University of Pennsylvania, LJS 451

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS689

Shelfmark:

LJS 451

Title:

Commentary on the Doctrinale puerorum.

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

[between 1279 and 1299]

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 60 leaves : parchment ; 195 x 137 (168 x 120) mm bound to 203 x 152 mm

Former Owner(s):

Seilern-Aspang, Oswald, Count, 1900-1967

Oswald Carl Friedrich von Seilern und Aspang WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Origin: Written in France in the late 13th century.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, 60 ; 1¹⁰ 2¹⁰ (+11) 3-5¹⁰ 6¹⁰ (-5); gatherings 2-4 signed II-IIII in roman numerals in red ink, lower center of last verso.
Binding: 19th-century Germanic cloth-backed paper and boards.
Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.
Decoration: 4-line initial in red with extensions and flourishing in red and black (f. 1v); 3-line initials and paragraph marks in red throughout first 5 gatherings (f. 1v-51v); lemmata underlined in red through most of first 5 gatherings (f. 1v-48r). Spaces for initials to be added left blank in last gathering (f. 53v-60v).
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 50-54 lines; frame-ruled in ink; prickings visible in most margins.
Formerly owned by Count Oswald von Seilern-Aspang (circular armorial bookplate inside upper cover).
Sold at auction at Christie's, 26 March 2003, lot 4, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Medieval

commentaries

Alexander, de Villa Dei. Doctrinale puerorum

Latin language--Grammar

Early works

Latin language--Syntax

Latin language--Study and teaching

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9947385063503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p33w99/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania