(Q3469)
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Schoenberg, Lawrence J
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Manuscripts, Latin--12th century
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Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
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1450-1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 331 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 308 x 212 (206 x 108) mm bound to 311 x 225 mm
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Collation: Paper, 331; 1-4¹⁰ 5¹² 6-7¹⁰ 8¹² 9-26¹⁰ 27⁸ 28-32¹⁰ 33¹⁰ (-10); [1-6], 7-327, [328-331]; contemporary foliation in red ink, upper right recto, very faded at beginning and end of manuscript. Catchwords lower center on final versos of gatherings.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 15th century.
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Title supplied by cataloger; title written in ink on lower page edges reads in part Tract[atus] diversor[um] ... manu prop[ria] conscripti.
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Ms. codex.
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Layout: Written in 40-55 long lines; verticals folded.
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Script: Written in cursive script; former pastedowns written in 12th-century transitional script (or protogothic script).
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Decoration: Diagrams of consanguinity (f. 103v) and affinity (f. 105r) in brown and red, added later; 39 diagrams in the Tractatus Tiberiadis, many including the Tiber, in red, brown, blue, and yellow ink (f. 298v-304v, 305v, 310v-316r, 317v); rubrics and paragraph marks in red; occasional manicules. 12th-century pastedowns have initials in red and one large initial in red with infill of...
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Binding: Wooden boards (split lengthwise along wormholes) on three leather bands, remains of leather on spine and inside covers. 12th-century parchment bifolia used as pastedowns, now removed and preserved separately and stored with the manuscript.
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Sold at auction at Christie's, 4 June 2003, lot 16, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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