Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Castaldo, Antonino.

Rumori di Napoli in tempo del governo del vicere Don Pietro di Toledo : [manuscript] Premessovi un ragionamento di quanto successe a i baroni / scritti da notar Antonino Castaldo di Napoli.

[Italy, between 1570 and 1650]

101 leaves : paper ; 129 x 192 (154 x 94) mm. bound to 195 x 135 mm.

Chronicle of Naples under the governorship of Pietro Toledo (1532-1555) in four parts. Preceded by "Ragionamento, e discorso di quello che successe al regno di Napoli à Baroni, per l'andata che fece Gio. Paolo Coraggio mandato alla Corte dell'Imperatore Carlo V. in tempo era Luogotenente del Regno il Cardinal Colonna" (f. 1r-20v).

Ms. codex.

Title from title page, pasted in after binding (f. iii recto).

Foliation: Paper, iii (near-contemporary paper) + 98; contemporary foliation in ink, 1-78, beginning on f. 24, modern foliation in pencil, [1-98], upper right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.

Layout: Written in 31 long lines.

Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand.

Binding: Contemporary vellum.

Origin: Written in Italy in the late 16th or early 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

UPenn Ms. Codex 48

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 48