University of Pennsylvania, LJS 194

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS142

Shelfmark:

LJS 194

Title:

Geometria /

Geometry

Author:

Sylvester II, Pope, approximately 945-1003

Sylvester II WIKIDATA

Place:

Austria?

Austria TGN

Date:

between 1125 and 1175

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, illustrations

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 56 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 155 x 106 (121 x 78) mm bound to 163 x 113 mm

Former Owner(s):

Haimmiller, M

M. Haimmiller WIKIDATA

Ebner von Eschenbach, Hieronymus Wilhelm, 1673-1752

Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach WIKIDATA

Bohn, John, 1757-1843

John Bohn WIKIDATA

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Horblit, Harrison D

Harrison Horblit WIKIDATA

Stanitz, John D

John D. Stanitz WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Parchment, i (18th-century paper) + 56 leaves + i (18th-century paper); 1-78; one gathering lacking after gathering 6 and perhaps some material at end also lacking; modern foliation in pencil, [1-56], upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 24-25 long lines; ruled in drypoint.
Script: Written in transitional script (or protogothic script) by two hands.
Decoration: Geometric diagrams throughout, including one that is an attempt to represent a cube in three dimensions (f. 4v; Charles Burnett); 4 large (3-line to 10-line) white-vine initials in red ink (f. 1r, 2r, 5r, 8r), 1 zoomorphic 5-line initial formed from a winged dragon (f. 7r), and 1 5-line initial drawn in brown ink (f. 22v); 1-, 3-, and 4-line painted initials in red throughout; some...
Binding: 18th-century blind-stamped calf; rebacked with spine laid on; GEOMETRIA written on head edge. Some loss to marginal notes and diagrams due to trimming.
Origin: Written in Bavaria, probably in modern northern Austria, in the mid-12th century, based on similarity of the script to that used at the Benedictine abbey of Saint Lambrecht (Lisa Fagin Davis).
Formerly owned by M. Haimmiller (inscription, f. 1r).
Formerly owned by Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach, sold at auction in Nuremberg as part of his library, 2 Aug. 1813, lot 311.
Formerly owned by John Bohn and then Sir Thomas Phillipps (Ms. 4437, label on spine).
Probably sold by Robinson Brothers (London), 1945.
Formerly owned by Harrison D. Horblit (Ridgefield, Conn.).
Appeared in H. P. Kraus' cat. 155 (1979), no. 18; also handled by book and manuscript dealer Bruce Ferrini (Akron, Ohio); also appeared in Sam Fogg Ltd. cat. 14 (1991), no. 1.
Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 25.
Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

diagrams

Manuscripts, Medieval

treatises

annotations

Manuscripts, Latin

Twelfth century

Geometry

Early works

Astrolabes

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9948120243503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3h37b/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania