University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1172

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS956

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1172

Title:

Vita S[anctae] Katharinae de Alexandria

Life of Catherine of Alexandria

Author:

Albertano, da Brescia, active 13th century

Albertanus of Brescia WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Ysidorus

Isidorus WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

1458.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 13 leaves : parchment ; 314 x 215 (234 x 136) mm bound to 315 x 219 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by Zacour-Hirsch.
Collation: Paper, 13; 114(-1); modern pencil foliation, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in two columns, outlined in ink.
Script: Written in a secretary hand by Ysidorus (f. 1r); text on vellum binding in a Gothic book hand.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet Tête de bœuf 14858 (1486).
Decoration: 4-line decorative initial (f. 1r), 2-line decorative initial (f. 3r), both in red; elaborately decorated initials in black, green, and red on upper and lower cover.
Binding: Vellum from a 14th-century missal, beginning with Ecclesiastes 24:28, with text and music.
Origin: Written in Germany (Zacour-Hirsch) in 1458 (f. 13r).
Accessioned, 1968.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

hagiographies (literary genre)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Finding tabs

Manuscripts, Latin

Biographies

Christian women saints--Biography

Christian women saints

Early works

Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9943067333503681

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Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania