University of Pennsylvania, LJS 490
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS725
- Shelfmark:
- LJS 490
- Title:
- Astronomical compendium.
- Place:
- Germany
- Date:
- [1450?]
- Language:
- Latin, with some words in German (f. 54r, 55r, 89r)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 91 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 213 x 145 (172 x 115) mm bound to 217 x 158 mm
- Note:
- Layout: Written in 33-35 long lines.
Origin: Written in the Baden-Württemberg region of Germany, possibly Heidelberg, ca. 1450 (f. 4v).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, i (modern) + 91 + i (modern); 1¹⁶ 2-6¹² 7¹⁶(-1); [1-91], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Earlier modern foliation in pencil suggests that gatherings are missing at the beginning (the manuscript's extant first folio is numbered 36); between the third and fourth gatherings (where the earlier modern foliation skips from 75 (f. 40) to 113 (f. 41)); and between the...
Ms. codex.
Binding: Modern quarter parchment with pasteboards.
Decoration: Numerous diagrams (astronomical, f. 3r, 3v, 9v; related to sundials, f. 24v-25v; of quadrants, f. 62v, 63v; geometric, f. 41r-42v, 48r-48v, 51r-52v; astrological, f. 58r, 64r, 70v), mostly in ink, a few with red ink as well; rubrication and underlining in red and initials slashed with red in much of the manuscript (but not f. 26r-27v, 42v-52v, 63v-79v, 80v-91v); manicule (f. 10v).
Watermarks: Similar to Briquet Raisin 12995 (Eberbach, 1443-1449; Eppelsheim, 1445) and Tête de boeuf 15106, 15109, and 15110 (various German cities, 1452-1469).
Script: Written in cursive Gothic script by multiple hands.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Jan. 2008.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9951856793503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p36688k2v/manifest
- Holding Institution:
