and foxing on a number of leaves. Both pastedowns are torn along the spine-fold. The center-folds are supported by approximately 10 mm parchment strips that are adhered to the innermost leaves of each gathering. In the first and last gatherings there are also approximately 10 mm parchment strips adhered to the spine-folds of the outermost leaves. Deckle edges...
In this manuscript the works of Lactantius are devised as nine books, with the first seven corresponding to the Divinae Institutiones, the eighth to the De ira Dei and the ninth to the De opificio Dei. Each of the books of the Divinae Institutiones as well as the De ira Dei and the De opificio Dei are preceded by a table of contents. Spaces are left for the passages in Greek in all of the...
Early history of the manuscript is unknown. Unidentified coat of arms or an institutional stamp on folio 1r, now erased. Unidentified inscription, possibly belonging to a previous owner, on folio 2r, now erased. Possible bookseller marks: inscribed "No 2" in pencil in the upper left corner of the verso of front flyleaf; "21635" in pencil in lower left corner of the recto of back flyleaf; "no... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1n9tuvc/KU_VOYAGER2962986
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MSE18_30/manifest.json
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