Accession number
MS M.552
Object title
Diploma delivered by the University of Padua to Dominicus Ferracinus, Doctor Utriusque Iuris.
Created
Padua, Italy, July 4, 1620.
Binding
Original openwork red-brown morocco.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
6 leaves (1 column, 19 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 230 x 160 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Fernandino 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) and dated July 4, 1620.
Decoration: one full-page frontispiece with historiated border (3 historiated medallions, 1 medallion with arms).
Decoration: one full-page frontispiece with historiated border (3 historiated medallions, 1 medallion with arms).
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin
Resources
Century
Catalog link
Classification
Department
Display Date
July 4, 1620.