University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1264

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS998

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1264

Title:

Seals of the planets

Seals of the planets

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

between 1575 and 1599?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

German, with Latin and Hebrew

German WIKIDATA

Latin WIKIDATA

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 9 leaves : paper ; 200 x 162 mm bound to 204 x 170 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 9; [1-9]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Script: Written in a German cursive script.
Decoration: Small ink drawings of divinities associated with planets: Luna (f. 2r), Mars (f. 3r), Mercury (f. 4r), Jove (f. 5r), the Sun (f. 6v), Saturn (f. 9r), and Venus (f. 9r).
Binding: Modern boards.
Origin: Written in Germany, in the late 16th century (Les Enluminures).
Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2008.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, German

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

treatises

Magic

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric

Talismans

Early works

Magic squares

Astrology

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944013933503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3w55p/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania