University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 714

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1615

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 714

Title:

Breviary.

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[between 1350 and 1399]

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 161 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 94 x 75 (71 x 53) mm bound to 100 x 78 mm

Former Owner(s):

Baugh, Albert C. 1891-1981

Albert C. Baugh WIKIDATA

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Edges of some leaves are brittle and show previous insect damage. Leaves were closely cropped in binding, cutting off some decoration and marginal notes in a later hand.
Ms. codex.
Foliation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 161 + i (modern paper); [1-161]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.
Script: Written in Gothic book script.
Decoration: Rubricated throughout, with red and blue capitals, 2-line alternating red and blue initials with contrasting red or blue ornamentation, 4-line and 6-line puzzle initials in red and blue with detailed ornamentation (f. 9r, 10r, 29r, 53r, 74r, 77r, and 97r).
Binding: 19th-century calf, rebacked, splitting along back cover; remains of clasp.
Origin: Written in Germany[?], in the late 14th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Gift of Albert C. Baugh, 1965.
Franz Graf von [undeciphered] 1830 and pencilled note of purchase 1809, inside back cover. (From Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue, these notes are no longer visible due to repair of the binding.)

Keyword:

Specimens

breviaries

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Medieval

Texts

codices (bound manuscripts)

Catholic Church

Liturgics

Breviaries

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924875233503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p39k45v0f/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania