University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 614

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DS ID:

DS1559

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 614

Title:

Latin miscellany.

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[from 1437 to 1499]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 263 leaves : paper, illustrations, music ; 147 x 111 mm bound to 154 x 109 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
First folio is torn at the top; folio appears to have been torn out between f. 234 and f. 235 with no apparent loss of text.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Foliation: Paper, 263; [1-263], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by multiple hands.
Decoration: Decorated initials with penwork ornamentation throughout, most in red ink, some in red and ochre, with an especially elaborate example (f. 64v); musical diagrams in red, blue, and black ink (f. 215v, 216r).
Origin: Written in Germany in 1437 (f. 58r) and subsequent years, in a variety of hands.
Binding: Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, with clasp intact; many wormholes in binding.
Purchased.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Medieval

codices (bound manuscripts)

treatises

diagrams

Music theory

Music

Sermons, Latin

Monasticism and religious orders--Rules

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924865223503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3ht2gg4p/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania