Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Gronovius, Joannes Fredericus, 1611-1671.

Ortus et occasus veterum regum ac regnorum [manuscript]

[Netherlands], 1713.

131 leaves : paper ; 150 x 95 (115-130 x 65-75) mm. bound to 160 x 100 mm.

A history of ancient kings and kingdoms around the Mediterranean and in Asia. Some of the sections are based upon the Roman historian Justinus' work, and act as a commentary to Justinus.

Ms. codex.

Title from title page (f. i recto).

Pagination: Paper, 131 leaves; [i-x], 1-227, [228-262]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto.

Script: Written in a cursive book hand by Cornelius ab Overmeer (p. 248).

Decoration: Later bookplate with initials BVH inside upper cover and coat of arms; floral and vine motif stamped on covers is repeated in ink on title page.

Binding: Contemporary gilt calf (Zacour-Hirsch).

Origin: Written in the Netherlands (Zacour-Hirsch), 1713 (p. 248).

UPenn Ms. Codex 1224

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms.Codex 1224