Accession number
MS M.476
Object title
Historiae Romanae decades.
Created
Naples, Italy, end of the 15th century.
Binding
Original wooden boards and stamped leather.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description
255 leaves (1 column, 35 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 390 x 270 mm
Provenance
Arms of first owner erased from title page; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in 1911; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Naples, Italy, at the end of the 15th century.
Decoration: illuminated frontispiece with white vine border; 10 illuminated white-vine initials.
Decoration: illuminated frontispiece with white vine border; 10 illuminated white-vine initials.
Script
minuscule
Language
Latin
Resources
Century
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