Indictio cu[r]rens, 1490

Date:

1490

Description:

Circular diagram written in Italy in 1490 aligning the years 1490-1504 with the indictio, a fifteen-year cycle used by medieval notaries to date documents until the end of the 16th century. A faded paragraph above the diagram and a clearer one below, written in humanist cursive script, explain its use and conclude with a note that the indictio is particularly familiar among notaries. The title of the diagram and the year 1490 in roman numerals are written in the the bars of a cross in the center of the diagram.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Bloomsbury Auctions (London), 7 December 2016, lot 22.

Relation:

The Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366271

Subject:

Notaries -- Italy; Notaries; Chronology; Chronology -- Italy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Diagrams; Manuscripts, Latin -- 15th century; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 218 x 150 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.; In Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 591 Folder 43

Collection:

Manuscript Fragment Collection; Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund