Free Library of Philadelphia, Horace MS 1a

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DS ID:

DS4351

Shelfmark:

Horace MS 1a

Title:

Ars Poetica and Epistulae

Author:

Horace

Horace WIKIDATA

Place:

Austria? Hungary?

Austria TGN

Date:

1475-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii+37+iv; 194 x 143 mm bound to 199 x 151 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Hodossy, Imre

Imre Hodossy WIKIDATA

Note:

Probably once bound in with a larger manuscript, as seventeenth-century (?) folio numbering begins on fol. 1r with 89
Back Flyleaves 1 and 2 are part of quire 3
Binding: Modern binding, blue cloth with gold stamping over paper boards
Layout: Single column of twenty-four to twenty-nine lines (most pages twenty-seven to twenty-eight); lines begin with capitals; drypoint frame-ruled, no line ruling; written area: 146 x 81 mm
Script: Gothic--cursiva
Decoration: Occasional manicules
Provenance: Imre Hodossy; Purchased by Maggs Bros; LTD in 1955 for the Free Library at a Munich auction

Keyword:

Literature

manicules

Austria

Fifteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/horace_ms_1a.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/horace_ms_1a/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia