Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 163
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4511
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E 163
- Title:
- Lectura super quintum librum Decretalium (Commentary on the Fifth Book of Decretals)
- Niccolò, de' Tudeschi, 1386-1445
- Place:
- Germany
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 179; 400 x 285 mm bound to 407 x 292 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Johem Spiess
Theodorico de Buckinstorff
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Lewis, Anne Baker
- Note:
- Contemporary inscription in ink on the bottom edge: "Nicolaus de sicilia super quinto"
Inscription inside front cover: "Lectura Nicolas de Cecilia monachi super quinto decretalium", the same as that on the titulus on the front cover
Binding: Contemporary binding; oak boards and brown pigskin scored with a lattice pattern; parchment titulus inscribed "Lectura Nicolas de Cecilia monachi super quinto decretalium"; clasps missing; in a modern blue clamshell box
Layout: Two columns of fifty-six lines; ruled in ink; pricking visible; running headings, upper right recto; evidence of trimming; written area: 292 x 192 mm
Script: Gothic--cursiva
Decoration: Colored initials of various sizes throughout
Related resource: Wolf, Edwin II, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: 1937), no. 163 (pp. 177-178).
Provenance: Bought in 1458 by Theodorico de Buckinstorff, who was awarded a doctorate in both laws from the University of Leipzig in 1439 (see ownership note, fol. 178v; "Anno domini 1458 in estate comperavit lectorum istam theodoricus de buckinstorff..."); bought by Johanem Spiess of Rothenburg in 1477 (see ownsership note inside front cover; "Comperatus per M. Johannem Spiess de Rotenburga... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_163.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_163/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
