Ms. Codex 374 Descrizzione geografica della Germania
Title
Descrizzione geografica della GermaniaOther related names
- North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner
- Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner
Call number
Ms. Codex 374(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 1581190
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1581190
Publisher
The University of Pennsylvania LibrariesLanguage
ItalianOrigin
Probably written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch), after 1794 (latest event cited in text, f. 89r).
- Place
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Italy?, after 1794
Summary
Description of the geography of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with corrections and annotations throughout. Arranged by aristocratic, royal, or ecclesiastical territories, such as Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Bavaria, Württemberg, Cologne, Westphalia, and Brunswick; within each territory, arranged by dioceses and archdioceses such as Trento, Brixen, Salzburg, Freising, Regensburg, Passau, Konstanz, Augsburg, Bamberg, Worms, Basel, Münster, Osnabrück, and Hildesheim. Some oxidation and crystallization of ink.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption title (original torn off, but supplied in slightly later hand on repair, f. 1r).
- Incipit: La Germania si stende dal g.22m.30. circa di longitudine ... (f. 1r).
Extent
126 leaves : 288-297 x 200-212 cm. +Foliation
Paper, i + 126 + i; [1-126]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right or upper center recto. A bifolium containing additions or corrections is pasted in (f. 92v).Support
PaperBinding
Contemporary (late 18th-century) parchment.Script
Provenance
- Formerly owned by Frederick North, Earl of Guilford (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 5170 (inscription, inside upper cover).
- Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1961.
Genres
- Codices
- Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
- Manuscripts, European
Licenses
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- Text
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- Text
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