University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 718

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1619

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 718

Title:

Sermones anonymi.

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 322 leaves : paper ; 195 x 148 (143 x 102) mm bound to 204 x 145 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Wrapped in a parchment leaf from Section XV, "De quatuor virtutibus," of the Declamationes de Colloquio Simonis cum Jesu of Geoffrey of Auxerre (Patrilogia Latina, Vol. 184, Col. 447C-447D) with decorated initials in red and blue penwork.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Foliation: Paper, i (parchment) + i (paper) + 322 + i (parchment); [1-322]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 28-32 lines; ruled in ink.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script, with the main text in a single hand, quotations (f. 312r-318r) in a second hand, and sermons (f. 318r-322v) in a third hand.
Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Binding: Contemporary leather over wooden boards, with brass studs.
Decoration: Rubricated headings, capitals, initials, and some underlining.
Sold by Hans Mehltretter (Luzern), 1956.

Keyword:

sermons

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Medieval

commentaries

Sermons, Latin

Catholic Church

Early works

Bible. Gospels

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924875293503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3fj29h8m/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania