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Title

Encyclopaedia historica et filosophica, latine et italice

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 326
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9915809523503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122614674
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580952

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian, with some Latin

Origin

Date

between 1550 and 1599

Place

Venice?

Summary

Historical and philosophical dictionary, with miscellaneous interpolations and additions. The articles vary greatly in length. At the end of each letter are blank pages. The contents reflect particular interest in philosophy, classical persons and objects, historical figures, and the Turks. Among the inserts and additions are: Relazione del illustrissimo signore Federico Badoer [= Badoaro, a Venetian family] riturnato da Carlo V. imperatore, l'anno 1558 (f. 22r-33r); Novella di Ricardo e Cattilla[?], poems, and short stories (f. 248r-254v); madrigals, sonnets, canzoni, sayings, epitaphs, proverbs, and "conclusions" (f. 324r-398r); a cipher (f. 398v-399v); a recipe for making wine (f. 400r-400v).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (front flyleaf recto), written in later pencil; badly faded and difficult to read.
   
• Incipit (f. 2r): ANIMA: Anima est actus primus corporis.
   

Extent

394 leaves : 341 x 233 mm. bound to 346 x 235 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (former pastedown) + 394 + i (former pastedown); 1-202, [stubs of 203-209], 210, 212, 215-352, 355-372, [stub of 373], 374-375, 377-400; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. On many folios the wearing and fraying of the edges has obliterated the folio numbers. Folios 203-209 and 373 have been cut out, leaving stubs with traces of text. Folio 210 has also become detached but is still laid into place. The front and back flyleaves appear to be pastedowns that have become mostly detached from the covers.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary limp vellum. Vellum of cover badly split, cracked and worn. Many leaves badly stained; possible water and mildew damage. Many leaves worn and fraying at the edges. Some oxidation of ink.

Script

Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand.

Provenance

• Forms part of: Macauley collection of the University of Pennsylvania Library.
   
• Accessioned, 1959.
   

Subjects topical

• Classical dictionaries--Early works to 1800
• Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Early works to 1600

Genres

• Codices
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Recipes
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• Dictionary
• Italian
• Italy
• Paper

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