Details

Subjects:

Monterubbiano (Italy) -- History -- 15th century.
Monterubbiano (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 15th century.
Ascoli Piceno (Italy) -- History.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Government records.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Latin.

Biography/History:

Monterubbiano is a town in the province of Ascoli Piceno in the region of Italy known as Marches (Marche).

Summary:

Legal and administrative proceedings of Monterubbiano (f. 1r-68v), dating to the period when Ser Battista di Ser Cicco of Fermo held the office of Podestà of Monterubbiano (see upper cover, f. i recto, and f. 1r for several different versions of his name). Also includes an index (f. i recto).

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from f. 1r.
Title on cover: Riformanze.
Signatures: Catchwords in lower margin, last verso of each quire. One signature visible, roman numeral vi, lower left of f. 53r (first recto of quire 6).
Collation: 71; [i], 1¹⁸, 2⁶, 3¹⁰, 4⁴, 5¹⁰ (+4), 6¹² (+2), 7⁴; [i], 1-70]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. The first leaf is detached and is laid in before f. 1. It is wrapped in tissue paper.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script in the hand of the notary Angelus Johanutti de Montegranario (see signatures on f. 1r, 22v, 36v, 43v, 46v, 49v and 68v). His name in Italian might be Angelo Giovannuzzi (see description by H. P. Kraus).
Decoration: Embellished black initials (for example, f. 1r); notarial signets (f. 1r, 22v, 25r, 36v, 43v, 46v, 49v, 68v); contemporary drawing of what appears to be a notarial signet (inside upper cover).
Binding: Contemporary Italian limp vellum with laced cords along spine.
Origin: Written in Monterubbiano, Italy from September 1417 (f. 4r) to 1418 (f. 1r).
The paper contains watermarks similar to Piccard VII. vi. 417 (Carrara, 1413) and Briquet 11750 (1418).
There is evidence of water damage. Some of the leaves show evidence of mildew damage and are very fragile.
On file in the Library is a two-page description of the manuscript provided by the dealer H. P. Kraus, which had previously been laid into the manuscript. Also previously laid in and now on file are five sheets of transcriptions and English translations of portions of the manuscript. Four of these appear to be 20th century in date; the fifth appears older than the others but still later than the manuscript.

Penn Provenance:

Once owned by Sr. Battista Cicco di Fermo[?], whose name appears in two different versions on the front cover.
Sold by H. P. Kraus, 1959.

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. 162 (Ms. Lea 67).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 56

Contributor:

Ser Cicco de Pigolotti, Battista di, of Fermo, Ser, former owner.
Johanutti, Angelus, de Montegranario, scribe.

OCLC:

155962759