University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 54

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1545

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 54

Title:

Descriptio Terrae Sanctae.

Author:

Philippus, de Civitadei, -approximately 1340

Philippus Brusserius WIKIDATA

Place:

Austria or Germany

Austria TGN

Date:

[1487?]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 230 leaves : paper ; 215 x 155 (148 x 93) mm bound to 226 x 160 mm

Former Owner(s):

Lyell, James P. R. 1871-1948

James Lyell WIKIDATA

Penrose, Boies, 1902-1976

Boies Penrose WIKIDATA

Note:

Incipit and explicit (Marcus de Venetiis): (f. 11v) Postquam divine propitiationis munificenter exercitus ... (f. 122v) a quibus visa est et cara tenet. Colophon (f. 122v): Et sic est finis historie hierosolimitane. Timor et gratie hiesu. 1487. Sabbatis ante purificationem [28 January]. Deo gratias.
Origin: Probably written in Austria or southern Germany, ca. 1487 (colophon, f. 122v)
Binding: 15th-century Austrian or southern German dark brown calf over wooden boards, blind-stamped with occasional rosettes in a diamond matrix. Clasp missing. Later rebacked (19th century?). Hinges cracked, especially upper hinge; upper cover and first quire pulling loose. Leather of cover is deteriorating, especially in the spine.
Title of first work given on f. 1v as Loca peregrinationum civitatis sanctae Hierosalem et totius sanctae terrae; a similar title and the author's name are given in a colophon on f. 11v. The author of this work is also known as Philippus Brusserius. Title of the second work is also given as Historia Hiersolimitana in the colophon on f. 122v. Title of third work given on f. 126v as Cronica.
Incipit and explicit (Philippus de Civitadei): (f.1r) Quoniam natura humana presertim huius seculi ... (f. 11v) brevius potui memorie commendavi.
Ms. codex.
Incipit and explicit (Otto of Freising): (f. 123r, prologue) Fridericus dei gratia romanorum imperator et semper ... (f. 126v, text) Cum sub imperatore Heinrico qui inter reges quartus ... (f. 231r) Actus est hic triumphus vi mensis septembris.
Collation: Paper, 230; [1-230]; 1-9¹², 10¹⁴, 11-19¹²; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower margin, last verso of each quire.
Layout: Written in 31-33 long lines.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script.
Decoration: Green, red and blue initials throughout. Many headings and marginal notes in red.
Watermarks: cf. Piccard II. xv. 360/361; probable origin: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, northern Italy, 1478-1482.
Titles supplied by cataloger (2 unidentified 20th-century dealer's descriptions, inside upper cover).
Formerly owned by Boies Penrose II (bookplate, inside upper cover); James P. R. Lyell (bookplate, inside upper cover); and the Bundesdenkmalamt, Wien (stamp, inside lower cover).
Appears in Bernard Quaritch's cat. 699 (1952), no. 115; sold by Quaritch in 1952.
Formerly in the library of the Museumsbibliothek of Troppau (Opava, Bohemia); sold at auction at Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Vienna) in the 1920s (Giese).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, approximately 1123-1190

Crusades

Middle East--Palestine

Middle East--Jerusalem

Middle East--Latin Orient

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9914739293503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p34b2x70r/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania