Liber metaphisice ; Liber ethicorum (DS112) (Q517)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9946458153503681, LJS 25, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9946458153503681)
- Metaphysics
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Liber metaphisice ; Liber ethicorum (DS112) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9946458153503681, LJS 25, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9946458153503681) |
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23 December 2022
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Liber metaphisice ; Liber ethicorum
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Metaphysics
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1275-1299?
13. century
1275Gregorian
1299Gregorian
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Extent: 78 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 310 x 220 (190-228 x 123-154) mm bound to 325 x 228 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title for manuscript from titles for predominant works (in explicits, f. 42v and 77v).
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Collation: Parchment, ii + 78; 112(-2) 2-312 48 512 610 78 78(-2). Catchwords on the last versos of gatherings 5-7 (second work), lower center. Link to collation model at end of record.
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Layout: Written in 2 columns of 36-37 lines (f. 1r-42v), 53 lines (f. 43r-44r), 45-46 lines (f. 44v-77v), and 44 lines (f. 78r-78v); ruled in faint ink (f. 1r-42v) and lead (f. 43r-78v) with vertical bounding lines.
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Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand (f. i recto-ii recto) and Gothic book script by at least 3 hands (f. 1r-42v, 43r-44r, 44v-78v).
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Decoration: In first part of manuscript (f. 1r-42v), 2 5-line (f. 7v, 12v) and 6 4-line (f. 6v, 14r, 22v, 27v, 31v, 38v) puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork infilling and extensions, 2-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork and extensions, paragraph marks in red or blue, running titles in alternating red and blue letters, capitals touched with red, minimal rubrics in...
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Binding: Late 15th- or early 16th-century Florentine leather over wooden boards with panels ruled in saltires and stamped with Greek-cross tools; remains of 2 clasps and a chiseled hasp-mark for chaining at the bottom edge of the lower cover.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the late 13th century, with initials done in France.
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Inscription dated 1368 (f. i recto); sold at Sotheby's, 10 Dec. 1980, lot 79, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2009.
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Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
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28 April 2025
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