University of California, Berkeley, BANC MS UCB 21
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS12300
- Shelfmark:
- BANC MS UCB 21
- Title:
- Kunstlichs unnd zierlichs schreibens; a calligraphy sampler
- Brechtel, Stephan, active 16th century
- Place:
- Nurnberg
- Date:
- 1571
- Language:
- German, Latin, and Greek
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 8 leaves : parchment ; 166 x 251 (50 x 140) mm bound to 172 x 252 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947
- Note:
- From the library of John Henry Nash.
Ms. codex.
Title adapted from opening sentence (fol. 1r).
Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 8 + i; 18 (fol. 2 attached to second bifolium and folio excised between fol. 4 and 5.
Layout: Written in 6-10 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in lead.
Script: Fol. 1r-8r written in Gothic secretary, italic and humanistic scripts by one hand, namely that of Stephan Brechtl; fol. 8v possibly written by a second hand, signed "Ulricus Le[m?]p Egranus, Arithmeticus."
Decoration: Calligraphic elaborations heightened with gold ink on initials and on ascenders and descenders on top and bottom lines, sometimes extending to edge of folio.
Binding: Bound in modern vellum.
Origin: The author, Stephen Brechtl, writes on fol. 1r that he is a teacher of arithmetic in Nurnberg, and dates his work 1521.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 21.
Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 2MS BV247 K8.
Fol. 1r-8v: "[text] Kurze Furweisung, Kunstlichs unnd zerlichs schreibens ... Non nobis Domine non nobis sed nomini tuo do gloriam." - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991044802659706532
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/nanna/proxy/iiif/manifest/228866/
- Holding Institution:
