University of California, Berkeley, BANC MS UCB 129

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS12682

Shelfmark:

BANC MS UCB 129

Title:

Inventory of possessions; Messina, Italy

Author:

Balsamo, Niccolò, active 15th century

Niccolò Balsamo WIKIDATA

Date:

1431 Aug. 20].

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

negative (Box 2600) and positive

Physical Description:

Extent: 16 leaves : paper ; 300 x 220 mm
Extent: 1 microfilm reel : negative (Box 2600) and positive.

Note:

Ms. document.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper (Monts, somewhat similar to Briquet 11875, Colle 1427), fol. i + 16 + i (multiple foliation systems in upper right corner: 31-46; 40-55; 6-21); one gathering.
Layout: 30-40 lines in single column of varying width; blanks of varying width between lines of script.
Script: Written in a mercantesca script (probably in one hand, but with greater and lesser haste).
Binding: 17th cent. black morocco, with simple rolls in blind; gilt-stamped with skull-and-crossbones at the corners and center of each cover.
Origin: Written in Messina on 20 August 1431. The Balsamo, originally from Lombardy, are present in Sicily from the 12th cent.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 129.
Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 2MS CT1138.B35.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

inventories

Early works

Real property

Manuscripts, Medieval

Italy--Messina

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

California--Berkeley

Institutional Record:

https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991047685799706532

IIIF Manifest:

https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/nanna/proxy/iiif/manifest/229211/

Holding Institution:

University of California, Berkeley