University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 683

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1587

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 683

Title:

Dubia.

Author:

Pergola, Paolo della, -1455

Paul of Pergula WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Chiriacus, de Fulgineo

Chiriacus de Fulgineo WIKIDATA

Place:

Bologna

Bologna TGN

Date:

1454.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 80 leaves : parchment and paper, color illustrations; 213 x 144 (141 x 92) mm bound to 226 x 150 mm

Former Owner(s):

Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869

Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja WIKIDATA

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Ker, John Edgar

John Edgar Ker WIKIDATA

Note:

Colophon for second work (f. 71r): Et sic est finis consequentiae ab eximo doctore magistro Strodo compilatatae.
Origin: Written in Bologna in 1454 (f. 71r).
Title, attribution and scribe from f. 57v and f. 74v: Hoc opusculum editum est per magistrum Paulum Pergulensem dubiorum compositorem scriptum a me fratre Chiriacu Defulgineo ordinis servorum sanctae Dei genetricis Mariae fulginei die quinto decimo kalendas decembris inventa eiusdem ordinis.
Date, place, and scribe from f. 71r: Hic liber est fratris Quiriaci defulginio ordinis servorum Sanctae Mariae Virginis Dei genetricis quem sexto kalendas decembris luna tertiadema millesimo quatragesimo quinquagesimo quarto a nativitate Domini Nostri salvatoris propria mea manu Bononie transcripsi.
Ms. codex.
Foliation: Paper and parchment, iv (modern paper) + 80 + iv (modern paper); [1-80]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right tecto. Every 5th-6th bifolium is parchment.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 38 lines; ruled in drypoint.
Script: Written in a cursive humanistic script by a single hand.
Decoration: Illuminated initials with botanical border decoration in gold, blue, green, and pink (f. 41r, 57r); 3-line red initials with pink penwork ornamentation and 3-line blue initials with red penwork ornamentation throughout; alternating red and blue paragraph marks throughout.
Binding: Contemporary [or 16th-century?] blind-stamped calf over wooden boards.
Some previous staining and damage due to mold.
Sold by William H. Robinson, Ltd., 1949.
Offered by William H. Robinson, Ltd., in catalog 78 (1949), no. 459, as a manuscript from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Sold by Guglielmo Libri at auction at Sotheby's, 28 March 1859, lot 771.
Formerly owned by John Edgar Ker (signature, f. 1v).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

illuminations (paintings)

Logic

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924874703503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3g44hq58/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania