BIB_ID
400708
Accession number
MA 2156.1-18
Display Date
1411-1488.
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
18 items (18 pages) ; size varies
Notes
Formerly housed in 18th century Italian gilt floral paper folder (now in Collection File).
Provenance
Charles Fairfax Murray; A.R. Murray; purchased from Sotheby's London, 30 May 1961, lot 513.
Summary
The Fairfax Murray Collection of Italian Renaissance letters consists of approximately 18 letters. The collection spans the 15th century and includes letters from various correspondents in Gubbio, Rome, Padua, Bologna, and Florence, and is written in various hands. It represents interesting examples of Italian fifteenth-century handwritings. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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