University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 867

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1704

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 867

Title:

Chrestomathy of Latin authors.

Author:

Dinetus, Jacobus

Jacobus Dinetus WIKIDATA

Place:

Paris

Paris TGN

Date:

1540.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 193 leaves : paper ; 192 x 136 (150 x 86) mm bound to 200 x 143 mm

Note:

Title from supplied title of predominant work (Zacour-Hirsch).
A note in French hypothesizes that this book represents the son's account of his studies to his father (f. 1r). The note is in the same hand as the interlinear Latin notes in the collection of Virgil verses.
Mostly empty calendar for 1609 and 1610 on 5 leaves beginning at the back, upside down.
Ms. codex.
Foliation: Paper, 193; [1-193]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 17 long lines; ruled in ink.
Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Jacobus Dinetus (f. 4v)
Binding: 18th-century calf with gold stamp of Plato on the front and of Dido on the back.
Origin: Written in Paris in 1540 (f. 7v).
Mostly crossed-out note from 1677 (f. 2r).
Sold by LaMedicea (Cat. Libri Rari, no. 168), 1957.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

anthologies

Manuscripts, Latin

Astrology

Latin poetry

Latin literature--Study and teaching

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9931780613503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3jw86p2c/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania