University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 721
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1623
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 721
- Title:
- Oculus sacerdotis.
- William, of Pagula, approximately 1290-1332
- Place:
- England
- Date:
- [1390-1425]
- Language:
- Latin, with a poem in Middle English
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 91 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 313 x 207 (249 x 150) mm bound to 323 x 209 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, 1870-1937
Dewick, E. S. 1844-1917
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
The name Hamond or Ramond Johannes appears at the end of the poem and sententiae in a contemporary hand in the right hand margin (f. 91v).
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Hic incipit prima pars libri oculi sacerdotis. Ignorantia sacerdotum populum decipit ... (f. 1r).
Foliation: Parchment, iv (modern paper) + 91 + iv (modern paper); [1-91]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 51-54 lines; ruled in ink; prickings visible.
Origin: Written in England, probably between 1390-1425.
Decoration: 17-line red and blue puzzle initial with red penwork ornamentation (f. 1r); 2-line, 3-line, and 6-line initials in blue with red penwork ornamentation throughout; rubricated headings and paragraph markers.
Binding: Blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Script: Written in an Anglicana formata script.
Sold by Raphael King, London, 1952.
Sold in the collection of E. S. Dewick at auction at Sotheby's, 17 Oct. 1918, lot 108.
Sold in the collection of Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth at auction at Sotheby's, 15 Oct. 1945, lot 2053. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924875383503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p32j6856v/manifest
- Holding Institution:
