04346ntm a22005177a 4500 9979448506203681 20260625142200.0 240729s1345 it 000 0 lat d (OCoLC)on1537978191 (OCoLC)1537978191 PAU eng amremm PAU Ms. Codex 2330 Mei, witness. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013054335 http://viaf.org/viaf/305217123 Register book / of Mei, notary public. [Montepulciano], 1345. 16 leaves : paper ; 150 x 210 mm bound to 165 x 250 mm + 7 notes. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Ms. codex. Collection of 16 fragments from the register of Mei, notary public of Montepulciano, probably recovered from a binding, sewn to stubs and bound into an oblong volume in the mid-19th century with some interleaves and blank stubs. The fragments are from September through November 1345, not bound in chronological order. The events and transactions recorded include weddings (p. 9, 12) and land sales (p. 32). Some text is crossed out, and the fragments are stained and worm-damaged, with one small piece of detached text laid in. Late-nineteenth- or early-twentieth-century owners added four partial transcriptions tipped or laid in next to the transcribed text (p. 9, 12, 29, 32); a drawing of the unidentified watermark of the 14th-century paper (front flyleaf 3); and some additional notes of names and dates on the stubs. A slip with the date 12/1/57 is laid in inside the back cover. Latin. Title from upper cover. Pagination: [1-32], modern pagination in pencil, upper inner corners (on stubs); no collation, as each fragment is sewn to a 19th-century stub. Script: Written in Gothic cursive script by public notary Mei (p. 2, 29?, 32). Binding: Mid-19th-century cloth-backed boards (Quaritch); title in ink on upper cover and in pencil on second front flyleaf, Register book of Mei / notary public of the village of / Montepulsano in Campania. Origin: Written in Montepulciano, Italy (p. 12, 15, 32) in 1345 (p. 11, 14, 15, 17, 24, 26, 29, 32). Formerly owned by Cecil Brent (British archaeologist and collector, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; ownership stamp inside front cover and verso of front flyleaf 2). Sold by the Chaucer's Head Library in account with William Downing, bookseller, Birmingham, 2 March 1909 (invoice laid inside front cover), to Thomas Ashby (British archaeologist, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and director of the British School at Rome, 1902-1925; bookplate inside front cover, motto In unitate robur, shelfmark G8C in pencil). Formerly owned by Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017, reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool (Dominic Winter)). Offered for sale at auction at Dominic Winter Auctioneers (South Cerney, England), 4 March 2020, lot 216. Sold by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London), 2024. Register Book of Mei (Ms. Codex 2330). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania. Access to this item is subject to staff review. Real property Italy 14th century. Montepulciano (Italy) Early works to 1800. codices (bound manuscripts) aat http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300224200 notarial documents aat http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300164785 Manuscripts, Latin 14th century. Manuscripts, Medieval. Manuscripts, Renaissance. Brent, Cecil, 1828?-1902?, former owner. Downing, William, 1844-1910, bookseller. Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931, former owner. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87900642 http://viaf.org/viaf/27195339 Clough, Cecil H., former owner. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81063270 http://viaf.org/viaf/46773332 Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. Ms. Codex 2330 9979448506203681 22829538230003681 01UPENN_INST KislakCntr Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2330 available 1 0 scmss 8 1 Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts 22829538230003681 Ms. Codex 2330 KislakCntr scmss