De natura rerum (DS120) (Q541)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9947469813503681, LJS 23, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9947469813503681)
  • De natura rerum.
  • De natura rerum
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De natura rerum (DS120)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9947469813503681, LJS 23, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9947469813503681)
  • De natura rerum.
  • De natura rerum

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23 December 2022
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De natura rerum
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Thomas, de Cantimpré, approximately 1200-approximately 1270
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Natural history--Pre-Linnean works
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between 1250 and 1275
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Extent: 56 leaves : parchment ; 184 x 132 (138 x 105) mm bound to 185 x 138 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Collation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 56 + iii (modern paper) leaves; 1-28 310 410(-1) 512 610(-9); [1-112] ; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. A few catchwords are visible (p. 16, 70); most have been cropped. Link to collation model at end of record.
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Layout: Written in 2 columns of 31 lines; ruled in faint ink; prickings visible on many leaves.
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Script: Written in Gothic book and Gothic cursive script, by several hands.
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Decoration: 8-line inhabited initial with dragon and marginal extensions (p. 95); 8-line and 9-line inhabited initial with dragons (p. 56, 80); 8-line and 9-line initial in red, brown, pink, green, and blue (p. 39, 60); 3- and 4-line initials alternating between red and blue with contrasting penwork; rubrication and running headings in red; capitals touched with red in most of the manuscript...
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Binding: Modern paper.
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Origin: Written in Northern France or Flanders, ca. 1250-1275.
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Transcription, in same modern German hand as notes on front flyleaves and bound in same modern paper binding, boxed with manuscript.
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Formerly in a private collection in Iceland; formerly owned by Pierre Patrick Gorman and sold in 1994.
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Sold by Sam Fogg, cat. 16 (1995), no. 57, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.
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Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
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28 April 2025
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