Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Sopra la regalia di Francia [manuscript].

1681.

28 leaves : paper ; 271 x 201 (240 x 144) mm. bound to 283 x 211 mm.

Memoranda or letters concerning the appointment of bishops in France, in four parts, at one time part of a larger volume. The first and fourth items are untitled and are misbound, the first item once followed the fourth.

Ms. codex.

Title from caption title (f. 13r).

Title for item 3: Ristretto delle cose occorse nell'affare della regalia, dated 1673 (f. 19r).

Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 28 + i (modern paper); 281-292, 263-267, [i], 272-275, [i], 276-280, contemporary foliation in ink, bottom center; 1-12, [13-28], second set of contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Script: Written in a cursive script by two hands, with date and name Card. Albici Autori, 1681 added in a third hand (f. 17v).

Binding: Modern boards. Oxidation of ink, with perforations on some folios.

Origin: Written in 1681 (f. 17v, f. 23r).

UPenn Ms. Codex 671

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 671