University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 660
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1575
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 660
- Title:
- Le Château périlleux.
- Robert de Saint-Martin, frère, -1388
- Place:
- Northern France
- Date:
- [between 1450 and 1460]
- Language:
- Middle French
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 101 leaves : paper ; 202 x 141 (134 x 88) mm bound to 208 x 145 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Moderate to heavy oxidation of ink at the end, particularly f. 86-95.
Title from incipit (f. 1r).
First work, incipit (f. 1r): Cy commence le chateau perilleux compose par ung devot religieux nomme Robert; (f. 85v)...Explicit Le chastiau perilleux.
Second work, incipit (f. 86r): Damoiselle Sapience sen ala oultre mer en pelerinage par devotion...
Attribution to Robert de Saint-Martin made by Sister Marie Brisson.
Foliation: Paper, iii (modern paper) + 95 + iii (modern paper); [1-95]; 19th-century[?] foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Origin: Written in northern France between 1450 and 1460 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Script: Written in bâtarde script by a single hand.
Decoration: 5-line puzzle initial in red and blue with red penwork ornamentation (f. 1r); 2-line red or blue initials throughout; capitals touched in yellow; red or blue paragraph marks; red used for underlining.
Binding: Half calf dated 1813.
Layout: Written in 28 long lines; ruled in ink; prickings visible.
Purchased, 1952.
Formerly owned by J. A. J. Delignières de Bommy d'Abbéville (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamp, f. 1r); M. Victor Advielle d'Arras 1889 (bookplate, flyleaf i recto; stamp, f. 1r, f. 95v). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924874463503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3cr5nc34/manifest
- Holding Institution:
