University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 100
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS866
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 100
- Title:
- Statuta.
- Castello del Vivaro (Italy)
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [between 1575 and 1599]
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 68 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 219 x 157 (158 x 95) mm bound to 224 x 160 mm +
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Fragment of unidentified Italian document, 18th or 19th century, pasted on verso of front endleaf. A small fragment of another later Italian document is laid in the manuscript.
Ms. codex.
Contains 17th-century note (f. 23r): Ex[aminatus]; x februarii 1634 pro Pasqualis q[uondam] Thome cons. Annibalim Christophori. Hyacintus Calamarius Sub.
Collation: Paper, iii (modern paper) + 67 + iii (modern paper); 1¹⁶(-1) 2¹⁶(-1) 3¹⁶(-1) 4¹⁴ 5¹²(-4, 10, 11, 12); 10-24, 26-70, [viii]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; [1-67]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. According to the contemporary foliation, folios 1-9, 25, and 71 are missing; unnumbered stub with no loss of text between f. 38-39. Catchwords, lower right...
Script: Written in a humanistic cursive script.
Origin: Written in Italy in the late 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch). Castello del Vivaro mentioned on f. 4r; this might be the same as Castello in the vicinity of Florence.
Binding: Modern vellum with marbled endpapers. Paper is fragile; edges are tearing and fraying. Paper is badly stained and shows evidence of worm damage. Binding should be treated with care.
Decoration: Faint sketch of an infant in red, with caption HOC EST SA (f. 66r).
Acquired, 1955. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924864263503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p31p1k/manifest
- Holding Institution:
