Extent: 31 leaves : parchment ; 165 x 129 (115 x 75) mm bound to 165 x 130 mm
Note:
Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Incipit (f. 1r): Guilielmus miseratione divina episcopus ostiensis sacrosanctae Romae ecclesiae Cardinalis Rotomagensis vulgaritur nuncupatus ac sacrae religionis fratrum hermitarum sancti. Text is the same as that of UPenn Ms. Codex 85 (f. 1-31), up to the notation "Feb. 6, 1475" (f. 28v). The end of Ms. Codex 736 and the letter from Cardinal Guillaume de Estouteville are not in Ms. Codex 85. Foliation: Parchment, i (parchment) + 31; [1-31]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Layout: Written in 22 long lines; ruled in ink. Script: Written in a humanistic script by one hand, with notarial statement in a second hand, and marginalia in a third hand. Decoration: Red initials throughout. Binding: Contemporary doeskin (Zacour-Hirsch). Worm damage, particularly to cover and along spine. Parchment leaf from a lectionary used as pastedown and front flyleaf. Origin: Written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch), 29 March 1475 (f. 29r). Sold by H. P. Kraus, 1963.
Do you have more information to share with the Holding Institution about this manuscript or would you like to suggest a correction? Contact information is available for member institutions via our member directory.