University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1152
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS948
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1152
- Title:
- Ex quo vocabularii autentici varii.
- Place:
- Aachen
- Date:
- [between 1450 and 1499]
- Language:
- Latin and Low German
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 238 leaves : paper ; 210 x 145 (158 x 91) mm bound to 212 x 147 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Sneyd, Walter, 1809-1888
- Note:
- Title for manuscript from incipit of predominant work (f. 11r); spine title Vocabularius; the work had numerous printed editions in the 15th century under the title Vocabularius ex quo.
Origin: Written in Aachen, Germany in the second half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Script: Written in a German cursive, with the decorative heading on f. 11r in a Gothic book hand; unidentified text on the pastedowns in Gothic book hand and secretary scripts.
Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch), with remains of metal clasp on upper and lower covers; unidentified text on pastedowns inside upper and lower covers.
Decoration: 2-line and 3-line red initials throughout; 3-line to 7-line initials to introduce each new letter category, sometimes with geometric or floral patterns, in red (except, Q on f. 169r, in black); decorated initial E in red, yellow, and green, with ears of wheat, flowers, and leaves (f. 11r); manicules with decorated sleeves (f. 25v, 28v, 29r, 35v).
Watermark: Briquet Fruit 7424 (1427), Raisin 12991 (1420).
Foliation: Paper, ii +238 + iv; [1-238]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 3 columns of about 30 lines; text block outlined in ink.
Ms. codex.
Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1960.
Sold in the collection of Walter Sneyd at auction at Sotheby's, 16 Dec. 1903, lot 37. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9942930383503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3z60c59w/manifest
- Holding Institution:
