Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 55: Statuta communitatis Viglani edita per homines et communitatem dicti loci Viglani, diocesis et capitaneatus Astensis University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 55: Statuta communitatis Viglani edita per homines et communitatem dicti loci Viglani, diocesis et capitaneatus Astensis 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 ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts 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 rubric (f. 1r). Folios 4 and 8 have been rewritten in a different hand, apparently with information added to the manuscript from another source; at the bottom of f. 4r is the inscription "Corector ego idem Ansermus Robusti." At the bottom of f. 14r Ansermus again signs his name, identifies himself as "rector in civitate Alexandrie" and gives the date 18 May 1488; he further notes that he extracted these statutes from a "certain volume" with the addition of other clauses which had to be obtained from another source by one Anthonius de Pectinaciis of the town of Alexandria. Ansermus again signs his name on f. 16v. The text block is wrapped in an early 11th-century fragment of a homiliary, preserving Augustine's Sermones in Vetero Testamento, Sermon 41, and his In Evangelium Johannis Tractatus, Tr. 24. The text block is in good condition, but it is pulling away from the cover. The leather of the spine is badly deteriorated and almost entirely split apart. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 55 9914711843503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122470243 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1471184 Statutes of Vigliano d'Asti (f. 1r-14r). The statutes are preceded by a section entitled, "Rubrice capitulorum et statutorum ... " (f. [i]r-[iii]r). Latin Statuta communitatis Viglani edita per homines et communitatem dicti loci Viglani, diocesis et capitaneatus Astensis Vigliano d'Asti (Italy) Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo scribe Ansermus, Robusti corrector Ansermus, Robusti [ii recto] Rubrice capitulorum et statutorum, f. ii recto

parchment

 18 leaves : 245 x 178 (174 x 134) mm. bound to 248 x 184 mm

Parchment, i (11th-century parchment) + 18 + i (11th-century parchment); 1², 2¹², 3⁴; [ii] 1-14, [15-16]; contemporary foliation in Roman numerals, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Folios 1-6 marked a-f (except f. 4, which is a later replacement) and folio 13 marked g, lower right recto.

 Written in 30 long lines; ruled in ink. Written in a humanistic cursive script. Red 3-line initial (f. 1r); rubricated throughout. Owner notes[?], Inside front cover Scribal note, f. 4r Scribal note, f. 9r Manicule, f. 13r Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 13r Scribal note, f. 14r Scribal note, f. 16v Reused manuscript leaf, f. i verso

15th-century Italian half-calf over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch).

Written in Vigliano, Italy in the mid-15th century, with additions and emendations dated 1488 (f. 14r).

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