University of Kansas, MS D13

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1222

Shelfmark:

MS D13

Title:

Collection of biographies of illustrious men

Author:

Victor, Sextus Aurelius

Aurelius Victor WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[between 1401 and 1500]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 89 leaves : parchment, illuminations ; 225 x 160 (137 x 90) mm bound to 233 x 170 mm

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript codex
Collation: i (parchment, pastedown) + 89 (parchment) + iv (paper, ii, iii, iv are pastedown): 1-8¹⁰ + 9¹⁰ (wants 9, possibly blank).
Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil in upper right corner (1-89).
Catchwords: Horizontal catchwords at center on folios 10v, 20v, 30v, 40v, 50v, 60v, 70v, 80v.
Layout: Written in 26 long lines, above top line. Frame ruled in lead, line ruled in ink.
Script: Probably written by a single hand in Humanistic bookhand.
Decoration: A 12-line foliate initial P in purple, blue and green on gold background on folio 66r; a 6-line initial N in blue with red and blue penwork on folio 2r; a 4-line initial M in red with blue penwork on folio 2v; 2-line initials in plain red or blue and rubrics in faded purplish-red throughout; sentence initials touched in faded purplish-red between folios 66r and 88r. Guide letters...
Binding: Modern. Bound in parchment over paper boards with laced endbands. Top of the spine (approximately 55 mm) above the spine title is partly detached. Front board partly detached from the bookblock. Three paper leaves that form the back pastedown are partly damaged due to stiffening turn-ins.
Origin: Probably written in Italy in the fifteenth century.
Former shelfmark: MS BK Y46
Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS D13
In good condition except for some minor water damage and soiling on the first few leaves. Few corrections, possibly by the scribe themself; few marginal annotations in Latin and Greek, including symbols such as brackets and Nota Bene, by a contemporary hand who also filled in some of the spaces that were left blank in the text either for words in Greek or for rubrication.
Early history of the manuscript is unknown. Illegible, scraped off inscription in upper margin of folio 2r. Possible bookseller marks in pencil on front pastedown: "Probus Emilius = Cornelius Nepos," "DS04?," "#2" in upper margin; "Nepos" in capital letters to the left of center.

Keyword:

Vellum bindings

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin

Biographies

Institutional Record:

https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1n9tuvc/KU_VOYAGER2964387

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MSD13_30/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

University of Kansas