University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 682
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1586
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 682
- Title:
- Meditationes in duodecim primos psalmos Davidis prophet[a]e in honorem 12 apostolorum
- Place:
- Flanders
- Date:
- 1600?
- Language:
- Latin
- Material:
- paper, color illustrations
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 73 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 130 x 94 (91 x 68) mm bound to 137 x 95 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Krumbhaar, E. B. 1882-1966
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Incipit: Amantissime domine deus, unica spes animae meae ... (f. 2r)
Foliation: Paper, 73; [i, 1-68, iv]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 21-22 long lines; frame-ruled in lead.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Decoration: Includes 14 engravings by Adrian Collaert depicting standing figures of the apostles, with miniature scenes of their deaths or martyrdoms in the background; plus one pasted-in historiated initial in gold, blue, red, pink, green, and black depicting St. Gertrude of Nivelles in a nun's habit holding a book and crozier with four rats (f. 2r); and other pasted-in illuminated initials...
Binding: Contemporary stamped vellum, repaired on the front hinge, with leather ties. Moderate oxidation of the ink; paper is brown, dry, and crumbling at the edges.
Origin: Written in Flanders, ca. 1600 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Formerly owned by E. B. Krumbhaar, 1910. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9924874683503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3pn8xg1q/manifest
- Holding Institution:
