University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 657

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1571

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 657

Title:

Statutes and membership lists.

Author:

Confrerie de Sainte-Euladie et de Saint-Gênes

Confraternity of Saint Eulalia and Saint Gênes WIKIDATA

Place:

Bordeaux

Bordeaux TGN

Date:

[1530-1599].

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Provençal

Occitan WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 11 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 352 x 265 (247 x 165) mm

Note:

Fragment, formerly sewn.
Ms. codex.
Origin: Written in Bordeaux, 1530 (f. 1r)-1599 (f. 3r).
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Foliation: Parchment, 11; [1-11]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Script: Written in a Gothic book script with later additions in a variety of cursive scripts by many hands.
Decoration: Strapwork initials decorated with grotesque faces and penwork ornamentation (f. 1r, 8r); Puzzle initial in red and blue ink, with purple ornamentation (f. 1v).
Sold by Francis Roux-Devillas (Paris), 1961.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, French

codices (bound manuscripts)

lists (document genres)

statutes

Confraternities

France

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924874433503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p31r65/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania