Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 2131: Lo scudo ne giorni canicolari : University of Pennsylvania 2024-07-15 2024-07-15 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2131: Lo scudo ne giorni canicolari : 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 ©2024 University of Pennsylvania Libraries 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/. Ms. codex. Title from title page (f. 1r). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2131 9979078221103681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1390589185 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366281 Two gatherings, probably from a larger manuscript, containing 29 numbered recipes for flavored and perfumed waters, intended for refreshment in the dog days of summer (giorni canicolari), with ingredients including jasmine, bitter orange, lemon, cedar-leaf, strawberry, tuberose, chocolate, and coffee. Due to ink oxidation, original foliation is lost and some larger initials in title page text and recipe titles are fragile. Italian, in the Tuscan dialect (Editio Altera) Lo scudo ne giorni canicolari : Sannatele, Androfillo Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania) 1r Lo scudo ne giorni canicolari

paper

 14 leaves : 145 x 110 (120 x 90) mm bound to 155 x 120 mm

Paper, 14; 1⁸⁻¹(-2) 2⁸⁻¹(-8) (possible collation based on sewing and possible signatures); signed F, G, lower center first recto (f. 1r, f. 8r); original foliation in ink, upper right recto, lost to oxidation; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto, [1-14].

 Written in 14-15 long lines; title page ruled in drypoint; octavo format. Written in cursive script by a single hand.

20th-century half roan over boards (Editio Altera).

Written in Italy, possibly Tuscany, in 1658 (title page, f. 1r)

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