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Liber ethimologiarum

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3sn01497
Title: Liber ethimologiarum
Name: Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636, Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735, Poblet (Monastery) (former owner)
Date: 1265
Collection: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Codices, Encyclopedias, Illuminations, Manuscripts, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Encyclopedia with emphasis on word origins, arranged by subject. The manuscript follows the standard division into 20 books, except that Book 3, on mathematics, music, and astronomy, is divided into Books 3 and 4, giving the manuscript a total of 21 books. Additional astronomical material, probably from Bede's De temporum ratione, appears at the end of Book 21 (f. 178v-183v), with the running head of Book 21 continuing to the end of the manuscript.
Extent: 184 leaves : parchment ; 356 x 242 (234 x 160) mm bound to 357 x 246 mm
Language: Latin
Coverage: Early works to 1600
Note: Ms. codex., Title from opening rubric (f. 1r)., Table of contents: 1. f.1r-2v: [Prefatory material], Table of contents: 2. f.3r-16r: Liber I, [De grammatica], Table of contents: 3. f.16r-26r: Liber II, [De rhetorica et dialectica], Table of contents: 4. f.26r-31r: Liber III, [De mathematica, De musica], Table of contents: 5. f.31r-35r: Liber IV, [De astronomia], Table of contents: 6. f.35r-39r: Liber V, [De medicina], Table of contents: 7. f.39r-47v: Liber VI, [De legibus et temporibus], Table of contents: 8. f.47v-57r: Liber VII, [De libris et officiis ecclesiasticis], Table of contents: 9. f.57r-68r: Liber VIII, [De deo, angelis, et sanctis], Table of contents: 10. f.68r-77r: Liber IX, [De ecclesia et sectis], Table of contents: 11. f.77r-87r: Liber X, [De linguis, gentibus, regnis, militia, civibus, affinitatibus], Table of contents: 12. f.87r-95r: Liber XI, [De vocabulis], Table of contents: 13. f.95r-102v: Liber XII, [De homine et portentis], Table of contents: 14. f.102v-114r: Liber XIII, [De animalibus], Table of contents: 15. f.114r-120v: Liber XIV, [De mundo et partibus], Table of contents: 16. f.120v-129r: Liber XV, [De terra et partibus], Table of contents: 17. f.129r-137r: Liber XVI, [De aedificiis et agris], Table of contents: 18. f.137r-147v: Liber XVII, [De lapidis et metallis], Table of contents: 19. f.147v-158r: Liber XVIII, [De rebus rusticis], Table of contents: 20. f.158r-164r: Liber XIX, [De bello et ludis], Table of contents: 21. f.164r-173v: Liber XX, [De navibus, aedificiis, et vestibus], Table of contents: 22. f.173v-178v: Liber XXI, [De domo et instrumentis domesticis], Table of contents: 23. f.178v-183v: [Additions from Bede's De temporum ratione], Collation: Parchment, i (modern) + 184 + i (former pastedown); 1-15¹² 16⁴; [1-184], modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto. Vertical catchword in ornamental frame on the last verso of each gathering, except gathering 6 and the final gathering. Link to collation model at end of record., Layout: Written in 2 columns of 40 lines, with running heads of L (for Liber) on the versos and book number on the rectos; frame-ruled in lead with double vertical and horizontal bounding lines., Script: Written in Gothic script by a single hand., Decoration: Historiated 6-line initial depicting Isidore lecturing to 2 monks and half border with grotesques, including human-animal hybrid musicians (f. 1r); 2 2-line initials in burnished gold on pink and blue grounds (f. 1r); numerous 2- to 4-line initials alternating between blue with red flourishing and red with purple flourishing; running heads in alternating red and blue letters; narrow red and blue borders on the left margin of the columns on many pages, more often the left column, sometimes both; initials touched with red; rubrication in red. Blank space between De mathematica and De musica (f. 29r) was probably intended for diagrams that are characteristic of Iberian manuscripts of this text (Michel Huglo, CNRS, Paris)., Binding: 14th-century boards, with some writing on the upper cover including the name of Isidore, and part of a Spanish notarial document dated 1330 as a former pastedown inside the lower cover (Kyle Ann Huskin); rebacked by Abigail Quandt (Baltimore, Maryland), 1990., Origin: Probably written in Catalonia, possibly at the monastery of Poblet (Michel Huglo; Manuel C. Díaz y Díaz, University of Santiago de Compostela), in the late 13th century., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Latin.
Relation: Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333433, The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3sn01497, Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs184.html, Collation model: https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/140
Subject: Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Early works to 1600, Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 184
Provenance: Probably formerly held in the library of the monastery of Poblet in Catalonia (Huglo and Díaz y Díaz)., Formerly owned by Harrison D. Horblit (Ridgefield, Conn.)., Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 155 (1980), no. 8., Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 15., Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997., Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in honor of William Noel, Director, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, 2012., Horblit, Harrison D., former owner., Stanitz, John D., former owner., Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9958452103503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3sn01497/manifest

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Metadata

DS ID:: DS133
Shelfmark:: LJS 184
Title:: Liber ethimologiarum

Etymologiae
Author:: Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636

Isidore of Seville WIKIDATA
Place:: Catalonia

Catalonia TGN
Date:: between 1265 and 1299

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT
Language:: Latin

Latin WIKIDATA
Material:: parchment

Parchment AAT
Physical Description:: Extent: 184 leaves : parchment ; 356 x 242 (234 x 160) mm bound to 357 x 246 mm
Former Owner(s):: Horblit, Harrison D

Harrison Horblit WIKIDATA
Stanitz, John D

John D. Stanitz WIKIDATA
Schoenberg, Lawrence J

Lawrence J. Schoenberg WIKIDATA
Poblet (Monastery)

Poblet Monastery WIKIDATA
Note:: Ms. codex.
Title from opening rubric (f. 1r).
Collation: Parchment, i (modern) + 184 + i (former pastedown); 1-1512 164; [1-184], modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto. Vertical catchword in ornamental frame on the last verso of each gathering, except gathering 6 and the final gathering. Link to collation model at end of record.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 40 lines, with running heads of L (for Liber) on the versos and book number on the rectos; frame-ruled in lead with double vertical and horizontal bounding lines.
Script: Written in Gothic script by a single hand.
Decoration: Historiated 6-line initial depicting Isidore lecturing to 2 monks and half border with grotesques, including human-animal hybrid musicians (f. 1r); 2 2-line initials in burnished gold on pink and blue grounds (f. 1r); numerous 2- to 4-line initials alternating between blue with red flourishing and red with purple flourishing; running heads in alternating red and blue letters...
Binding: 14th-century boards, with some writing on the upper cover including the name of Isidore, and part of a Spanish notarial document dated 1330 as a former pastedown inside the lower cover (Kyle Ann Huskin); rebacked by Abigail Quandt (Baltimore, Maryland), 1990.
Origin: Probably written in Catalonia, possibly at the monastery of Poblet (Michel Huglo; Manuel C. Díaz y Díaz, University of Santiago de Compostela), in the late 13th century.
Probably formerly held in the library of the monastery of Poblet in Catalonia (Huglo and Díaz y Díaz).
Formerly owned by Harrison D. Horblit (Ridgefield, Conn.).
Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 155 (1980), no. 8.
Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 15.
Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in honor of William Noel, Director, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, 2012.
Keyword:: encyclopedias

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Medieval

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Institutional Record:: https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9958452103503681
IIIF Manifest:: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3sn01497/manifest
Holding Institution:: University of Pennsylvania

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