University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 823
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1675
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 823
- Title:
- Commonplace book and recipe book
- Place:
- England
- Date:
- after 1567
- Language:
- eng
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 43 leaves : paper ; 198 x 141 mm bound to 204 x 143 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Aresty, Esther Bradford
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Foliation: Paper, 43; [1-13], 1-29, [43]; nearly contemporary foliation in ink, upper center recto, beginning on f. 14; this foliation corresponds to entries in the index on the preceding pages; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.
Script: Written in a cursive script by several hands.
Binding: Contemporary limp vellum.
Origin: Written in England in the 16th century.
Two leaves are torn out near the end but foliation is continuous.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 23 February 1959, lot 322, to Dawson.
Gift of Esther Bradford Aresty, 1992. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9929766543503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3587z/manifest
- Holding Institution:
