University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 931
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- DS ID:
- DS1732
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 931
- Title:
- Roman-- des sept sages de Rome. Roman de Mark de Rome.
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- [1350?]
- Language:
- Old French
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 139 leaves : parchment ; 175 x 117 (131 x 85) mm bound to 191 x 130 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Foliation: Parchment, 142; 1-22, 24-34, 39-68, 69-73, 73-82, 83-91, 93-100, 100-110, 112-117, 119-142; later foliation in ink, upper right recto; later pagination in ink, [1-5], lower outer corner. According to the foliation, f. 2, 39, 67, 68, 82, and 142 are fragments and 23, 35-38, 92, 111 and 118 appear to be completely missing. The whole codex is a fragment of a larger work, so f. 1 and f...
Title of first work from explicit (f. 34r); title of second work from later spine, now removed.
Binding: Pulled from 19th-century pasteboards (Zacour-Hirsch).
Decoration: Red rubrics; blue 2-line initials with red ornamentation after rubrics, with simple blue and red decorations at the left margin of pages with initials.
Origin: Written in France, ca. 1350 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Appears in Maggs Bros. catalog 687 (March 1940), no. 194.
Formerly owned by Bertram, Earl of Ashburnham; sold in the Ashburnham collection at auction at Sotheby's, 10 June 1901, lot 401.
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 3679 (stamp, inside upper cover).
Sold by Laurence Witten, 1954. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9935615133503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p31v5bf56/manifest
- Holding Institution:
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