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Discrittione delle cose di Cipro, con le ragioni in favore, ò contra diverse openioni , et delle provisioni, che erano necessarie per quel Regno.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Codex 327
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Italian
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Penn Provenance:
  • Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1959.
Physical Description:
62 leaves : paper ; 177 x 134 (127 x 73) mm bound to 182 x 136 mm
Production:
[Ferrara], 1573.
Other Title:
In altre è stato esposto in quai termini, et esser si trovava il Regno di Cipro.
Language Note:
Italian.
Summary:
Description of the island of Cyprus in the 16th century, written by Ascanio Savorgnano, who was sent to Cyprus for this purpose by the Venetian Signoria. Much of the information it contains is designed to estimate the island's military capabilities. Dedicated to Giovan' Battista Pio by a certain Francesco Marcaldi, possibly the scribe (f. 3r).
Notes:
  • Ms. codex.
  • Title and attribution from title page (f. 2r).
  • Incipit (f. 5r): In altre è stato esposto in quai termini, et esser si trovava il Regno di Cipro ...
  • Foliation: Paper, 62; [1-62]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
  • Layout: Written in 15 long lines.
  • Script: Written in a humanistic cursive script in the hand of Francesco Marcaldi (f. 4r).
  • Binding: Contemporary morocco, with gilt and blind stamped decorations. Head and foot of spine repaired. Remains of red silk ties. Cover wearing at spine. A few leaves slightly loose. Various light stains.
  • Origin: Written in Ferrara, 20 Apr. 1573 (dedication, f. 4r).
  • Bookseller's description (Laurence Witten) on file in the Library.
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 85).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 327
OCLC:
155964394

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