University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 762

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DS ID:

DS1660

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 762

Title:

Alphabetum malarum mulierum ... etc..

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 14 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 185 x 133 (127 x 83) mm bound to 193 x 135 mm

Former Owner(s):

Schultze, Ernst, 1874-1943

Ernst Schultze WIKIDATA

Olschki, Leo S. 1861-1940

Leo Olschki WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Binding: Modern paper-covered boards; formerly bound in red leather until at least 1905 (Mazzi).
Title of 1st work from explicit (f. 6v); title of 2nd work from Zacour-Hirsch; title of 3rd work from caption title (f. 11r).
Foliation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 14 + i (modern paper); [1-14]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Decoration: 1st work has 24 blue initials flourished with red and red and blue paragraph marks (f. 2r-6v); 2nd work is rubricated and has red and blue paragraph marks (f. 7r-10r); 3rd works is rubricated and has 1-line red initials throughout (f. 11r-14r).
Script: Written in Gothic rotunda script by multiple hands.
Layout: Written in 28-33 long lines; ruled in lead.
Formerly owned by Ernst Schultze (librarian and sociologist, Munich).
Sold at Puttick and Simpson (London), 27 June 1890 (note pasted inside former front cover, described by Mazzi, 1905).
Formerly owned by Leo S. Olschki (Florence).
Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1952.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Ethics

Misogyny

Christian women--Conduct of life

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924875103503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3x29g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania