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Other Title:

Anima est actus primus corporis.
Relatione del illustrissimo signore Federico Badoer riturnato da Carlo V. imperatore, l'anno 1558.
Novella di Ricardo e Cattilla.

Subjects:

Classical dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Early works to 1600.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Classical dictionaries.
Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Charles V, 1519-1556.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- Turkish Wars, 17th century.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Dictionaries.
Encyclopedias.
Recipes.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Italian, with some Latin.

Summary:

Historical and philosophical dictionary, with miscellaneous interpolations and additions. The articles vary greatly in length. At the end of each letter are blank pages. The contents reflect particular interest in philosophy, classical persons and objects, historical figures, and the Turks. Among the inserts and additions are: Relazione del illustrissimo signore Federico Badoer [= Badoaro, a Venetian family] riturnato da Carlo V. imperatore, l'anno 1558 (f. 22r-33r); Novella di Ricardo e Cattilla[?], poems, and short stories (f. 248r-254v); madrigals, sonnets, canzoni, sayings, epitaphs, proverbs, and "conclusions" (f. 324r-398r); a cipher (f. 398v-399v); a recipe for making wine (f. 400r-400v).

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (front flyleaf recto), written in later pencil; badly faded and difficult to read.
Incipit (f. 2r): ANIMA: Anima est actus primus corporis.
Foliation: Paper, i (former pastedown) + 394 + i (former pastedown); 1-202, [stubs of 203-209], 210, 212, 215-352, 355-372, [stub of 373], 374-375, 377-400; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. On many folios the wearing and fraying of the edges has obliterated the folio numbers. Folios 203-209 and 373 have been cut out, leaving stubs with traces of text. Folio 210 has also become detached but is still laid into place. The front and back flyleaves appear to be pastedowns that have become mostly detached from the covers.
Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand.
Binding: Contemporary limp vellum. Vellum of cover badly split, cracked and worn. Many leaves badly stained; possible water and mildew damage. Many leaves worn and fraying at the edges. Some oxidation of ink.
Origin: Written in Venice[?] in the second half of the 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Forms part of: Macauley collection of the University of Pennsylvania Library.
Accessioned, 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. 110 (Ms. Italian 84).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 326

OCLC:

155964388