University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1881
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS2122
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1881
- Title:
- Astronomical treatises and tables.
- Place:
- Germany
- Date:
- [circa 1481]
- Language:
- Latin, with a Hebrew alphabet and a few Hebrew words (f. 95v)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 93 leaves : paper ; 307 x 205 mm bound to 315 x 225 mm.
- Former Owner(s):
- Humberd, Charles D., 1897-1960
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Binding: Modern flexible parchment with two pairs of leather ties, by Richard C. Baker (St. Louis, Missouri), 2008.
Decoration: Large climate zone world map in brown and red ink (f. 33v); numerous astronomical diagrams, many with colored wash; six volvelles (f. 1v, 13v, 19v, 25v, 35r, 35v; one small volvelle missing, f.20r); tables in red and brown ink; three-line initials alternating between red and blue, with a seven-line space left blank for the first initial, in the Theorica planetarum (f. 1r-14v) and...
Layout: Texts written in two columns of a varying number of lines, except for Gherardo da Cremona's work, written in long lines (f. 2r-11r).
Collation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 93 + i (modern paper) leaves; 1(8, -1) 2(8, -1) 3-6(6) 7(6, -1) 8-9(6) 10(6, -6) 11(6) 12(6, -6) 13(6) 14-15(8); modern foliation in pencil, 1-96, upper right recto (including numbered stubs, f. 39, 62, 74).
Script: Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands.
Origin: Written in Germany, circa 1481; one treatise is dated 30 December 1481 (fol. 36v).
Sold by Conception Abbey, 2017.
Sold by Erik von Scherling, Rotulus I, 2 (April 1931), number 1161, to Charles D. Humberd (Barnard, Missouri).
Gift of Charles D. Humberd to Conception Abbey (Conception, Missouri). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977175852003681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3183481x/manifest
- Holding Institution:
