University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 864

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1702

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 864

Title:

Extract from Secretum secretorum.

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[1450-1499]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 20 leaves : paper ; 216 x 140 (143 x 77) mm bound to 223 x 155 mm

Former Owner(s):

Burr, Charles W. 1861-1944

Charles Burr WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.
Text from Secretum secretorum begins on f. 3v: "Allexander cu[m] sit co[r]p[us] cor[r]uptibile..."
Ms. codex.
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 20 + i (modern paper); [1-20]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Decoration: Large red initials with green ornamentation, ff. 1r and 1v. Red used for capital strokes and underlining.
Binding: Modern boards.
Wide margins at outer and lower edges of pages with some contemporary marginal notes.
Origin: Written in Germany, 1450-1499 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Formerly owned by Charles W. Burr.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

Education of princes

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9931780553503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p35c0b/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania