University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1149

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS947

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1149

Title:

Liber Rabani Anglici Horroscopo intitulatus translatus de Hebraico in Latinum a Dandalo Ylardensi ad instantiam abbatis P. de Visula [... etc.

Liber Rabani Anglici Horroscopo intitulatus

Author:

Rabanus Anglicus

Bartholomew Anglicus WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1600?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 245 leaves : paper ; 205 x 137 mm bound to 209 x 142 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from incipit (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, i + 242 + ii; [1-242]; modern pencil foliation, upper right recto; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto, for work 3 and work 5.
Script: Written in humanistic cursive script, in multiple hands.
Watermark: Briquet Oiseau 12251(1590) and 12210 (1591), Fleur de Lis 7319 (1592), and two unidentifiable marks: one depicts a crown and a bird inside a circle (likely late 16th century), the other depicts a lion rampant holding a fleur de lis, comparable to Briquet Lion 10560 (1466).
Binding: Contemporary vellum with remains of leather closures on upper cover.
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1600 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Latin note on flyleaf records that "Gregorius de Gregoriis" found this book during the war of Pope Urban VIII, in 1644, in a river near Cessola.
Sold by Benedetti, 1912.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, European

commentaries

Papacy

Early works

Innocent IV, Pope, approximately 1200-1254

Astrology

Horoscopes

Prophecy

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9942864683503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3td9nc56/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania