University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1106
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- DS ID:
- DS918
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1106
- Title:
- History of the Reformation in Switzerland from mid-1529 through 1532] ... [etc.
- Author:
- Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575
- Place:
- Switzerland
- Date:
- 1579?
- Language:
- German
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 481 leaves : paper ; 298 x 200 (210-242 x 140-155) mm bound to 137 x 212 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
For information about possible published versions of some of the appendices, see the entry on this codex in Zacour-Hirsch.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, ii + 477 + ii. 12(1 is pastedown) 27(+1; -7) 38 44 58 64 78 85(+5) 97(+7) 102(-2) 112 128(-1) 1312 147(+7) 152 164(-2) 17-196 204 218(-4) 22-246 258(-1) 264 278 284 298(-1) 306(-1) 316 328(-1,6) 33-386 396(-6) 408 414 428(-8) 436 449(-1,7; +9) 454 468 474 488(-7,8) 498 504 512 524 532 546 558(-7,8) 568 574 582 598 606(-6) 616(-6) 622 636 648(-1,2) 65-666 674 682 694 702 714...
Layout: Written in 28-40 long lines, with occasional use of columns.
Script: Written in several German cursive hands.
Decoration: Initials of paragraphs with flourishes throughout. Some sections in a more formal calligraphic hand, with initials tending to be more adorned (p. 519-530, 535-577, 579-591, 600-605, 617-618, 620-634, 642-657). Some examples of particularly elaborate initials (p. 556, 557,562, 563, 565-568, 570, 571, 591, 600, 605, 634, 645, 682, 788, and 795). Manicule (p. 590); decorated...
Binding: Half calf (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Written in Switzerland ca. 1579 (p. 795).
Sold by Helbing & Lichtenhahn (Basel), 1959. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9942527663503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p32n4zw1d/manifest
- Holding Institution:
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