(Q3945)
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Contarinus, Magister
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Schoenberg, Lawrence J
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Inheritance and succession--Italy
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[between 1227 and 1237]
13. century
1227Gregorian
1237Gregorian
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Extent: 40 leaves : parchment ; 154 x 110 (115 x 69) mm bound to 161 x 121 mm
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Binding: 19th-century Italian gold-tooled diced leather.
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Origin: Written in Padua between 1227 (earliest dated deed recorded in manuscript, f. 2r) and 1237 (beginning of tenure of Ezzolino da Romano, who does not appear in the manuscript, as podestà of Padua)
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Title from caption title (f. 1r).
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Ms. codex.
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Script: Written in Gothic script.
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Layout: Written in 25 long lines, with the first line of text above the line; ruled in lead; prickings visible on most leaves.
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Collation: Parchment, ii (19th-century parchment) + 40 + ii (19th-century parchment); 1-5⁸.
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Decoration: Small drawings in red ink of a bird (f. 27r) and a lion (f. 40v); sketch in black ink of an animal, perhaps a dragon (f. 9v); large initial in red ink with color wash and penwork (f. 1r); 2- and 3-line initials and chapter headings in red throughout.
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Appears in H. P. Kraus's catalog 188 (1991), no. 6, and 199 (1995), no. 112; sold by H. P. Kraus to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Sept. 1996 (bookplate inside upper cover).
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Sold at auction at Gabus (Bevaix, Switzerland), 11 Dec. 1989, lot 5253; handled by Sam Fogg (London) at some point between Gabus and Kraus.
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Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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