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[Descriptio Terrae Sanctae].

Author/Creator:
Philippus, de Civitadei, -approximately 1340.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
230 leaves : paper ; 215 x 155 (148 x 93) mm bound to 226 x 160 mm
Production:
[Austria or Germany], [1487?]
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Other Title:
Loca peregrinationum sanctae Hierosalem et totius terrae sanctae.
Subjects:
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, approximately 1123-1190.
Crusades.
Jerusalem -- History.
Jerusalem -- Description and travel.
Latin Orient.
Palestine -- History -- 638-1917.
Palestine -- Description and travel.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Language:
Latin.
Summary:
Description of the Holy Land, by Philipus [Brusserius] de Civitadei (f. 1r-11v). Also contains Historia Hierosolimitana by Marcus de Venetiis (f. 11v-122v) and most of the Gesta Fridericus I imperatoris of Otto of Freising (f. 123r-231r; lacks the end of Book III and all of Book IV).
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Titles supplied by cataloger (2 unidentified 20th-century dealer's descriptions, inside upper cover).
Title of first work given on f. 1v as Loca peregrinationum civitatis sanctae Hierosalem et totius sanctae terrae; a similar title and the author's name are given in a colophon on f. 11v. The author of this work is also known as Philippus Brusserius. Title of the second work is also given as Historia Hiersolimitana in the colophon on f. 122v. Title of third work given on f. 126v as Cronica.
Incipit and explicit (Philippus de Civitadei): (f.1r) Quoniam natura humana presertim huius seculi ... (f. 11v) brevius potui memorie commendavi.
Incipit and explicit (Marcus de Venetiis): (f. 11v) Postquam divine propitiationis munificenter exercitus ... (f. 122v) a quibus visa est et cara tenet. Colophon (f. 122v): Et sic est finis historie hierosolimitane. Timor et gratie hiesu. 1487. Sabbatis ante purificationem [28 January]. Deo gratias.
Incipit and explicit (Otto of Freising): (f. 123r, prologue) Fridericus dei gratia romanorum imperator et semper ... (f. 126v, text) Cum sub imperatore Heinrico qui inter reges quartus ... (f. 231r) Actus est hic triumphus vi mensis septembris.
Collation: Paper, 230; [1-230]; 1-9¹², 10¹⁴, 11-19¹²; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower margin, last verso of each quire.
Layout: Written in 31-33 long lines.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script.
Decoration: Green, red and blue initials throughout. Many headings and marginal notes in red.
Watermarks: cf. Piccard II. xv. 360/361; probable origin: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, northern Italy, 1478-1482.
Binding: 15th-century Austrian or southern German dark brown calf over wooden boards, blind-stamped with occasional rosettes in a diamond matrix. Clasp missing. Later rebacked (19th century?). Hinges cracked, especially upper hinge; upper cover and first quire pulling loose. Leather of cover is deteriorating, especially in the spine.
Origin: Probably written in Austria or southern Germany, ca. 1487 (colophon, f. 122v)
Penn Provenance:
Formerly in the library of the Museumsbibliothek of Troppau (Opava, Bohemia); sold at auction at Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Vienna) in the 1920s (Giese).
Formerly owned by Boies Penrose II (bookplate, inside upper cover); James P. R. Lyell (bookplate, inside upper cover); and the Bundesdenkmalamt, Wien (stamp, inside lower cover).
Appears in Bernard Quaritch's cat. 699 (1952), no. 115; sold by Quaritch in 1952.
Cited in:
Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 159-160 (Ms. Lea 55).
Publications about:
Described in Giese, Martina. Über die Gesta Friderici Ottos und Rahewins von Freising: Anmerkungen zur Editions- und Überlieferungsgeschichte. In Mitteilungen des Instituts für österreichische Geschictsforschung, 119. Band (2011), Heft 3-4, p. 311-330.
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 54
Contributor:
Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871-1948, former owner.
Penrose, Boies, 1902-1976, former owner.
Contains:
Marcus, de Venetiis. Historia Hierosolimitana.
Otto I, Bishop of Freising, -1158. Gesta Friderici I imperatoris.
OCLC:
155962710