University of Pennsylvania, LJS 451
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS689
- Shelfmark:
- LJS 451
- Title:
- Commentary on the Doctrinale puerorum
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- between 1279 and 1299
- Language:
- Latin
- Material:
- parchment
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 60 leaves : parchment ; 195 x 137 (168 x 120) mm bound to 203 x 152 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Seilern-Aspang, Oswald, Count, 1900-1967
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, 60 ; 110 210 (+11) 3-510 610 (-5); gatherings 2-4 signed II-IIII in roman numerals in red ink, lower center of last verso. Link to collation model at end of record.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 50-54 lines; frame-ruled in ink; prickings visible in most margins.
Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.
Decoration: 4-line initial in red with extensions and flourishing in red and black (f. 1v); 3-line initials and paragraph marks in red throughout first 5 gatherings (f. 1v-51v); lemmata underlined in red through most of first 5 gatherings (f. 1v-48r). Spaces for initials to be added left blank in last gathering (f. 53v-60v).
Binding: 19th-century Germanic cloth-backed paper and boards.
Origin: Written in France in the late 13th century.
Formerly owned by Count Oswald von Seilern-Aspang (circular armorial bookplate inside upper cover).
Sold at auction at Christie's, 26 March 2003, lot 4, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9947385063503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p33w99/manifest
- Holding Institution:
