University of Pennsylvania, Oversize LJS 482
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS718
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize LJS 482
- Title:
- Commentaries on De generatione et corruptione and Meteorologica.
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
- Place:
- Toulouse?, France
- Date:
- [between 1275 and 1299]
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 104 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 301 x 223 (211 x 140) mm bound to 330 x 244 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Franchini, Giuseppe, 1915-
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Origin: Written in southern France, possibly Toulouse, in the late 13th century.
Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger; titles for component works from explicits (f. 23v, 103r).
Binding: Parchment spine and paper boards.
Decoration: Historiated initial I showing a Dominican friar, probably meant to be Albertus Magnus (f. 27r); 2-line initials in red with blue flourishing throughout first work (f. 1r-23v); 2-line and 3-line initials alternating between red with blue flourishing and blue with red flourishing throughout second work (f. 25r-103r); occasional red or blue paragraph marks in second work (f...
Most leaves have damage at the upper edge and have been repaired with modern parchment.
Script: Written in Gothic script.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 46-50 lines; ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines.
Foliation: Parchment, 104 ; [1-104] ; modern foliation in pencil, right margin recto.
Formerly owned by Giuseppe Franchini (ownership stamp, Prof. Giuseppe Franchini, back flyleaf verso).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 July 2006, lot 56, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9947415443503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p34746s1f/manifest
- Holding Institution:
