University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 85

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1699

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 85

Title:

Bullarium Augustinianum.

Author:

Catholic Church. Pope

Pope WIKIDATA

Artist:

Giovanni Pietro, da Cemmo, active 15th century-16th century

Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo WIKIDATA

Place:

Crema?, Italy

Crema TGN

Date:

[circa 1506]

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 136 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 181 x 128 (110 x 85) mm bound to 186 x 132 mm

Former Owner(s):

Joannes Angelus, de Crema

Joannes Angelus de Crema WIKIDATA

Patetta, Federico, 1867-1945

Federico Patetta WIKIDATA

Note:

Contains an attestatur by Georgius Franciotus: "Frater Antonius de Meliis Cremensis, prior conventus Sancti Augustini Lucae .. nobis exhibuit et ostendit quasdam litteras apostolicas ..."
Origin: Written in Italy, probably Crema, circa 1506 (f. 124v).
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch); spine label title: Bullae Pontificiae pro f[ratribus] Sancti Augustini.
Text on f. 1-31 of this manuscript is the same as that of f. 1-28 in UPenn Ms. Codex 736.
Ms. codex.
Contains a copy of a notarial statement by "Antonius domini Andreae de Recaneto" (f. 125r).
Folios iii verso and 126r-127v contain many notes in Italian in the hand of the former owner, Federico Patetta.
Collation: Parchment, 136; [i]⁴ (first leaf pastedown), 1-7⁸, 8¹², 9², 10-17⁸ (last leaf pastedown); [iii], [1-133]; modern foliation in ink, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower right corner, last verso of each quire.
Binding: 16th-century Italian brown calf, blindstamped with interlace pattern, over cardboard. Spine repaired with tanned leather; this might be contemporary with the binding. Cover wearing around the edges. Evidence of worm damage, especially to spine and lower cover. Binding slightly loose. Cover pulling away at upper hinge.
Decoration: Illuminated border of blue grapes and gold leaves on a pink background, with illustrations of scrolls reading Laus Deo and Fides in the right margin, a green bird in the top margin, and a medallion with a portrait of a bishop or pope in the lower margin (f. 1r); foliate borders along inner margin at the beginning of each text (up to f. 59v); from f. 63v on, each text begins with a...
Script: Written in a humanistic book script by what appears to be a single hand.
Formerly owned by Federico Patetta (signature, f. 127v).
Sold by La Medicea (Florence), 1957.

Keyword:

Specimens

Manuscripts, Latin--16th century

Papal documents

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

illuminations (paintings)

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Privileges and immunities, Ecclesiastical

Augustinians

Early works

Monasticism and religious orders

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915517513503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p30v89j4g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania