University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 335

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DS ID:

DS1508

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 335

Title:

Pratica deli devoti.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[between 1450 and 1499]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 40 leaves : paper ; 143 x 105 (103 x 76) mm bound to 150 x 110 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Most leaves badly stained, possibly from water.
Title from incipit (f. 2r): Incomenza la pratica deli devoti overo devotioni de menare la mente ad Yesu Cristo secundo la visioni dela beata Mechtilde ...
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 40 + i (modern paper); [1-40]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 20-21 lines; ruled in drypoint.
Script: Written in a humanistic script by a single hand.
Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Binding: Modern vellum.
Decoration: Extensive use of red for initials, headings, etc. A few initials decorated with faint blue, yellow, etc.
Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1959.

Keyword:

Devotional literature

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Italian

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Treatises

Jesus Christ

Early works

Spirituality--Catholic Church

Trinity

Devotional literature, Italian

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915809643503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3gg4p/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania