Philopinacium / per Christianum Friedericum Anders.

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Anders, Christian Friedrich.

Language:

• English
• French
• German
• Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
• Latin
• Slavic (Other)

Subjects (All):

• Autographs--Collections.
• Autographs.
• Quotations, Latin.

Genre:

• Collections.
• Codices.
• Autograph albums.
• Alba amicorum.
• Manuscripts, Latin.
• Manuscripts, German.
• Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

• Bookplate (f. 180v): Armorial, with a lion rampant holding a harp and with the motto Deo proximo.
• Formerly part of the Bechstein collection (German philology), University of Pennsylvania Library (bookplate, inside upper cover).
• Transferred to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 1962.

Physical Description:

252 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 117 x 170 mm bound to 124 x 171 mm

Other Title:

Viris generosissimis et magnificis, patronis ac fautoribus amplissimis atque honoratissimis amicis.

Place of Publication:

Zittau, 1731, 1733.

Language Note:

Latin, with a few inscriptions in Greek, French, English, German, and Cyrillic.

Summary:

Collection of inscriptions predominantly in Latin, with signatures of many individuals, followed by a collection of Latin quotations from classical authors (f. 220v-251v). The entries dated 1731 were collected in Zittau, and many seem to be associated with a gymasium and college there; the entries dated 1733 were added in Frankfurt an der Oder.

Notes:

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (f. 3r); full text reads Viris generosissimis et magnificis, patronis ac fautoribus amplissimis etque honoratissimis amicis hoc philopinacium nuntia fama dicat per Christianum Friedericum Anders.
• Foliation: Paper, 252; [i, 251]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Text appears on f. 3, 71, 81-82, 87, 91-92, 94, 96, 106-107, 109 (tipped in), 111, 131, 161, 180-181, 183, 185, 188-189, 192, 195-198, 200, 204, 213-214, 220-251.
• Script: Written in various scripts by multiple hands.
• Decoration: Ornamental frame in watercolor on title page (f. 3r); watercolor scene of Venus and Cupid in red, with an armorial frame in watercolor in black (f. 109r).
• Binding: Contemporary gilt red morocco (Zacour-Hirsch).
• Origin: Compiled in Zittau and Frankfurt an der Oder, 1731-1733.

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. 143 (Ms. Latin 183).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1046

OCLC:

155930580