Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 265: Liber ruralium commodorum University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Web LJS 265: Liber ruralium commodorum are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from rubric (f. 7r, viewed on April 28, 2010). Dimensions of original manuscript: 331 x 227 (210 x 150) mm. bound to 342 x 242 mm. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Web LJS 265 9947675343503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/ http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4767534 A work on agriculture in 12 books harmonizing Roman authors (Varro, Pliny, Palladius) with medieval authors (Avicenna, Albertus Magnus) and practical experience. Topics include plants, vines, trees, the fruit of all these types of plants, meadows, woods, animals, and hunting. At the beginning of the manuscript are a letter to Aymeric of Piacenza (Master General of the Dominican order, 1304-1311), a dedication to Charles II of Anjou (King of Naples, 1288-1309), and a list of chapter headings. A colophon at the end of the manuscript describes the manuscript as having been written on behalf of Cardinal Louis Allerman and set by him to Rome as a gift for Angelotto Fusco, Bishop of Cava and chamberlain of Pope Martin V, but this must have been in the source manuscript from which the present manuscript was copied. Latin Liber ruralium commodorum Crescenzi, Pietro de', approximately 1233-approximately 1320 dedicatee Charles II, King of Naples, ca. 1254-1309 illuminator Firenze, Andrea de, 15th cent scribe Traiecto, Petrus de former owner Caffarelli, Prospero, d. 1500 former owner Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799 former owner Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909 former owner Beatty, Alfred Chester, Sir, 1875-1968 former owner Marx, Hermann former owner Schoenberg, Lawrence J 1r Letter to Aymeric and dedication to Charles II of Anjou, f. 1r 1r Rubrice, f. 1r 7r De locis habitabilibus eligendis, f. 7r 15v De natura plantarum et de rebus communibus cultu cuiuslibet generis agrorum, f. 15v 38r De campestribus agris colendis et de natura et utilitate fructuum qui ex eis percipiuntur, f. 38r 46r De vitibus et vineis et cultu earum de natura et utilitate fructuum earum, f. 46r 66r De arboribus et natura et utilitate fructuum ipsarum, f. 66r 90v De ortis et natura et utilitate tam herbarum que feruntur in eis quarum ceterarum que in aliis locis sine hominis industria naturaliter nascuntur, f. 90v 115r De pratis et nemoribus, f. 115r 117r De viridariis et rebus delectabilibus ex arboribus et herbis et fructu ipsarum artificiose agendis, f. 117r 120v De omnibus animalibus que nutriuntur in rure, f. 120v 150r De diversis ingeniis capiendi animalia fera, f. 150r 158v De regulis operationum ruris, f. 158v 168v De his que singulis mensibus possint in rure peragi, f. 168v

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Parchment, i (18th-century paper) + 172 + i (18th-century paper); 1-16¹⁰ 17¹²; 1-172, foliation in ink in a later hand, lower right recto. Catchwords, most vertical, on last verso of each gathering. Remnants of signatures a-c visible on leaves in first 3 gatherings; most trimmed away.

 Written in 2 columns of 41 lines; ruled in faint ink. Written in semi-humanistic script, possibly in the hand of Petrus de Traiecto; opening words of each book following illuminated initial written in display capitals. 3-line and 5-line initial in gold interlaced with a white vine pattern on a background of blue, green, and red extending almost the full height of both columns and filling most of the upper margin, ending in a winged insect (f. 1r); 9-line inhabited initial in gold with a similar interlaced white vine pattern and background forming a three-quarters border with winged insects and birds and the arms of Prospero Caffarelli (f. 7r); 12 similar gold initials, 6- to 10-line, with short marginal extensions, at the beginning of each of Books 2-12 (f. 15v, 38v, 46v, 66r, 91r, 115r, 117r, 120v, 150r, 158v, 168v) and in the middle of Book 5 (f. 86r); headings in red and 3-line initials in blue at the beginning of chapters throughout (guide letters often visible). Manicules used occasionally (for example, f. 69r-72r). Bookplate, Inside front cover Illuminated initial, Initial V, f. 1r Illuminated initial, Initial E, f. 1r Owner stamp, f. 1r Illuminated border, Winged insect, f. 1r Inhabited initial, Initial C, Bird, f. 7r Illuminated border, Birds and winged insects, f. 7r Illuminated initial, Initial C, f. 15v Illuminated initial, Initial C, f. 38v Manicule, f. 43v Illuminated initial, Initial S, f. 46v Manicule, f. 58r Illuminated initial, Initial S, f. 66r Manicule, f. 69r Manicule, f. 69v Manicule, f. 70r Manicule, f. 70v Manicule, f. 72r Manicule, f. 79r Manicule, f. 82r Manicule, f. 83r Illuminated initial, Initial S, f. 86r Illuminated initial, Initial T, f. 91r Manicule, f. 94v Manicule, f. 99v Manicule, f. 101v Manicule, f. 102r Manicule, f. 103v Manicule, f. 104r Manicule, f. 104v Manicule, f. 105v Manicule, f. 111v Illuminated initial, Initial P, f. 115r Illuminated initial, Initial I, f. 117r Illuminated initial, Initial I, f. 120v Manicule, f. 122v Manicule, f. 143v Manicule, f. 144r Manicule, f. 145r Illuminated initial, Initial A, f. 150r Illuminated initial, Initial I, f. 158v Manicule, f. 162v Manicule, f. 163v Illuminated initial, Initial I, f. 168v

18th-century Italian red morocco; gilt, with broad ornamental borders, cornerpieces, and the arms of Pope Pius VI on covers; spine gilt in compartments.

Written in Italy, probably Rome, in the 1460s (based on analysis of illumination by Albinia de la Mare), probably before 1464 (based on arms of Prospero Caffarelli).

before 1464 Rome? Formerly owned by Prospero Caffarelli (arms, f. 7r, before he became bishop of Ascoli in Dec. 1463, at which time the bishop's mitre was added to his arms). Formerly owned by Pope Pius VI (papal arms on covers). Formerly owned by Robert Hoe (bookplate inside upper cover); sold in his collection at auction at Anderson Auction Company (New York), 19 Nov. 1912, Part IV, lot 2333. Formerly owned by Alfred Chester Beatty (Beatty label, #44, on front flyleaf, but not listed in Eric George Millar's Library of A. Chester Beatty, 1927-1930). Formerly owned by Hermann Marx (bookplate inside upper cover); sold with other items from his collection at auction at Sotheby's, 19 Apr. 1948, lot 32. Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 3 Dec. 1968, lot 26. Sold by Librairie J.-M. LeFell (Paris) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1998. Sold by Lawrence J. Schoenberg at auction at Sotheby's to an unknown purchaser, 6 Jul. 2010, lot 34. Book Type Accounts Antiphonary Armorial Bible Biography Book of Hours Breviary Chronicle Collection of Sermons Commentary Dictionary Document Dogale Friendship book Genealogy Glossary Gospel Lectionary Gospels Gradual Haggadah Homilary Horologion Hymnal Koran Lectionary Mass book Miscellany Missal Pontifical Portolan chart Prayer book Private devotional text Processional Protective scroll Psalter Psalter-Hours Qur`an Recipe book Saint's Life Scribal manual Song book Torah Treatise Century 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century Culture Abbasid Arabic Armenian Ashkenazi Austrian Byzantine Carolingian Chinese Christian Coptic Dutch Egyptian English Ethiopian Fatimid Flemish French German Indian Islamic Italian Jewish Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Persian Portuguese Qajar Rajput Russian Safavid Sephardi Spanish Timurid Turkish Yemenite Descriptive term Accordion book Album Annotated Binding Calligraphy Caroline minuscule Chart Charter Colophon Damage Diagrams Drawing Early Abbasid script Fragment Gloss Gothic Gothic book hand Grisaille Grotesques Headpiece Heraldry Historiated initial Humanistic Illumination Illustration Inhabited initial Kufic Manicules Medallion Micrography Miniature Missing leaves Musical notation New Abbasid style Notable binding Original binding Ornament Painting Palimpsest Paper Penwork initial Puzzle initial Ragini Romanesque Scrapbook Scroll Scroll-work initial Seals Tables Textura Treasure binding Watermark White-vine lettering Woodcuts Geography Afghanistan Armenia Austria Belgium Central Arab lands (Near East) Central Asia China Egypt England Ethiopia Flanders France Germany Greece India Iran Iraq Israel Italy Maghreb Morocco Netherlands Pakistan Portugal Romania Russia Spain Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Wales Yemen Other Alchemy Allegory Astrology Astronomy Biblical Binding waste Cartography Church Fathers Cosmology Devotion Financial records Fortune-telling Friendship Games Geography Geomancy Grammar History Kabbalah Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Logic Magic Maritime Mathematics Mineralogy Philosophy Piyutim Responsa Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Agriculture--Early works to 1800 Facsimiles Illuminations Manuscripts, Latin--15th century Manuscripts, Renaissance 15th century Illumination Italy Italian