(Q9090)
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Alanus, de Insulis, -1202
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Johannes de Polna
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Manuscripts, Medieval
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[1365]
14. century
1365Gregorian
1365Gregorian
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Extent: 54 leaves : paper ; 299 x 228 (174 x 120) mm bound to 290 x 227 mm
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Title and attribution from front cover: Alanus deplanctu naturae.
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Origin: Completed in Bohemia on 22 April 1365 (nearest weekday after Quasimodogeniti, the Octave of Easter, f. 54v).
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Binding: Contemporary limp vellum; dry and brittle.
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Foliation: Paper, 54; [1-54], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Layout: Written in 22 long lines; frame-ruled in ink; prickings visible.
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Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script in the hand of Johannes de Polna (colophon f. 54v).
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Decoration: Rubricated, with paragraph markers and capitals stroked in red ink; simple 2-line red initials, one with a grotesque face (f. 24r); several manicules (f. 15r, 21r, 28r, 31r, 42v).
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Ms. codex.
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Formerly held in the library of Stift Admont, the Benedictine monastery in the town of Admont, Styria, Austria (number 478, spine and inside upper cover) (Wichner).
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Sold by William H. Allen (Philadelphia), 1951.
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Sold by Stift Admont to antiquarian bookdealer Brecher (Brno, modern Czech Republic) in 1938 (inscription in Wichner 1888 catalog); Z. Stelle f. Denkmalschutz stamp, indicating export license granted by the Austrian Bundesdenkmalamt, inside lower cover (Christoph Egger, Institut fuer Oesterreichische Geschichtsforschung).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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