University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 246
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1463
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 246
- Title:
- Records of agreements between members of the Bragadin family, regarding property and obligations.
- Bragadin family
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1540-1565.
- Language:
- Italian, with some Latin, most frequently for the openings and closings of documents
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 44 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 235 x 165 (178-183 x 115) mm bound to 239 x 170 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Jastrow, Morris, Jr., 1861-1921
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Some smudges and stains. Some passages have been underlined and marked with orange pencil.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Collation: Parchment, i (contemporary paper) + 42 + i (contemporary paper); [i], 1¹⁰, 2¹², 3¹², 4⁸, [i]; 1-32, [33-42]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. The front and back endleaves are formed by a paper bifolium wrapped around the manuscript before it was bound.
Layout: Written in 26-28 long lines; frame-ruled in ink (text block in horizontal lines, f. 1-9; in a grid, f. 10-42).
Origin: Written in northern Italy, from 27 January 1540 (f. 1r) to 5 October 1565 (f. 38r), with some additions and emendations that appear to be slightly later in date.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, with inscriptions including the name Pauli Bragadino, the word Divisio, and possibly the date 1565; top stitching loose; cover torn and pulling away from the stitching at the top part of the spine.
Script: Written in italic and cursive scripts by multiple hands.
Formerly owned by Morris Jastrow; gift from his estate (bookplate, inside upper cover), 1921 (label, inside lower cover). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924864473503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3sc4f/manifest
- Holding Institution:
