Cosmographia / (DS744) (Q3960)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9946451633503681, LJS 60)
- De chorographia
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Cosmographia / (DS744) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9946451633503681, LJS 60) |
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De chorographia
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Bonius, Antonio de
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Boncompagni, Baldassarre, 1821-1894
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Geography, Ancient--Early works to 1800
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Cities and towns, Ancient--Early works to 1800
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[between 1440 and 1450]
15. century
1440Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 70 leaves : parchment ; 169 x 111 (116 x 68) mm bound to 178 x 124 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Possibly written in northern Italy, before 1450 (date of ownership inscription, f. 70v); probably written between 1440 and 1450.
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Title from rubric (f. 1r).
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Binding: 15th-century vellum over pasteboards.
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Script: Written in a rounded northern Italian humanistic script.
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Foliation: Parchment, 70 + ii; [1-70]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (19th-century foliation with larger numbers, also in pencil, also upper right recto, skips f. 38 and f. 50; this earlier foliation and the note in pencil at the upper margin of the first page are both mentioned in the 1892 catalog of the Boncompagni library).
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Layout: Written in 23-24 long lines; frame-ruled in lead.
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Decoration: 1 6-line initial in blue with red acanthus-leaf decoration, ornamental frame, and extensions (f. 1r); 15 2- or 3-line initials in either red or blue; 5 of the red initials have penwork in black (f. 5r, 37v, 42r, 55r, 60r); marginal notations, mostly place names, in red or blue; rubrics in red.
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Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
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Appears in J. Halle Antiquariat's cat. 50 (1914), no. 20.
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Formerly owned by Antonio de Bonius (?), 1450 (inscription, f. 70v).
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Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 1997.
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Formerly owned by Prince Baldassarre Boncompagni of Rome (no. 356 (306)).
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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