University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 250

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DS ID:

DS1465

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 250

Title:

Il tempio di castitade : alla valorosa & inclita Signora, Eccellentissima e Realissima Madama Margherita d'Austria, Duchessa /

Author:

Nardi Galatheo, Giovan Theseo de

Giovan Theseo de Nardi Galatheo WIKIDATA

Place:

Rome

Rome TGN

Date:

1553.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 30 leaves : parchment, coats of arms ; 210 x 137 (137 x 95) mm bound to 214 x 140 mm

Note:

Title and attribution from title page (f. 1r).
Origin: Written in Rome, 15 April 1553 (f. 2v, 7r).
Ms. codex.
Foliation: Parchment, i + 30 + i; 1-30; later foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 19 long lines; ruled in drypoint.
Script: Written in a humanistic cursive script, possibly in the hand of the author. After the end of the text there is one line of Latin in a later hand (f. 30r). There is also a note in Italian on the front flyleaf verso in a much later hand.
Decoration: Illuminated crest and coat of arms on title page (f. 1r).
Binding: Modern vellum. Some of the ink is flaked off and faded. There is some worm hole damage. On some leaves the trimming has cut away the edge of the text. Various smudges and stains. There are traces of gilding on the edges of the leaves.
Sold by C. E. Brulot, cat. 277 (1951), no. 6.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

poems

Manuscripts, Italian

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Italian literature

Sixteenth century

Italian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915808603503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3787k/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania