University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 336
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1509
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 336
- Title:
- Capitoli della Compagnia della gloriosa Vergine Maria, et di Santo Egidio advocati et protectori delli huominj del Castello di Romena, nuovamente fatti et ordinati per gli prudenti huomini, cioè Francesco di San Giovanni, priore di dicta Compagnia, Bidoro d'Antonio, Camarlingo in essa ... etc. /
- Place:
- Castello di Romena
- Date:
- 1539-1717.
- Language:
- Italian, with some Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 78 leaves : paper ; 206 x 145 mm bound to 217 x 147 mm
- Note:
- Title and statement of responsibility from title page (f. 1r); title on spine label largely peeled off and hard to read.
Three modern leaves of handwritten descriptive information in Italian were laid into the manuscript and are on file in the Library.
Ms. codex.
Origin: Written in Castello di Romena (f. 1r) from 1539 (f. 1r) to 1717 (f. 14v).
Foliation: Paper and parchment i (parchment) + 76 + i (parchment); [ii], 1-13, [14-76], [i]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Binding: 16th-century sheepskin over boards. Catches; clasps missing. Traces of gilding on edges of leaves. Cover badly worn and deteriorated. Spine and edges badly split and cracked. Patches on cover. Cover boards pulling away. Some leaves stained, possibly due to water and mildew. Edges of some leaves worn and frayed.
Script: Original agreement (f. 1r-10v) written in a humanistic script by what appears to be a single hand; later additions in cursive script by various hands.
Purchased, 1959. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915809653503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3c824f69/manifest
- Holding Institution:
