Opusculum de formandis epistolis (incomplete) (DS1174) (Q6382)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Kansas (2959970, MS C283)
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Opusculum de formandis epistolis (incomplete) (DS1174)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Kansas (2959970, MS C283)

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    Opusculum de formandis epistolis (incomplete)
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    Letter writing, Latin--Early works to 1800
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    Letter writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc--Early works to 1800
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--Kansas--Lawrence
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    Extent: 10 leaves : paper ; 215 x 154 (142 x 67) mm bound to 215 x 155 mm
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    Title from the opening rubric of the preface on folio 1r: "Prefacio in opusculum de formandis epistolis."
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    Manuscript gathering
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    Collation: 10 (paper): 1¹⁰.
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    Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil in lower right corner (1-10).
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    Watermarks: Single watermark in the textblock: a crown with pearls surmounted by a cross (very similar to WZIS DE4860-Arist_17_5_F3).
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    Layout: Written in one to three columns of 14-41 lines (ruled 14 long lines), with several interlinear and marginal additions, usually below topline. Ruled in drypoint, with double horizontal and full-length double vertical bounding lines.
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    Script: Written by a single hand in Gothica textualis and Gothic cursive.
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    Decoration: Initials highlighted and phrases underlined in red on folios 1v-2r and 3v-4r; space left for initial B on folio 3r.
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    Binding: Modern. Bound in a thin sheet of blue paper. Edges of the cover discolored and brittle.
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    Origin: Probably written in Germany in the first quarter of the sixteenth century.
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    Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS C283
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    In good condition despite missing leaves. Fore-edge trimmed, with some loss of text. Minor water damage on the fore-edge and some staining on the head in the second half of the manuscript.
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    There are eighteen chapters listed in the table of contents on folio 3r. The chapters are not numbered throughout the text; however, based on the titles of chapters, it seems like Chapter 8 was omitted and the text breaks off in the middle of the first sentence of Chapter 11. The rest of the text is missing.
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    The dimensions provided for the written area are for the ruled area; the text often spreads out on to the entire page.
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    Early history of the manuscript is unknown. Inscription in ink in the lower margin of the front cover: "1700." Note in pencil on the upper half of the inside of the front cover, probably by John Siedzik, an associate of Joseph Rubinstein and a former librarian at the University of Kansas: "# 748 / USXCS / 10 ff. / Opusculum de formandis epistolis / Italy (northern) or Germany? / ca. late 15th...
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    5 September 2023
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    5 September 2023
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