[Rodulphus Campeggius notarial document]

Description
Notarial document recording the paternity of Ridolfo Campeggi, conte di Doza, and the distribution of assets among his legitimate heirs. It is bound with a pamphlet printed in Bologna in 1587 that contains decrees of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and a writ of Pope Leo X concerning privileges of the Campeggi family. A loop of cord for hanging the volume is threaded through the lower inside corner of the binding and leaves.
Creator
Campeggi, Ridolfo, conte di Doza, 1565-1624 (author)
Vitalibus, Julius Gaspari de (scribe)
Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
codices (bound manuscripts)
notarial documents
Manuscripts, European
Sammelbands
Date
1616
Language
Latin
Subject
Inheritance and succession -- Italy -- Early works to 1800
Extent
6 leaves : parchment ; 227 x 167 (184 x 130) mm bound to 232 x 175 mm.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Latin.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, 6; 1⁶; [1-6], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (this is the collation for the manuscript only; the printed pamphlet that follows the manuscript is in 4 quires of 4 leaves).
Layout: Written in 25 long lines; ruled in faint ink.
Script: Written in humanistic cursive or italic script, with the first line in square capitals (f. 1r), by Julius Gaspari de Vitalibus (f. 6v).
Decoration: Notarial signet of Julius Gaspari de Vitalibus in ink (f. 6v).
Binding: Contemporary (17th-century) limp vellum with a loop of cord passing through the lower inside corner of the volume.
Origin: Written in Bologna in 1616 (f. 6v), with a later note added in 1636 (f. 6v).
Bound with: Transumptum priuilegiorum, concessionum, immunitatum et indultorum, auctoritate, Apostolica, et Imperiali concessorum illustribus, nobilibusq́ue dominis, dd. comitibus de Campegijs, nobilibus Bonon.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3rf5mh5s
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2276
Provenance
Sold by Mayfair Rare Books & Manuscripts (London), 2024.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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