University of Chicago, Codex Ms. 1655

Metadata

DS ID:

DS16954

Shelfmark:

Codex Ms. 1655

Title:

Collection of speeches and texts relating to ecclesiastical politics

Ecclesiastical text

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1472-1473.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 138 leaves : paper ; 215 x 136 mm, bound to 221 x 155 mm

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Incipit: "Exhortatio ad peno[ne?]rios. Compertum habeo M. D. Nobilissimis civis in hac urbe iuram."
Collation: 1-88 92 104 1112(1+1) 1212 1310(4+1) 14-1512 168. Catchword at the end of quire 3 does not match first word of quire 4, suggesting that at least 1 quire has been lost. Upside-down, irregular, and crossed-out foliation appears in the bottom left of verso pages in the first section, suggesting that the paper was reused from another source.
Layout: Quires 1-9 written in 17-20 long lines; border ruled writing space of 148 x 108 mm. Dimensions of writing space vary frequently after that as hands change.
Script: Written in humanistic script in many hands (some humanistic cursive).
Binding: limp parchment manuscript waste with flap; manuscript waste is a document in (14th century?).
Origin: Dates in text include 1472 and 1473. Produced in Italy based on script and content.
Former shelfmark: Unidentified former owner, B. 120 Cod. 2.
Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, Ms1655.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Illinois--Chicago

Church polity

Early works

Institutional Record:

http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14114915

Holding Institution:

University of Chicago