University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1068
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS887
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1068
- Title:
- Joannis Passeratii Coniecturarum et opinionum liber
- Passerat, Jean, 1534-1602
- Place:
- Paris
- Date:
- between 1572 and 1599
- Language:
- Latin, with quotations in Greek
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 182 leaves : paper ; 328 x 225 mm bound to 333 x 235 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Monmerqué, L.-J.-N. 1780-1860
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from caption heading of the predominant work.
Foliation: Paper, i + 182 + i; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Each work except the second has separate contemporary pagination: work 1, p.1-41 is f.1-21, p.42-74 is f.25-41, p.74-79 is f.41v-44, p.80-118 is f.49-68, p.119-157 is f.71-90; work 3, p.1-20 is f.106-115v; work 4, p.1-130 is f.118-182v.
Layout: Work 2 has 45-65 lines per page, work 3 has 45-55 lines per page, work 4 has 23-27 lines per page, all with bounding lines in lead.
Script: Written in a semi-Gothic cursive (works 1-3) and humanistic cursive (work 4) script, possibly by Jean Passerat.
Decoration: Engraved print portrait of Jean Passerat, probably dating from 1598, pasted into this codex (f. i verso).
Watermark: Briquet Colonne 4433 (1564), Briquet Chien 3639 (1563), Briquet Lettre. B 8079 (1580).
Binding: 18th-century morocco (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Written in Paris, France between 1572 and 1599 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Possibly sold in the collection of L.-J.-N. Monmerqué by L. Potier (Paris), 12 May 1851, lot 2818 (Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts).
Sold by Paul Jammes (Paris), 1962. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9942174443503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3251fn32/manifest
- Holding Institution:
