University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 853

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1695

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 853

Title:

Epistolae latinae.

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1598-1612.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin and Italian, with a few words in Greek

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 31 leaves : paper ; 207 x 138 (167 x 105) mm bound to 210 x 140 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Origin: Written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch) between 1598 (f. 6v, 7r, 11r, 16r, 21r, 22r) and 1612 (f. 12v, 19v).
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Foliation: Paper, 31; [1-31]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 29-30 long lines with vertical bounding lines in lead.
Binding: Contemporary paper boards (Zacour-Hirsch).
Script: Written in several cursive hands (one hand for the original 24 letters, f. 1r-23r; two hands for the Hesius letters, f. 23v-28r and 29r-29v; and one hand for the Italian letters, scattered from f. 12v to f. 31v).
Sold by Libreria Nironi & Prandi, 1953.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Italian

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, European

Manuscripts, Latin

Latin letters, Medieval and modern

Letter writing

Italian letters

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9931780143503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p38m7b/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania