University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 320

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1500

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 320

Title:

Le epistole.

Author:

Pseudo-Phalaris

Pseudo-Phalaris WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 67 leaves : parchment ; 181 x 131 (129 x 83) mm bound to 197 x 131 mm

Note:

In the dedication (f. 1r), Francesco Aretino states that he translated the letters from Greek into Latin. Zacour-Hirsch mistakenly says that Aretino translated them from Greek into Italian.
The British classical scholar Richard Bentley (1662-1742) demonstrated conclusively that these letters cannot have been written by Phalaris but are much later in date.
Cover worn slightly at the edges. Various smudges and stains.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Title derived from text of dedication (f. 1r): L'epistole.
Spine label: Phalari M.S.
Ms. codex.
The translator who produced this Italian version is not named in the manuscript. Zacour-Hirsch suggests Giovanni Andrea Ferabos or Bartholomeo Phontio [or Fontio]; cf. the early printed Italian translations--1471, 1488, etc.--listed by S. F. G. Hoffmann, Lexicon bibliographicum, III, 214-215.
Collation: Parchment, ii (paper) + 67 + i (paper); 1¹⁰(-1), 2-6¹⁰, 7⁸; [1-67]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. One leaf appears to be missing at the beginning of the first quire; might have been blank or contained a dedication, etc.
Layout: Written in 25 long lines; ruled in ink.
Script: Written in a single humanist book hand.
Decoration: Titles in red, initials in red and blue.
Origin: Written in Tuscany[?], probably in the second half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Binding: Vellum, with a gilded design on the spine; probably a bit later than the manuscript.
Accessioned (or given new accession number), 1959.
From the Macauley Collection.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Italian

Early works

Classical literature

Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, active 6th century B.C.

Greek literature

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915809213503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3406h/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania