University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1084
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS901
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1084
- Title:
- Moralia sunt figuris utriusque testamenti ... etc..
- Augustinus de Leonissa
- Place:
- Germany
- Date:
- [1450?]
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 259 leaves : paper ; 304 x 219 (193 x 134) mm bound to 309 x 224 mm
- Note:
- Title of manuscript from explicit of predominant work (f.249v); title of sermon from incipit (f.249v).
Watermark: Tower variation from sometime in the mid-15th century (f.7), with similarities to Briquet Tour 15908 (1449) and Tour 15913 (1469); watermark similar to Briquet Main 11146 (1481) (f.137); Briquet Anneau 689 (1457) (f.181); two variations (f.252, 254) of a watermark which combines Briquet Anneau, Main, and Fleur (cf. Briquet Main 11515 (1469)).
Ms. codex.
Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch) with metals studs on upper and lower cover, and leather straps; possibly red morocco binding (Witten).
Decoration: 23-line initial with pen flourishing (f.1r).
Collation: Paper, iv + 254 + i; 1⁴ 2-8¹² 9¹⁰ 10-14¹² 15¹⁰ 16-22¹² 23⁶ 24²(-2); quires signed a-l, blank, m-n, n, r, B, t, x-y, y, blank; catchwords on lower right verso of last page of each quire; gatherings are sown into the binding with thin strips of parchment as guards; contemporary foliation in ink 1-164 upper right recto; modern pencil foliation 165-255 upper right recto.
Layout: Written in two columns of 40 lines, ruled in drypoint or lead.
Script: Written in a Gothic hybrid script.
Origin: Likely written in southeastern Germany in the mid-15th century.
Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven), 1959. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9942332213503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3tb0z02f/manifest
- Holding Institution:
