University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 350

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DS ID:

DS1514

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 350

Title:

L'introduttione di Pietro Magno nell' antica republica Romana.

Author:

Magno, Pietro, active 1572-1589

Pietro Magno WIKIDATA

Place:

Rome, Italy

Rome TGN

Date:

[between 1600 and 1625]

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 123 leaves : paper ; 274 x 200 (188 x 133) mm bound to 280 x 205 mm

Note:

Edges and spine of cover show wear. Many leaves stained, especially at outer edge.
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 2r).
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 123 + i (modern paper); [1-123]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 18 long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand; another hand appears responsible for the pen trials (with content related to Roman history) on the last leaf (f. 123v).
Origin: Written in Italy, probably in the early 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch date of early 16th century is incorrect).
Binding: Gilt morocco.
Sold by Luigi Gonnelli & Figli (Florence?, Italy), 1954.

Keyword:

histories (literary genre)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Italian

Rome (Empire)

History

510-30 B.C.

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915809883503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3qr4nq6s/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania