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Porcelii poetae cl[arissimi] et oratoris Ortographia

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3f18sf93
Title: Porcelii poetae cl[arissimi] et oratoris Ortographia
Alt Title: Ortographia
Name: Pandone, Porcelio, approximately 1405-approximately 1485, Simonetta, Cicco, 1410-1480 (dedicatee)
Date: 1460
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: codices (bound manuscripts), treatises, illuminations (painting), Manuscripts, Renaissance, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Brief treatise by Porcelio Pandone addressed to Cicco Simonetta, a statesman in the ducal chancery of Milan, on the origin and use of money in antiquity (f. 3r-10v), followed by a longer unidentified treatise on the subdivision of grammar dealing with spelling and with the nature and value of letters and their combinations (f. 12r-83r), attributed here to Pandone. The preface of the first treatise (f. 3r-4v), here titled De sextertio et talento (De sestertio et talento), differs from the edition printed in 1459 (with the title Opusculum aureum de talento) in having a second sentence that refers to the Orthographia and being dated 1460 rather than 1459.
Extent: 86 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 167 x 117 (92 x 70) mm bound to 167 x 120 mm
Language: Latin
Coverage: Early works to 1800
Note: Ms. codex., Title and author from rubric (f. 3r)., Table of contents: 1. f.3r-10v: De talento et sextertio / Porcelius -- 2. f.12r-83r: Ortographia., Incipit/explicit of first work: Et si duram mihi provinciam humanissime vir Cicce Pollio tradidisti (f. 3r) ... Tu humanissime mi Pollio cum meliora inveneris poetae tuo Porcelio impartiare (f. 10v)., Incipit/explicit of second work: Orthographiam ex quatuor grammaticae partibus unam esse nemo inficiatur (f. 12r) ... Quia placuit magis consuetudine conprobari (f. 83r)., Foliation: Paper, 86; [1-86]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto., Layout: Written in 17 long lines; ruled in ink., Script: Written in humanistic script by a single hand., Decoration: One four-line and two three-line iIlluminated white vine-stem initials in gold on blue, red, and green grounds (f. 3r, 4v, 12r) with borders on the left margin; rubricated initials, headings, and underlining., Binding: Contemporary vellum; small fragments of an earlier manuscript leaf with Latin text in Gothic rotunda script are adhered around the sewing supports to strengthen the spine., Origin: Written in Italy on 1 February 1460 (f. 4v)., Latin.
Relation: Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3f18sf93
Subject: Money -- Early works to 1800, Latin language -- Orthography and spelling -- Early works to 1800, Latin language -- Orthography and spelling, Latin language, Money
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 840
Provenance: Formerly owned by D. Andreas Parisino, (signature, f. 3r, 83v, 85v)., Sold by Ernesto Immelen (Rome), 1952., Parisino, D. Andreas, former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9931779833503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3f18sf93/manifest

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