University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 697

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DS ID:

DS1600

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 697

Title:

In quatuor Evangelistas.

Author:

Michael, de Massa, -approximately 1337

Michael of Massa WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 138 leaves : paper ; 295 x 213 (222 x 138) mm bound to 302 x 214 mm

Former Owner(s):

Lyell, James P. R. 1871-1948

James Lyell WIKIDATA

Note:

Foliation: Paper, i + 138 + i; [1-138], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Ms. codex.
Decoration: Red ink used for initials, capital strokes, and underlining.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 40 lines; ruled in ink.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Attribution to Michael de Massa (d. 1336) from inscription at heading (f. 1r).
Other titles from Zacour-Hirsch, no attribution in text.
Binding: Contemporary stamped calf over wooden boards, remains of one clasp.
Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1952.
Formerly owned by James P. R. Lyell (bookplate, inside upper cover).
Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699 (1952), no. 100.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

treatises

commentaries

Early works

Vices

Bible. Gospels

Bible. Matthew

Deadly sins

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924874903503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p35d8ng2t/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania