Oversize Ms. Codex 1172 Vita Sanctae Katharinae de Alexandria
Title
Vita Sanctae Katharinae de AlexandriaAuthors
- Albertano, da Brescia, 13th cent
Other related names
- Ysidorus, scribe
Call number
Oversize Ms. Codex 1172(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9943067333503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227796354
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4306733
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
LatinOrigin
Written in Germany (Zacour-Hirsch) in 1458 (f. 13r).
- Date
- 1458
- Place
-
Germany
Summary
A biography of St. Catherine of Alexandria, who was famous for her great learning, and supposedly lived during the reign of the emperor Maxentius. A finding tab and the remains of another finding tab in red leather, f. 1r.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by Zacour-Hirsch.
Watermark
Similar to Briquet Tête de bœuf 14858 (1486).Extent
13 leaves : 314 x 215 (234 x 136) mm. bound to 315 x 219 mmCollation
Paper, 13; 1¹⁴(-1); modern pencil foliation, lower right recto.Support
ParchmentBinding
Vellum from a 14th-century missal, beginning with Ecclesiastes 24:28, with text and music.Layout
Decoration
4-line decorative initial (f. 1r), 2-line decorative initial (f. 3r), both in red; elaborately decorated initials in black, green, and red on upper and lower cover.
Script
Provenance
- Accessioned, 1968.
Subjects topical
- Christian women saints--Biography--Early works 1800
Genres
- Codices
- Finding tabs
- Hagiographies
- Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
Keywords
- 15th century
- German
- Germany
- Christian
- Saint's Life
- Biography
Licenses
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- Text
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- URL
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- Text
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- URL
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Decorations
- Front cover — Reused manuscript leaf, Front cover
- Inside front cover — Reused manuscript leaf, Inside front cover
- fol. 1r — Finding tab, f. 1r
- fol. 1v — Finding tab, f. 1v
- Inside back cover — Reused manuscript leaf, Inside back cover
- Back cover — Reused manuscript leaf, Back cover
Images
Front cover1790_0000.tif (62.4 MB)
1790_0000_thumb.jpg (5.4 KB)
1790_0000_web.jpg (292.6 KB)
Decoration: Reused manuscript leaf, Front cover
Inside front cover1790_0001.tif (62.4 MB)
1790_0001_thumb.jpg (6.2 KB)
1790_0001_web.jpg (323.4 KB)
Decoration: Reused manuscript leaf, Inside front cover
fol. 1r1790_0002.tif (62.4 MB)
1790_0002_thumb.jpg (6.7 KB)
1790_0002_web.jpg (434.7 KB)
Decoration: Finding tab, f. 1r
fol. 1v1790_0003.tif (62.4 MB)
1790_0003_thumb.jpg (6.7 KB)
1790_0003_web.jpg (419.2 KB)
Decoration: Finding tab, f. 1v
Inside back cover1790_0028.tif (62.4 MB)
1790_0028_thumb.jpg (5.5 KB)
1790_0028_web.jpg (318.0 KB)
Decoration: Reused manuscript leaf, Inside back cover
Back cover1790_0029.tif (62.4 MB)
1790_0029_thumb.jpg (5.4 KB)
1790_0029_web.jpg (295.0 KB)
Decoration: Reused manuscript leaf, Back cover
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