University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 702

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DS ID:

DS1607

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 702

Title:

Ad invictissimum Maximilianum II, el. Romanum Imperatorem Augustum : Pro fide catholica, de non concedenda Confessione Augustana.

Author:

Tancredius, Ptolemaeus

Ptolemaeus Tancredius WIKIDATA

Place:

Prague

Prague TGN

Date:

1570.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 53 leaves : paper ; 207 x 156 (143 x 117) mm bound to 214 x 160 mm

Former Owner(s):

North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford WIKIDATA

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from caption title (f. 3r); attribution from preface (f. 1r), Ptolemaeus Tancredius J[uris] D[octor].
Origin: Written in Prague in 1570 (f. 2r).
Ms. codex.
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 53 + i (modern paper); [i], 1-52, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Binding: Half-calf, splitting along upper hinge.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Layout: Written in 14 long lines.
Purchased on the Lessing and Edith Rosenwald Fund, 1972.
Former owners include Frederick North (bookplate, inside upper cover) and Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps Ms. 4959, inside upper cover; old no. 1237).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

orations

Europe--Holy Roman Empire

Augsburg Confession

Catholic Church

Counter-Reformation

Early works

International relations

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924874973503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3z31ns08/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania