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Title

Partial copy of Chronicon.

Authors

• Sigebert, of Gembloux, approximately 1030-1112
• Sigebert, of Gembloux, approximately 1030-1112

Call number

Folio GrC St812 Ef512g
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9961263533503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/873818334
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3833nf29

Publisher

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

between 1475 and 1499?

Place

Belgium

Summary

Beginning of Sigebert of Gembloux's continuation of the chronicle of Jerome, in which he traces the reigns of kings of various kingdoms. The last reference is to Pope Zosimus (417 CE; f. 6v).

Notes

• Ms. gathering.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

10 leaves : 263 x 190 mm bound to 218 x 155 mm

Collation

Paper, 10; 1² 2⁸ (f. 7-10 blank).

Support

Paper

Binding

Bound with Strabo's Geographia (Paris: Gourmont, 1512) in 18th-century calf including gilt spine title Initium Chronic[i] Sicebert[i] MS.

Layout

Written in 47-50 long lines; frame-ruled in lead.

Script

Written in Gothic cursive script.

Provenance

• Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal (New York), 1964.
   

Subjects topical

• World history--Early works to 1800
• World history

Genres

• Chronicles
• Manuscripts, Latin
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• Chronicle
• 15th century
• Belgium
• History
• Paper

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Partial copy of Chronicon, f.1r
• fol. 1v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f.[1v]
• fol. 2r — Index, f.[2r]
• fol. 1r — Partial copy of Chronicon, f.1r
• fol. 1v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f.[1v]
• fol. 2r — Index, f.[2r]