Record ID:
112459
Accession number:
MS M.557
Title:
Diploma, University of Padua
Created:
Padua, Italy, 1585.
Binding:
Original gilt tooled red morocco with 4 ties.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description:
7 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 220 x 160 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by J.P. 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 Petrus Matthaeus Corvinus (vicarius generalis) and Marcus Querengus (cancellarius) and dated Apr. 29, 1585.
Scribe: Andreas Tintus, notary public.
Decoration: decorated frontispiece with full gold scroll border simulating lace; initial V in gold; red and gold capitals.
Script:
Roman letters
Language:
Latin
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