University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1571
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1416
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1571
- Title:
- Historical miscellany.
- Requesens family
- Place:
- Sicily
- Date:
- 1463-1660.
- Language:
- Latin, with passages in Spanish, Italian, Sicilian dialect, and Catalan
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 100 leaves : paper ; various sizes bound to 323 x 227 mm
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Forms part of: Villafiorita Ducal Records.
Ms. codex.
Written on various sizes of paper, some with seals and remainders of seals.
Foliation: Paper, 100; [1-100]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Numerous pages present non-consecutive, sometimes crossed out, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Origin: Probably written in Sicily between 1463 (f.8r) and 1660 (f.96v).
Watermark: Large, unidentified watermark containing a shield, a crown, and the word LIBERTAS; and a large, unidentified watermark containing a bird, flowers, and the letters CC.
Binding: Remnants of contemporary vellum over paper boards. Vellum now only on lower cover.
Script: Written in cursive script by multiple hands.
Sold by Kurt L. Schwarz (Beverly Hills, Calif.). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9948260873503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3bv79w8m/manifest
- Holding Institution:
