University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1659

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1441

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1659

Title:

Ladino manuscript.

Place:

Morocco

Morocco TGN

Date:

[between 1575 and 1599?]

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Ladino

Judaeo-Spanish WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 32 leaves : paper ; 275 x 205 mm

Former Owner(s):

Cassuto, Alfonso, 1910-1990

Alfonso Cassuto WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Origin: Possibly written in Morocco, late 16th century (Cassuto).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 31 + i leaves; modern arabic numbers in pencil, usually upper right recto, may be foliation or pagination but are not in order.
Layout: Written in 35-37 long lines (after trimming); folio.
Script: Written in semi-cursive Sephardic script (Cassuto).
Binding: One detached cover, leather, blind-stamped borders, possibly from Lyon (Cassuto).
Formerly owned by antiquarian bookdealer and collector Alfonso Cassuto (Lisbon; collection notes housed in curatorial file); probably purchased in 1986 (note in photocopied collection notes).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Hebrew

Texts

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Ladino language

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9963671893503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3rp2g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania