Princeton University, Garrett MS. 157

Images provided by hosting institution via

Metadata

DS ID:

DS2227

Shelfmark:

Garrett MS. 157

Title:

De consuetudinibus et conditionibus orientalium regionum] /

Travels of Marco Polo

Author:

Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

between 1425 and 1475

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 53 leaves : parchment ; 260 x 185 (205-210 x 130-140) mm bound to 275 x 195 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Bulkeley, John, active 15th century

John Bulkeley WIKIDATA

Grane, Leonard Grey, Viscount, -1541

Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane WIKIDATA

Powis, Edward Herbert, Earl of, 1785-1848

Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis WIKIDATA

Powis, Edward James Herbert, Earl of, 1818-1891

Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis WIKIDATA

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961

Robert Garrett WIKIDATA

Note:

Incipit: “Qualiter et quare Dominus Nicholaus de Venetiis et Domina (sic) Marcus transierunt ad partes orientales. Capitulo primo. Tempore quo Balduinus princeps sceptra constantinopolitani imperii gubernabat. Anno C. ab incarnacione Domini millesimo CCliio ...
Explicit: “In mari illo Insule quedam sunt in quibus nascuntur et capiuntur gerfalci et herodii qui Inde postmodum ad diuersas prouincias et regiones deferuntur. Explicit liber Domini Marchi Pauli de Venetiis.”
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
List of missing leaves (fol. iir). List of chapters beginning with chapter 26 (fol. 1r). Manicules.
Collation: Parchment ; fols. ii (modern paper) + 53 + ii (modern paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 37 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; widespread use of red for underlining and highlighting letters.
Decoration: Chapters open with 2- to 3-line red initials. The final explicit in fere-Textualis script with calligraphic ascenders and every second word in red.
Owned by John Bulkeley (15th century?); Lord Leonard Grey, Viscount Grane (ca. 1490-1541); Edward Clive (later Edward Herbert), 2nd Earl of Powis (1785–1848) passed by descent to Edward James Herbert Powis (1818–1891), 3rd Earl of Powis, sold in 1923 to the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch who sold the manuscript in 1929 to Robert Garrett (1875-1961). His gift to the Princeton University...

Keyword:

Manicules

Gold tooled bindings

Mongols

History

Early works

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

New Jersey--Princeton

Voyages and travels

Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?

Travel

Asia

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99113479873506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2707c3a7-292d-45bd-ad12-269f6306db8a/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University