Details

Subjects:

Masaniello, 1620-1647.
Naples (Kingdom) -- History -- Spanish rule, 1442-1707.
Naples (Kingdom).
History.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Drawings (visual works)
Engravings (prints)
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Italian.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 2r).
Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 78 + i (contemporary paper); [1-78]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand.
Decoration: Engraved portrait by Pet. de Jode of Masaniello used as frontispiece. Pen and ink portrait of Masaniello (f. 3).
Binding: Later parchment.
Origin: Written in Naples, late 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Former owners include: John Auldjo (signature, f. 2r); William Stirling (bookplate, inside upper cover).
Accessioned, 1962.

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. 126-127 (Ms. Italian 170).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 403

Contributor:

Jode, Pieter de, 1606-approximately 1674, engraver.
Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818-1878, former owner.

OCLC:

155968498