De ludo schacchorum seu de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium ... [etc. (DS143) (Q610)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | De ludo schacchorum seu de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium ... [etc. (DS143) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9948617063503681, LJS 267, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9948617063503681) |
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23 December 2022
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De ludo schacchorum seu de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium ... [etc.
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Ludwig, Peter, 1925-1996
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J. Paul Getty Museum
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Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
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Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
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Catholic Church--Liturgy--Calendar--Early works to 1800
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Rome--History--Civil War, 43-31 B.C.
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Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)
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Kings and rulers--Duties--Early works to 1800
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Latin, with a few poems in Italian (f. 106r-108v)
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1409.
15. century
1409Gregorian
1409Gregorian
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Extent: 175 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 190 x 122 (130 x 75-80) mm bound to 200 x 135 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title for manuscript from closing rubric for predominant work (f. 56r).
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Collation: Parchment, ii (18th-century paper) + 175 + ii (18th-century paper); 110(-1) 2-310 48(+1) 5-1710 188(-1); [1-175]; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto. Catchwords lower center on the last verso of gatherings 1-15 except for gathering 11 (f. 108v). Link to collation model at end of record.
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Layout: Written in 26-42 long lines; ruled in lead and faint ink.
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Script: Written in Italian Gothic script, mostly in the hand of Franciscus Gennay (f. 56r, 71r, 92r, 124v).
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Decoration: 11 ink drawings illustrating the De ludo scachorum: the author in monastic habit at his desk (f. 1r); king and king chess-piece (f. 4r); judge and bishop chess-piece (f. 10r); knight and knight chess-piece (f. 12v); carpenter and pawn chess-piece (f. 24v); builder and pawn chess-piece (f. 27r); scribe and pawn chess-piece (f. 28v); merchant (f. 32v); innkeeper (f. 38r); city guard...
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Binding: 18th-century leather over pasteboards, spine and board edges gilt, marbled endpapers.
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Origin: Written in northern Italy in 1409 (f. 71r).
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Inscriptions by early readers: Paulus de Mantua (16th-century, f. 145v) and initials of an Augustinian (18th-century, f. 175r).
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Sold by Payne and Foss (London) to Sir Thomas Phillipps (ms. 4570, stamp on front flyleaf, paper label on spine).
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Sold by H. P. Kraus (cat. 153, 1979, no. 51 and plate 127) to Irene and Peter Ludwig (Aachen, Germany; bookplates by Hans Erni on verso of front endpaper; ms. XV.16).
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Purchased by the J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu, Calif.), 1983.
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Appears in Jörn Günther's catalog Recent Acquisitions (Autumn 1997), p. 11; also in his display in Maastricht, 1998.
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Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1998.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.
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28 April 2025
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