University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 694
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- DS ID:
- DS1598
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 694
- Title:
- Doctrinale
- Author:
- Alexander, de Villa Dei
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- between 1275 and 1299
- Language:
- lat
- Material:
- parchment, color illustrations
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 27 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 234 x 166 (180 x 63) mm bound to 240 x 170 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title and attribution from explicit (f. 27r): Explicit Doctrinale magistri Alexandri de Villa Dei...
Foliation: Parchment, ii (18th-century paper) + 27 + ii (18th-century paper); [1-27]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 38 long lines in dark brown ink; ruled in ink; prickings visible.
Script: Written in a Gothic book script by a single hand, with marginal commentary in several additional hands that completely fills most pages between the lines of text and to the margins.
Decoration: Decorated initials in red and green on most folios, some of the decoration has faded.
Binding: 18th-century leather.
Origin: Written in France, late 13th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Some folios are stained from previous mold damage; much of the commentary has faded or is worn off, however the primary text is legible throughout.
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 190 (f. 1r).
Sold by J. Rosenthal, 1952. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9924874843503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3j43g/manifest
- Holding Institution:
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