University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 270

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1477

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 270

Title:

Libro di Santo Justo Paladino.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 60 leaves : paper ; 191 x 144 (127 x 90) mm bound to 197 x 147 mm

Note:

Explicit: Ad amar la pouerta a seruir a Dio / Al uostro onor chonpito el chantar mio / Finis amen laus Deo (f. 56v).
The printed edition of this work, produced from the Venice, 1490 edition, differs considerably from this manuscript. The printed edition can be found in Lommatzsch, Erhard. Beiträge zur älteren italienischen Volksdichtung (Berlin, 1950-1951).
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Incipit: Signori e done azoche per fortune / Nisuno de nui se meta a desperare / ... (f. 1r).
Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch); the dialect of the text suggests an origin in northern Italy.
Foliation: Paper, 60 + i (modern paper); [1-60]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 16 long lines; ruled in lead.
Script: Written in a humanistic book script by a single hand.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Balance, 2501 (Udine, 1450; Treviso, 1464-1465).
Binding: Modern boards.
Ms. codex.
Sold by La Medicea (cat. 51, no. 167), 1957.

Keyword:

poems

Legends

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Italian

hagiographies (literary genre)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Italian literature

Christian saints in literature

Early works

Justo, paladino de Franza, Saint--Legends

Italian poetry

Fortune

Fortuna (Roman deity)

Christian legends

Fifteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915808833503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3s17st0d/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania