Alexander ...etc.. (DS893) (Q4735)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9942294163503681, Ms. Codex 1077)
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Alexander ...etc.. (DS893)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9942294163503681, Ms. Codex 1077)

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    Alexander ...etc..
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    Griselda (Legendary character)--Early works to 1800
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    Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--Romances
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    Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C
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    Early works to 1800
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    [between 1400 and 1475]
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    Extent: 364 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 207 x 149 (157 x 105) mm bound to 218 x 154 mm
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    paper, illustrations
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    Ms. codex.
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    Origin: Written in Austria or southern Germany in the early to mid-14th century.
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    Title for manuscript based on title of predominant work as given in Zacour-Hirsch.
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    Binding: Early 16th-century blind-stamped calf over wood boards (Zacour-Hirsch), with remnants of two clasps.
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    Decoration: Illuminated opening initial at start of first work (f. 2r), 5-line gold letter framed in a blue square; and at start of second work (f. 178r), 3-line gold letter framed in a blue square. Initial letters of chapters or sections are 3-line in red ink and embellished. Four initial letters are inhabited (fish, 36v; two fish, 117v; face, 241r; and woman's face, 241v), and numerous...
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    Script: Written in a German cursive hand by Hans Schwent (f. 160v).
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    Collation: Paper, 364; 1⁸(-1, pastedown) 2-14¹² 15¹²(-12) 16¹⁰ 17¹²(-1) 18-20¹² 21¹⁴(-6) 22-25¹² 26¹⁰(-10), 27-33⁸34⁸(-8, pastedown); [i-vii, 1-357], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (f. 161-187 and 232 are blank); leaves missing between ff. 229 and 230, and between ff. 294 and 295; possible signatures visible on 48v, 60v, 72v (partially cut off), 84v, 96v, 108v, 120v, 132v, 134v...
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    Layout: Written in ca. 23-28 long lines; most leaves bearing text are frame-ruled in ink or lead.
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    Formerly owned by P. Leopold Gruber (1733-1807), procurator of the Viennese Piarists (Steinhoff); bookplate pasted to inside upper cover: "Ex libris P. Leopoldi Gruber cler. reg. e scholis piis").
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    Formerly owned by the Piaristenkollegium St. Thekla auf der Wieden, Vienna (Steinhoff); handwritten notations: "Biblioth. Coll. Widens. / 1854" (f. 1v); and "Bibl. Coll. Wid. 54" (f. 2r, upper right).
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    Appears in William H. Schab Gallery catalog 19 (1954), no. 37; sold, 1953.
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    27 August 2023
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    27 August 2023
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