University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 698

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1601

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 698

Title:

Registro di lettere di mons[igno]re archivescovo di Rossana che fu poi Papa Urbano Settimo della sua nunciatura di Spagna sotto Pio Quarto, Pio Quinto, e Gregorio Decimoterzo

Register

Author:

Castagna, Giovanni Battista

Urban VII WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1572 and 1599

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian, with a few copies in Latin and Spanish

Italian WIKIDATA

Latin WIKIDATA

Spanish WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 volumes (386, 420 leaves) : paper ; 298 x 218 (243 x 147) mm bound to 299 x 218 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title and attribution from title page (v. 1, f. i recto).
Foliation: V.1: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 386; [v], 1-380, [i]; V. 2: Paper, 420; [iv], 1-416; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto
Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, with complete title written on the spine of both volumes. Moderate to heavy oxidation of ink in sections of both volumes.
Origin: Written in Italy in the late 16th century.
Formerly owned by Abb. Francisci de Fucciis (v. 1, f. v recto); ownership stamp in v. 1 erased, in v. 2 cut out.
Purchased, 1972.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Italian

Spain

International relations

Catholic Church

Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585

Pius IV, Pope, 1499-1565

Urban VII, Pope, 1521-1590

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9924874873503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p30r9md6q/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania