University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 699
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1602
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 699
- Title:
- Summa aurea in quattuor libros sententiarum.
- Guillermus, Altissiodorensis, -1231
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- [13--]
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 351 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 240 x 263 (165 x 110) mm bound to 248 x 173 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930
- Note:
- Foliation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 351 + ii (modern paper); [1-20, 20-350]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Part of lower margin of f. 1 cut away (probably contained ownership entry).
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 46-50 lines; frame-ruled in lead; prickings visible on inner margins of some leaves (for example, f. 212).
Script: Written in 1 Gothic hand or 2 similar Gothic hands, commentary and marginal notes in another, nearly contemporary hand, additional notes in later hands.
Decoration: Rubricated, with paragraph marks in red and blue, puzzle initials ranging in height from 5 lines to 8 lines, with penwork ornamentation in red and blue (for example, f. 1r, 3r, 117r, 273r); 2-line and 3-line initials in red and blue with contrasting filigree throughout.
Binding: Modern half-morocco, front cover detached along hinge.
Partial outline of Book 4, in a later hand (f. 351).
Origin: Written in France in the 14th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Formerly owned by Wilfred Michael Voynich; sold by the Voynich estate, 1953. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924874933503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3086397p/manifest
- Holding Institution:
