Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Notte sacra

Authors

• Castaldo, Giuseppe

Other related names

• Caravita, Domenico, scribe

Call number

Ms. Codex 307
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 1580920
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580920

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1645

Place

Naples

Summary

Notte sacra, a drama in five acts, written by Giuseppe Castaldo in 1645.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title and attribution from title page (f. 3r).
   
• Incipit: Qual può strana murania in questa Notte / Del gran' Censor' degl'anni / ... (f. 5r).
   
• Bears an imprimatur and two seal stamps (f. 1r, 111v).
   

Extent

111 leaves : 149 x 105 (105 x 70) mm. bound to 151 x 110 mm

Foliation

Paper, 111; [1-111]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment. Cover pulling loose, especially at inside upper hinge. Cover worn, especially at edges and hinges. Many stains and smudges. Edges of some leaves frayed. A few leaves show evidence of repairs.

Script

Written in an italic script in the hand of Domenico Caravita, with notes in several additional hands (for example, f. 1r, 2r).

Provenance

• Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1958.
   

Subjects topical

• Italian drama--Early works to 1800
• Italian literature--17th century
• Religious drama, Italian

Genres

• Codices
• Plays
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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  URL

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Decorations

• fol. 1r — Stamp, f. 1r