University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 319

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DS ID:

DS1499

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 319

Title:

Gli amori di Tibullo e Glicera.

Author:

Martinozzi, Benedetto

Benedetto Martinozzi WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[between 1475 and 1499?]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian, with headings and occasional marginal notes in Latin

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 20 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 266 x 180 (167 x 92) mm bound to 270 x 182 mm

Former Owner(s):

Sneyd, Walter, 1809-1888

Walter Sneyd WIKIDATA

Note:

Incipit of first work (f. 1r): Essendo purissima fanciulla stato per li tempi passati nella citta nostra con maximo excidio assalito Tibullo Giovano generoso & praeclaro ...
Some stains. Ink faded a bit in places.
Origin: Written in Italy, probably in the late 15th century, based on style of illumination and script.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Spine title: Martinozzi. Dialog.
Attribution from heading of first work (dedication, f. 1r): "Nobilissime puellae Francesce Scotte pudicitiae antistiti atque omnium aetatis nostrae puellarum principi Benedictus Martinozzus eques auratus salutem plurimam dicit." Italianized form of author's name taken from Zacour-Hirsch.
Ms. codex.
Heading of second work (f. 12v): Opusculum Benedicti Martinozzi aequitis aurati in amorem quo ratio ac apetitus loquentes inducuntur.
Incipit of second work (f. 12v): Per allentar lo immaginato exilio / Che amor contanto sforzo tiene elcore / Nel tempestoso mar senza navilio / ...
Foliation: Parchment, i (18th-century paper) + 20 + i (18th-century paper); [1-20]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 25 long lines; ruled in drypoint; prickings visible.
Script: Written in a humanist script by a single hand.
Decoration: 3-line illuminated initial E with white vine-stem (bianchi girari) ornamentation (f. 1r); 2-line illuminated initials in blue, green, white, gold, and purple in first work (f.1r-12r); rubricated throughout.
Binding: 18th-century vellum (Zacour-Hirsch).
Sold in the Sneyd collection at auction at Sotheby's, 16 Dec. 1903, lot 492.
Formerly owned by Walter Sneyd (bookplate, inside upper cover).
Purchased, 1925.

Keyword:

dialogues

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Italian

Manuscripts, Renaissance

illuminations (paintings)

Italian literature

Early works

Italian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915809413503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p37p9g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania