University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 16

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DS ID:

DS1444

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 16

Title:

Guerino Meschino.

Author:

Andrea, da Barberino, approximately 1370-

Andrea da Barberino WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1472.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 214 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 236 x 160 (165 x 108) mm bound to 235 x 163 mm

Former Owner(s):

Schoenberg, Lawrence J

Lawrence J. Schoenberg WIKIDATA

Note:

Layout: Written in 32 long lines; ruled in lead.
The text of Guerino il Meschino was first printed at Padua in 1473, but the printed text differs in many respects from the text of this and other manuscripts.
Early title "Guerino Meschino" is written along the lower fore-edge of the manuscript; later title "Guerino" is written on the front cover board.
Generally fragile; portions of the manuscript are in very poor condition. Upper part of each page severely dampstained throughout the manuscript, sometimes affecting legibility of the first few lines; however, the parts of each page unaffected by this staining are in excellent condition. Bottom part of f. 1 torn away, but no text missing. Binding and covers loose; spine missing. Back cover...
Ms. codex.
Script: Written in a humanist script.
Decoration: Illuminated 4-line initial in blue, green and gold (f. 1). Small initials in red, with guide letters usually visible in the left margin.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Fleur, 6597 or 6599.
Binding: Contemporary square wooden boards sewn on three thongs threaded through the boards and pegged. Metal catches on lower cover decorated and engraved with Gothic capital "S."
Origin: Written in northwest Italy (Maggs) in 1472 (f. 214v).
A brief description of the manuscript in Italian is pasted inside the front cover.
Collation: Paper, 214; 1-19¹⁰20-21¹²; [1-214]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Catchwords, lower center verso on the last leaf of each gathering.
The bookplate of Graf L. v. d. Pahlen is pasted inside the front cover; "Phillippe" is scribbled in plummet in the lower margin of f. 164r.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 1 December 1987, lot 34.
Formerly owned by Lawrence J. Schoenberg, LJS 18.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 1993.
Appears in Maggs Bros. catalog B15 (1990), no. 8.

Keyword:

romances (medieval narratives)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Italian

Specimens

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Italian literature

Romances, Italian

Fifteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9914691553503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3jq0sx4r/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania