Accession number:
MS M.551
Title:
Diploma, University of Padua
Created:
Padua, Italy, 1619.
Binding:
Original red-brown morocco with seal and ties.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description:
6 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 230 x 170 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Ferdinando Ongania (Venice) in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. diploma; written and illuminated in Padua, Italy; signed by Paulus Gualdus (vicarius generalis) and Daulus Salammo (cancellarius) on fol. 6v and dated May 30, 1619.
Decoration: one full-page frontispiece with decorated border and one historiated medallion.
Script:
Roman letters
Language:
Latin
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