(Q9654)
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Chronica de la edificatione et destructione del Cassaro Anconitano...etc. /
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Williams, John Camp, 1859?-1929
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Martini, Giuseppe, 1870-1944
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Ancona (Italy)--History, Military
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[between 1466 and 1499?]
15. century
1466Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 134 leaves : paper ; 208 x 140 (158 x 80) mm bound to 208 x 150 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Binding: Contemporary vellum (Zacour-Hirsch).
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Notes on this codex by an unidentified mid-19th century English owner, Giuseppe Martini, and the firm of H. P. Kraus are on file at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.
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Title for predominant work from caption title (f. 25r) used for whole volume.
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Script: Written in a near-humanistic hand (Kraus).
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Layout: Written in 23 or 24 long lines.
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Collation: Paper, 134, fol. [ii] + 21 + [iii, blank] + 22-129; 11 quires, numbered 4 through 14, of 12 pages each, with a catchword on the lower inner corner of the last page of each quire (including the present last leaf of the codex).
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Origin: Probably written in Ancona, in the late 15th century.
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Sold at auction at the American Art Association, 6-8 Nov. 1929, no. 112; purchased by Lathrop C. Harper and transferred to Giuseppe Martini.
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Sold by H. P. Kraus, 1963.
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Formerly owned by John Camp Williams (bookplate, inside front cover, red diamond with a gilt peacock and motto, Cognosce occasionem).
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Sold from the collection of Giuseppe Martini to H. P. Kraus, ca. 1948.
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Formerly part of the Rosenheim Collection, No. B26 (round paper label, inside front cover).
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20 September 2023
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20 September 2023
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