Details

Standardized Title:

Apologia cuiusdam regiae famae studiosi

Subjects:

Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559.
Turks -- Romania -- Transylvania.
Turks.
Turkey -- History -- Süleyman I, 1520-1566.
Turkey.
History.
Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Charles V, 1519-1556.
France -- History -- Henry II, 1547-1559.
France.
Romania -- Transylvania.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Tracts (documents)
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Latin.

Summary:

A copy of the pamphlet printed in 1551 in Paris by Charles Estienne defending Henry II of France, whom the German emperor's publicists had blamed for betraying Christian Europe by seeking the help of the Turkish sultan against Charles V.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption heading (f. 1r).
Collation: Paper, i + 14 + i; 1-3⁴ 4²; modern pencil foliation, lower right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.
Layout: Written in 28 long lines.
Script: Written in a humanistic script.
Binding: Modern paper boards.
Origin: Written in France in the second half of the 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Sold by H. P. Kraus (New York), 1968.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800, Supplement A (1). The Library Chronicle 35 (1969), p. 18 (Ms. Latin 245).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1090.

OCLC:

183611122

Web link:

Collation model

Access Restriction:

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