Cornell University, Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 615 +

Metadata

DS ID:

DS12152

Shelfmark:

Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 615 +

Title:

Vita beati Francisci [...et al

Place:

Belgium, between ca. 1275 and ca. 1300

Belgium TGN

Date:

1275-1300

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 180 leaves ; parchment ; 248 x 175 (172-180 x 110-115) mm. bound to 260 x 190 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 29 or 23 lines; frame-ruled in ink.
The manuscript was composed in two separate albeit contemporary stages, corresponding to ff. 1-87 (29 lines per column) and ff. 88-180 (23 lines per column).
Script: Gothic textual quadrata (ff. 1-87); Gothic textual semi-rotunda (ff. 88-179vb); Gothic chancery (ff. 179vb-180vb).
Binding: ca. 1900, brown grained calfskin (?) over heavy boards with five raised bands; gilt edges. The front cover is loose.
Accompanying materials: Dealer's description (13 pp.), in an envelope labeled "Rare Bd. Mss...".
Origin: Probably written in Belgium, in the last quarter of the 13th century.
Provenance: Emily May Thornton, 1893 (?). Obtained from Bruce Ferrini, 1995.

Keyword:

parchment (animal material)

Gothic scripts

Hagiography

Franciscans

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3864164

Holding Institution:

Cornell University