Hybrid book of letters of Poliziano, Symmachus, and Laudinus (DS1421) (Q8673)

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Hybrid book of letters of Poliziano, Symmachus, and Laudinus (DS1421)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9949907663503681, Ms. Codex 1591)

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    Hybrid book of letters of Poliziano, Symmachus, and Laudinus
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    Hybrid books
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    Latin, with a few words in Greek in notes and passages in Greek in printed text
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    Extent: 208 leaves : paper ; bound to 219 x 155 mm
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    Foliation: Paper, ii + 208 + iii; [1-208]; contemporary foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
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    Origin: Manuscript letters copied ca. 1511 (f. 125v); annotations on last work dated 1512 (f. 208v); and first work annotated in or after 1514 (publication date).
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    Binding: Contemporary stamped pigskin over wooden boards with a clasp; Politianus Sym[m]achus written on spine in ink in early hand.
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    Decoration: Underlining in red ink; initials touched with red ink; rubrication in red ink in manuscript letters; annotation in red ink except in Symmachus, including numerous manicules in manuscript letters; 2 later, more elaborate manicules (f. 44v, 77r).
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    Script: Manuscript letters written in Gothic cursive script.
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    Layout: Manuscript letters written in 27-33 long lines and frame-ruled in red ink.
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    Title supplied by cataloger.
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    Formerly owned by Friederich de Schennis (armorial ex libris stamp inside upper cover, on second flyleaf, f. 125v, f. 153r).
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    Purchased, 1952; transferred from Culture Class collection, 2011.
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    Early ownership inscription (jure me possidet Leonhardus Cuntius , f. 1r).
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    Formerly owned by Otto Jahn (bookplate inside upper cover).
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    19 September 2023
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    19 September 2023
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