Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 93.6

Metadata

DS ID:

DS17928

Shelfmark:

VAULT Case MS 93.6

Title:

De cognitione l[itteris]r[om]a[no]r[um] in quadris antiquis

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1400 and 1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: leaves 154r-163v : paper ; 22 cm

Former Owner(s):

Sneyd, Walter

Walter Sneyd WIKIDATA

Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

Matteo Luigi Canonici WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript component part.
Caption title.
Listed as text 6 of "Humanistic Collection" (Case MS 93.6) in Catalogue of the pre-1500 western manuscript books at the Newberry Library page 180.
Probably modelled on De interpretandis Romanorum litteris, by Marcus Valerius Probus.
Layout: Written in 21 double columns; ruled in hard-point.
Script: Written in Humanistic script.
Decoration: One initial in red.
Origin: Written in Italy, possibly in Rome, in the 15th century.

Keyword:

humanistic scripts

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

miscellanies

Abbreviations, Latin

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma993388158805867

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library