Details

Subjects:

Carolingians -- Early works to 1800.
Islam -- History.
Islam.
History.
Carolingians.
France -- Foreign relations -- To 987.
France.
International relations.
France -- History -- To 987.
Italy -- History.
Italy.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Chronicles.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Italian.

Contents:

1. f.1r-192v: General.
2. f.197r-228v: Islam.
3. f.229r-300r: Frankish history.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from spine.
Foliation: Paper, i + 300 + i; [1-300]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand. Among the references is one to "il nostro Mabillon" (f. 55r). It is therefore probable that the unnamed author belonged to the order of the Benedictines.
Binding: Modern quarter leather. Paper and leather are pulling away from upper board.
Origin: Written in Italy, first half of 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Purchased, 1964.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia). Supplement A (2), The Library Chronicle 36, no. 1 (1970), p. 4 (Ms. Italian 215).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 440

OCLC:

155969300