Accession number
PML 79064
Creator
Cassius Dio Cocceianus.
Object title
[Vitae Nervae et Traiani imperatorum].
Published
[Rome] : [Printer of Herodianus], [not before 7 August 1493]
Description
[8] leaves ; 30.5 x 22 cm (fol.)
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes
Title from ISTC.
Incipit (leaf a2r): BONIPHATII. BEMBI BRIXIANI IN NERVAE. COCCEII. VUPIIQ[UE] TRAIANI VITAM EX HIONIS RELIQUIIS AD FRANCISC. PICOLHOMIN. CARDINAL: SENENS. PREAEFATIO.
Printed in type 1:99R.
Collation: a⁸: 8 leaves.
Chancery folio (29.6 x 21.3 cm)
Translated by Bonifacius Bembus.
Incipit (leaf a2r): BONIPHATII. BEMBI BRIXIANI IN NERVAE. COCCEII. VUPIIQ[UE] TRAIANI VITAM EX HIONIS RELIQUIIS AD FRANCISC. PICOLHOMIN. CARDINAL: SENENS. PREAEFATIO.
Printed in type 1:99R.
Collation: a⁸: 8 leaves.
Chancery folio (29.6 x 21.3 cm)
Translated by Bonifacius Bembus.
Binding
19th/early 20th century quarter vellum with paper sides over paper boards (30.5 x 22 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: Several early-16th century marginal notations, including one citing the election of Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini as Pope Pius III in 1503, his quick death, and the election of Julius II (leaf a2r). Elaborate manicules with super-extended finger and sleeves.
Provenance
Curt F. Bühler (1905-1985), Inc. 2, purchased from J. Halle (Munich), Dec. 1928; Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
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