Liber ethimologiarum (DS133) (Q580)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9958452103503681, LJS 184, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9958452103503681)
- Etymologiae
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Liber ethimologiarum (DS133) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9958452103503681, LJS 184, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9958452103503681) |
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23 December 2022
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Etymologiae
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Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636
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Horblit, Harrison D
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Stanitz, John D
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Schoenberg, Lawrence J
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Poblet (Monastery)
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Early works to 1600
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between 1265 and 1299
13. century
1265Gregorian
1299Gregorian
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Extent: 184 leaves : parchment ; 356 x 242 (234 x 160) mm bound to 357 x 246 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title from opening rubric (f. 1r).
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Collation: Parchment, i (modern) + 184 + i (former pastedown); 1-1512 164; [1-184], modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto. Vertical catchword in ornamental frame on the last verso of each gathering, except gathering 6 and the final gathering. Link to collation model at end of record.
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Layout: Written in 2 columns of 40 lines, with running heads of L (for Liber) on the versos and book number on the rectos; frame-ruled in lead with double vertical and horizontal bounding lines.
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Script: Written in Gothic script by a single hand.
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Decoration: Historiated 6-line initial depicting Isidore lecturing to 2 monks and half border with grotesques, including human-animal hybrid musicians (f. 1r); 2 2-line initials in burnished gold on pink and blue grounds (f. 1r); numerous 2- to 4-line initials alternating between blue with red flourishing and red with purple flourishing; running heads in alternating red and blue letters...
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Binding: 14th-century boards, with some writing on the upper cover including the name of Isidore, and part of a Spanish notarial document dated 1330 as a former pastedown inside the lower cover (Kyle Ann Huskin); rebacked by Abigail Quandt (Baltimore, Maryland), 1990.
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Origin: Probably written in Catalonia, possibly at the monastery of Poblet (Michel Huglo; Manuel C. Díaz y Díaz, University of Santiago de Compostela), in the late 13th century.
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Probably formerly held in the library of the monastery of Poblet in Catalonia (Huglo and Díaz y Díaz).
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Formerly owned by Harrison D. Horblit (Ridgefield, Conn.).
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Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 155 (1980), no. 8.
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Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 15.
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Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
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Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in honor of William Noel, Director, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, 2012.
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28 April 2025
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