University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 242
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1460
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 242
- Title:
- Leggendario delle Sante Virgini
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- between 1350 and 1499
- Language:
- Italian
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 32 leaves : paper ; 223 x 175 (145 x 120) mm bound to 227 x 180 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Macauley, Francis Campbell
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from modern dealer's note (front flyleaf 1 verso).
The suggestion that these works might come from the Vitae Patrum is taken from a modern dealer's note (front flyleaf recto) and the notes of Thomas R. Adams, on file in the Library.
Fragmentary; the beginning of the first item and the end of the last are missing.
First work lacks title or incipit.
Second work. Heading: Laude di Santa Domitilla (f. 6v); incipit: Una stella ea parita Vergine di grande honore (f. 6v). This section consists of a collection of prayers and antiphons in honor of St. Domitilla.
Third work. Heading: Di Sancta Eufrasina della sua nativita et come essendo maritata fuggi ad uno monasterio di monaci (f. 10v); incipit: Fue nella cipta [sic] dalexandria uno ge[n]tile huomo & honorevole che temeva idio il quale avea nome panuntio (f. 10v-11r).
Fourth work. Heading: Di Santa Maria Vergine (f. 21v); incipit: Uno huomo secolare & imanendo morta lamoglie ... (f. 21v).
Fifth work. Heading: Comincia la vita e legenda della Beata Eugenia (f. 24v); incipit: Quomodo imperadore nel septimo anno del suo imperio mando filippo Illustrissimo huomo in Egipto ... (f. 24v).
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 30 + i (modern paper); [1-30]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 23 lines; frame-ruled in lead.
Script: Written in a single minuscule hand of the late 14th or 15th century (Notes of Thomas R. Adams, on file in the Library).
Decoration: Red and blue used to highlight initials and section headings.
Binding: Modern paper boards. Slightly loose in places; spine of cover split at front hinge.
Origin: Written in Italy in the late 14th or 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Various smudges and stains. Most leaves show some evidence of mildew damage. There is later arithmetic doodling in the bottom margin of f. 12r.
Francis Campbell Macauley (bookplate, inside upper cover; Zacour-Hirsch).
Purchased, 1900 (Notes of Thomas R. Adams, on file in the Library). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9915808493503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p37q8f/manifest
- Holding Institution:
