University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 840
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1686
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 840
- Title:
- Porcelii poetae clarissimi et oratoris Ortographia.
- Pandone, Porcelio, approximately 1405-approximately 1485
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1460.
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 86 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 167 x 117 (92 x 70) mm bound to 167 x 120 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Parisino, D. Andreas
- Note:
- 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.
Origin: Written in Italy on 1 February 1460 (f. 4v).
Title and author from rubric (f. 3r).
Ms. codex.
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.
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.
Sold by Ernesto Immelen (Rome), 1952.
Formerly owned by D. Andreas Parisino, (signature, f. 3r, 83v, 85v). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9931779833503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3f18sf93/manifest
- Holding Institution:
