University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 614
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- DS ID:
- DS1559
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 614
- Title:
- Latin miscellany
- Place:
- Germany
- Date:
- from 1437 to 1499
- Language:
- Latin
- Material:
- paper, illustrations, music
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 263 leaves : paper, illustrations, music ; 147 x 111 mm bound to 154 x 109 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
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).
Binding: Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, with clasp intact; many wormholes in binding.
Origin: Written in Germany in 1437 (f. 58r) and subsequent years, in a variety of hands.
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.
Description by JoAnn Taricani (typescript, 1970s?) is in the library's file.
Sold by Buch- und Kunstantiquariat F. Dörling (Hamburg), 1955. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9924865223503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3ht2gg4p/manifest
- Holding Institution:
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