manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); coats of arms; drawings (visual works); hymns; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European
Physical Description:
191 leaves : paper, illustrations, coats of arms; 184 x 128 (139 x 80) mm bound to 190 x 136 mm
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. ii verso).; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 191; [iii], 1-3, 6-55, [i], 56-86, [i], 87-119, [vii], 120-141, [ii], 142-151, [xxix], contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; [1-191], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. References in this record are to the modern foliation.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand, probably copied from an unidentified printed work or another manuscript, for use within a religious community in Italy, with 5 leaves in a second, slightly later hand include words for hymns for vespers and some liturgical responses.; Decoration: Illustrated with pen and ink calligraphy on double title page (f.1v, 2r); full page floral decoration (f. 88); full page illustration of human face (f. 122r); cardinals' coats of arms (f. 2r, 128r); full page decoration on final leaf of the text (f. 151v); several decorated initials and a number of tailpieces, some in floral designs and two with a human face (f. 1v, 69r).; Binding: Contemporary parchment, with abbreviated title and "Ad usu[m] P. A. Cantone" on spine.; Origin: Written in Italy in 1643 (f. 2r).; Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 814
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