Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 2387: Aggiunta alli giornali di Misser Giuliano Passaro delle cose di Napoli / University of Pennsylvania 2026-07-22 2026-07-22 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2387: Aggiunta alli giornali di Misser Giuliano Passaro delle cose di Napoli / 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 ©2026 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 2387 9977646448703681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1602193181 Continuation to a chronicle of Neapolitan history attributed to Giuliano Passaro. The Passaro work, available in multiple manuscript copies and printed in the 18th century (Giuliano Passero cittadino Napoletano ... storie in forma di giornali, Naples: Orsino, 1785), records events from 1442 to 1526; the additions in this manuscript, compiled by notary Gregorio Russo, conclude in 1537. Italian Aggiunta alli giornali di Misser Giuliano Passaro delle cose di Napoli / Russo, Gregorio (Notary) associated name Passero, Giuliano former owner North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827 former owner Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 former owner Clough, Cecil H 1r Title page

paper

 107 leaves : 258 x 185 (200 x 112) mm bound to 260 x 195 mm + Paper, i (18th-century) + 107 + i (18th-century); modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto, [1-107]; binding too tight to establish collation. Written in 21 long lines. Folio format. Written in cursive script by a single hand.

18th-century marbled paper covers with parchment spine and leather spine label Aggiunta alli Giorn.Di Passaro MS

Probably written in Naples, in 1537 (title page, f. 1r).

1537 Naples?, Italy Formerly owned by Frederick North, Earl of Guilford (bookplate, inside upper cover). Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillips, his ms. 5425 (paper label at foot of spine, pencil note on Guilford bookplate inside front cover). Formerly owned by Cecil H. Clough (Liverpool; Kristeller). Sold by YeOldBookworms (London, now Norfolk), 2020. Naples (Italy)--History--1503-1734--Early works to 1800 codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts, Italian--16th century Manuscripts, Renaissance