University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 254

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DS ID:

DS1467

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 254

Title:

Teseide.

Author:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375

Giovanni Boccaccio WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 66 leaves : paper ; 295 x 212 (249 x 190) mm bound to 303 x 223 mm

Former Owner(s):

Macauley, Francis Campbell

Francis Campbell Macauley WIKIDATA

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Written in Italy[?], probably during the 15th century (notes of Thomas R. Adams, on file in the Library). Zacour-Hirsch suggests late 14th century.
Ms. codex.
Foliation: Paper, iv + 66 + iv; 4-23, [24-29], 30-69; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 38-40 lines; ruled in lead.
Script: Written in a cursive script by two different hands.
Decoration: Red used on some earlier pages for headings and highlights, with 2 red initials (f. 4v, 5r).
Binding: Full brown Niger; bound by R. R. Donnelley, 1953.
Various smudges and stains. A few folios trimmed close to the text. First and last folios show evidence of conservation repairs. In some places the rebinding has virtually eliminated the gutter.
Bartolomeo and Tomaso Cholnj[?] Chessetto [or Chessello] (inscription, f. 69r).
Gift of Francis Campbell Macauley, 1953.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Italian

Manuscripts, Medieval

Italian literature

Italian poetry

Fourteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915808623503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3vd6p553/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania