University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 690

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1594

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 690

Title:

Breviary.

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

[13--]

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 205 leaves : parchment ; 110 x 81 (73 x 48) mm bound to 115 x 89 mm

Former Owner(s):

Krumbhaar, E. B. 1882-1966

E.B. Krumbhaar WIKIDATA

Note:

Foliation: Parchment, ii (modern paper) + 205 + ii (modern paper); [1-8], ix-ccv; contemporary foliation in roman numerals on verso, in black for the Temporale, and in red for the Sanctorale, beginning on f. 9v; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Letter with a description of manuscript, 4 Nov. 1931, from the Library of Congress pasted onto endleaf, now detached.
Title from Zacour-Hirsch.
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 21 long lines.
Script: Written in Gothic book script by 3 different hands.
Decoration: Extensive rubrication, capitals and initials in red and blue throughout, some with red or purple filigree (f. 1r-6r, 178r-193v).
Binding: Modern calf, completely detached.
Origin: Written in southern France in the 14th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Misbound, with some leaves missing.
Sold at auction at Anderson Auction Company, New York, 12 May 1910, to E. B. Krumbhaar (Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; inscription, second flyleaf recto).
Formerly owned by J. E. Schulte.

Keyword:

breviaries

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Medieval

Texts

codices (bound manuscripts)

Breviaries

Catholic Church

Liturgics

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924874793503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3c53f37c/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania