Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 60: Cosmographia /University of Pennsylvania2015-02-132015-02-13These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 60: Cosmographia / 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/.To the extent possible under law, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Manuscripts has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 60: Cosmographia /. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.Ms. codex.Title from rubric (f. 1r).1. f.1r-1v: Proemium.2. f.1v-26r: [Liber primus, Descriptio orbis]3. f.26r-50r: [Liber secundus, Situs Europae]4. f.50r-70v: [Liber tertius, Ambitus orbis, ora oceani et insularum eius]3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206University of PennsylvaniaKislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and ManuscriptsLJS 609946451633503681http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/822230177http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333426 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278 https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3s36f https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs60.htmlGeographical work describing the populated areas of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia as known to the historian and geographer Strabo. Many leaves of the manuscript are palimpsests, the parchment having been formerly used for legal documents and washed for re-use. The earlier texts are occasionally faintly visible running perpendicular to the Mela text.LatinCosmographia /Mela, Pomponiusformer ownerBonius, Antonio deformer ownerBoncompagni, Baldassarre, 1821-18941rProemium, f. 1r1v[Liber primus, Descriptio orbis], f. 1v26r[Liber secundus, Situs Europae], f. 26r50r[Liber tertius, Ambitus orbis, ora oceani et insularum eius], f. 50r
parchment
70 leaves : 169 x 111 (116 x 68) mm bound to 178 x 124 mmParchment, 70 + ii; [1-70]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (19th-century foliation with larger numbers, also in pencil, also upper right recto, skips f. 38 and f. 50; this earlier foliation and the note in pencil at the upper margin of the first page are both mentioned in the 1892 catalog of the Boncompagni library).Written in 23-24 long lines; frame-ruled in lead.Written in a rounded northern Italian humanistic script.1 6-line initial in blue with red acanthus-leaf decoration, ornamental frame, and extensions (f. 1r); 15 2- or 3-line initials in either red or blue; 5 of the red initials have penwork in black (f. 5r, 37v, 42r, 55r, 60r); marginal notations, mostly place names, in red or blue; rubrics in red.Bookplate, Inside front coverDecorated initial, Initial O, f. 1rDecorated initial, Initial D, f. 37vDecorated initial, Initial P, f. 42rDecorated initial, Initial S, f. 47vDecorated initial, Initial G, f. 55rDecorated initial, Initial B, f. 60r
15th-century vellum over pasteboards.
Possibly written in northern Italy, before 1450 (date of ownership inscription, f. 70v); probably written between 1440 and 1450.
between 1440 and 1450ItalyFormerly owned by Antonio de Bonius (?), 1450 (inscription, f. 70v).Formerly owned by Prince Baldassarre Boncompagni of Rome (no. 356 (306)).Appears in J. Halle Antiquariat's cat. 50 (1914), no. 20.Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 1997.Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.Cities and towns, Ancient--Early works to 1800Geography, Ancient--Early works to 1800Geography, AncientCities and towns, Ancientcodices (bound manuscripts)palimpsests (manuscripts)Manuscripts, LatinManuscripts, Renaissance