(Q52827)
Statements
Manuscripts, Renaissance--California--Berkeley
0 references
Manuscripts, Italian--California--Berkeley
0 references
Weights and measures--Early works to 1800
0 references
after 1479
15. century
1479Gregorian
1479Gregorian
0 references
Extent: 134 leaves : paper ; 234 x 162 (140-195 x 83-150) mm.
0 references
Ms. codex.
0 references
Title from slip case.
0 references
Collation: Paper (Briquet "Fleur de lys" 7312), fol. ii (modern paper) + 134 (modern foliation irregular, as it includes one flyleaf at beginning and end) + ii (modern paper); 110 24 3-510 68 (+2) 74 86 (+2) 9-1010 11-1210 (+1) 1310 146 152.
0 references
Layout: Fol. 1-103r written in 23 long lines ruled with ruling board or in hard-point; fol. 105r-134v written in 23-26 long lines; single vertical rule separating text from area for calculations and fi.
0 references
Script: Fol. 1r-103r written in a mercantesca script by one hand; fol. 105r-134v written in a cursive script by a second hand; various notes and additions in other hands.
0 references
Decoration: Many geometrical diagrams throughout (one has been cut out from fol. 6).
0 references
Binding: Binding lacking; housed in slip case of red demi-morocco commissioned by Robert B. Honeyman, Jr.
0 references
Origin: Made in Northern Italy, perhaps Venice (judging from watermark (Briquet 7312), known to be Venetian and dated 1479).
0 references
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, fMS UCB 164.
0 references
20 September 2024
0 references
20 September 2024
0 references