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Title

Descriptio Terrae Sanctae

Authors

• Philippus, de Civitadei, d. ca. 1340
• Marcus, de Venetiis
• Otto I, Bishop of Freising, d. 1158

Other related names

• Lyell, James P. R. b. 1871, former owner
• Penrose, Boies, 1902-1976, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 54
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9914739293503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122591951
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1473929

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

ca. 1487

Place

Austria or Germany

Summary

Description of the Holy Land, by Philipus [Brusserius] de Civitadei (f. 1r-11v). Also contains Historia Hierosolimitana by Marcus de Venetiis (f. 11v-122v) and most of the Gesta Fridericus I imperatoris of Otto of Freising (f. 123r-231r; lacks the end of Book III and all of Book IV).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Titles supplied by cataloger (2 unidentified 20th-century dealer's descriptions, inside upper cover).
   
• Title of first work given on f. 1v as Loca peregrinationum civitatis sanctae Hierosalem et totius sanctae terrae; a similar title and the author's name are given in a colophon on f. 11v. The author of this work is also known as Philippus Brusserius. Title of the second work is also given as Historia Hiersolimitana in the colophon on f. 122v. Title of third work given on f. 126v as Cronica.
   
• Incipit and explicit (Philippus de Civitadei): (f.1r) Quoniam natura humana presertim huius seculi ... (f. 11v) brevius potui memorie commendavi.
   
• Incipit and explicit (Marcus de Venetiis): (f. 11v) Postquam divine propitiationis munificenter exercitus ... (f. 122v) a quibus visa est et cara tenet. Colophon (f. 122v): Et sic est finis historie hierosolimitane. Timor et gratie hiesu. 1487. Sabbatis ante purificationem [28 January]. Deo gratias.
   
• Incipit and explicit (Otto of Freising): (f. 123r, prologue) Fridericus dei gratia romanorum imperator et semper ... (f. 126v, text) Cum sub imperatore Heinrico qui inter reges quartus ... (f. 231r) Actus est hic triumphus vi mensis septembris.
   

Watermark

cf. Piccard II. xv. 360/361; probable origin: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, northern Italy, 1478-1482.

Extent

230 leaves : 215 x 155 (148 x 93) mm. bound to 226 x 160 mm

Collation

Paper, 230; [1-230]; 1-9¹², 10¹⁴, 11-19¹²; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower margin, last verso of each quire.

Support

Paper

Binding

15th-century Austrian or southern German dark brown calf over wooden boards, blind-stamped with occasional rosettes in a diamond matrix. Clasp missing. Later rebacked (19th century?). Hinges cracked, especially upper hinge; upper cover and first quire pulling loose. Leather of cover is deteriorating, especially in the spine.

Layout

Written in 31-33 long lines.

Script

Written in a Gothic cursive script.

Provenance

• Formerly in the library of the Museumsbibliothek of Troppau (Opava, Bohemia); sold at auction at Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Vienna) in the 1920s (Giese).
   
• Formerly owned by Boies Penrose II (bookplate, inside upper cover); James P. R. Lyell (bookplate, inside upper cover); and the Bundesdenkmalamt, Wien (stamp, inside lower cover).
   
• Appears in Bernard Quaritch's cat. 699 (1952), no. 115; sold by Quaritch in 1952.
   

Subjects topical

• Crusades

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Austrian
• German
• Paper
• Austria
• Germany
• Geography

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Description of the Holy Land, f. 1r
• fol. 11v — Historia Hierosolimitana, f. 11v
• fol. 123r — Gesta Fridericus I imperatoris, f. 123r