University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1104
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS917
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1104
- Title:
- Reconoychenssas de Salelas e de Lemosis.
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- [1397-1398]
- Language:
- Latin, with Middle French notations in margins
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 199 leaves : parchment ; 358 x 283 (253 x 166) mm bound to 374 x 290 mm
- Note:
- Title from caption title of first work (f. 1r).
Origin: Written in southern France in 1397-1398 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Layout: Written in 37-38 long lines, ruled in lead, text box outlined in ink.
Binding: Modern stamped calf over wooden boards; f. 199v shows signs of having been a pastedown for a previous binding.
Decoration: Manicules (f. 99v, 110v), decorated initial A with hungry dragon (f. 140r), decorated initial R with face in profile with another face in profile on opposite side of title (f. 195r), decorated 4-line initials (f. 195v, 196v, 198r).
Script: Written in a secretary cursive script.
Collation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 199 + i (modern paper); 1⁷(+1) 2¹⁰ 3⁷(-1,+7) 4-17⁸ 18⁴ 19⁸ 20⁸(-4,5) 21-24⁸ 25⁹(+9) 26⁶(-5); contemporary foliation in Roman numerals for each separate work, upper right recto: 1-17, 19-140 (= f. 18-139), 1- 11 (= f. 140-150), 14-57 (= f. 151-194), 1-4 (= f. 195-198), [i] (pastedown, = f. 199). References in this record are to modern foliation.
Ms. codex.
Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1958? - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9942522683503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3125qc10/manifest
- Holding Institution:
