University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 349

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DS ID:

DS1513

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 349

Title:

Istromenti di quittanze, ed altri contratti a favore del Sr.? Cesare Ressano &? suoi interessi particolari.

Author:

Ressani family

Ressani family WIKIDATA

Place:

Pinerolo

Pinerolo TGN

Date:

1568-1632.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 216 leaves : paper, seals ; 297 x 212 mm

Note:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Binding: Modern half cloth. Some documents are badly stained. Many leaves are worn and frayed at the edges. Some oxidation of ink.
Ms. codex.
Later inscription below title: "Documenti Ressano di S. Giorgio" (also appears on spine). According to a description clipped from an Italian dealer's catalog (and now on file in the Library), this refers to Cesare Ressano di S. Giorgio.
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 216 + i (modern paper); [1-216]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in various cursive scripts by many hands.
Decoration: Some documents contain depictions in ink of notarial seals.
Origin: Written in Pinerolo, 1568 (f. 2r)-1632 (f. 243r).
Purchased, 1960.

Keyword:

contracts

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Italian

Manuscripts, European

notarial documents

receipts (financial records)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Italy--Pinerolo

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915809873503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p31z41x4x/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania