University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 991

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1752

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 991

Title:

Lantrecht van Zallant, van Twenthe, van Vullenhoe, van Drenthe, mit anderen priviligien des landes van Overijssel.

Place:

Netherlands

Netherlands TGN

Date:

[circa 1546]

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Dutch

Dutch WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 93 leaves : parchment ; 205 x 155 (155 x 105) mm bound to 213 x 165 mm

Note:

Foliation: Parchment, i (contemporary parchment) + 93 + i (contemporary parchment); [1-93]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Origin: Written in the Netherlands, circa 1546.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 27 long lines, ruled in lead.
Binding: Vellum with a flap held closed by a metal clasp (Zacour-Hirsch).
Decoration: Underlining, paragraph marks, and marginal section numbers in red; 2-line initials in red or blue mark the beginning of a new document.
Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.
Purchased in 1962.

Keyword:

legal documents

Manuscripts, Dutch

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Netherlands

Law

Netherlands--Overijssel

Netherlands--Drenthe

Privileges and immunities

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9937281963503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3xw47x4s/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania