University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 241
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1459
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 241
- Title:
- Miscellany of religious works.
- Place:
- Italy, 1502-ca. 1599
- Date:
- 1500-1599
- Language:
- Italian, with occasional phrases in Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 208 leaves : parchment and paper ; 215 x 152 mm bound to 225 x 156 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Macauley, Francis Campbell
Manuscripts, Renaissance Hybrid books - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Some of the leaves are becoming brittle. On a number of leaves, oxidation of the ink has damaged the paper and rendered the text very difficult to read. On some leaves this deterioration has eaten through the paper. Some leaves show evidence of attempts to repair the damage.
Script: Written in a humanistic script, mostly by one hand (except the section of the sermons on parchment, f. 157-167, and the story about the precepts of Saint Bonaventure, f. 200v-201v).
Origin: Manuscripts written in Italy in the late 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Foliation: Parchment and paper, i (17th-century[?] paper) + 208 + i (17th-century[?] paper); [1-208]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Folios 157-167 are parchment; the rest are paper.
Title supplied by cataloger. Spine title: S. Bonaven. Dial. Itin.
Binding: 17th-century pigskin (Zacour-Hirsch). Spine stamped, with some gilding. Cover flaking around edges and spine. Cracking on spine and at hinges.
Gift of Francis Campbell Macauley (bookplate, inside upper cover). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915808413503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3gx44x1d/manifest
- Holding Institution:
