University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1154

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS949

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1154

Title:

Benedictiones episcopales ... etc..

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

[1475-1525?]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 29 leaves : parchment ; 247 x 184 (187 x 122) mm bound to 252 x 182 mm

Former Owner(s):

Baugh, Albert C. 1891-1981

Albert C. Baugh WIKIDATA

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Written in France in the late 15th or early 16th century (Zacour Hirsch).
Layout: f. 1-8 written in 23 long lines, f.9-29 written in 19 long lines; ruled in lead.
Binding: Contemporary vellum. Pastedowns inside upper and lower covers from another parchment manuscript in French. Includes stamp inside lower cover with words "Dix Sols Pour" and "Deux Rooles" on either side of a circular fleur-de-lis seal with "GENERALITE" across the bottom.
Decoration: Initials (1, 2, 3, 4, or 7 lines each) in red, as well as introductory passages and titles; Greek crosses in red at various points in the text, as on f. 5-7, 29v; on f.1r, first letter of each word in first line embellished.
Script: Written in a Gothic book hand; f. 1-8 in an older, more formal hand, f.9-29 in a later, less decorative hand.
Collation: Parchment, 29; 1⁸ 2⁶ 3⁸(-2) 4⁸; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Ms. codex.
Gift of Albert C. Baugh, 1968.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin

Devotional literature

Prayers

pontificals

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Catholic Church

Clergy--Prayers and devotions

Liturgics

Bishops

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9942943453503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3mw0j/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania