University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 839

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1684

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 839

Title:

Ystoria gestorum Alexandri pueri magni.

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[1400-1450]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 40 leaves : paper ; 186 x 144 (159 x 104) mm bound to 191 x 152 mm

Former Owner(s):

Schulz, Ernst

Ernst Schulz WIKIDATA

Note:

Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 40 + i (modern paper); [1-40]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Explicit: Unde talis i[m]p[er]ator, si fieri posset, nec nasci debuit nec umquam mori. Explicunt gesta Alexandri pueri magni.
Title from incipit (f. 1r).
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in a single column of 32-34 lines; many spaces left for ornamental initials.
Decoration: Rubrication and capital strokes in red (ff. 1-32).
Binding: Modern paper boards.
Origin: Written in Germany in the first half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Incipit: [S]apientissimi namque Egyptii sub omni natione que sub celoest scientes mensura[m] t[er]re atque undas maris d[omi]nantes...
A late medieval version of the Historia de preliis by Archipresbyter Leo (Zacour-Hirsch).
Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1952.
Formerly owned by Ernst Schulz (Zacour-Hirsch).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin

romances (medieval narratives)

Romances, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Romances

Early works

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--Romances

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9931779823503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p33c60/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania