Accession number
MS M.770
Object title
Fiore di virtù and other moralizing verse (MS M.770).
Created
Italy, possibly in Perugia, between 1450 and 1499.
Binding
Paper boards with geometrical design; vellum back.
Description
33 leaves (2 columns, 33-38 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 290 x 220 mm
Provenance
Purchased from Giuseppe Martini in 1931 (catalogue 2, 1930, no. 11).
Notes
Ms. verse miscellany; written and decorated in Italy, perhaps in Perugia, in the second half of the 15th century.
Texts: Fiore di virtù (fol. 1-28v); an unidentified addition to Fiore di virtù (fol. 29-33); Epistola Lentuli de corpore Christi (fol. 33); Epistola ad Claudium Imperatorem (fol. 33).
Watermarks on text leaves: unicorn like Zonghi 778 (1418); Piccard 1707 (1436), (Wilna, 1698), (Rome, 1436); or Piccard 2493 (Venice, 1471)--Cf. PML files.
Watermarks on endpapers: crown over eagle in circle like Zonghi 778 (1599)--Cf. PML files.
Decoration: numerous figured and decorated initials; checkered patterns on shields and other marginal motifs.
Texts: Fiore di virtù (fol. 1-28v); an unidentified addition to Fiore di virtù (fol. 29-33); Epistola Lentuli de corpore Christi (fol. 33); Epistola ad Claudium Imperatorem (fol. 33).
Watermarks on text leaves: unicorn like Zonghi 778 (1418); Piccard 1707 (1436), (Wilna, 1698), (Rome, 1436); or Piccard 2493 (Venice, 1471)--Cf. PML files.
Watermarks on endpapers: crown over eagle in circle like Zonghi 778 (1599)--Cf. PML files.
Decoration: numerous figured and decorated initials; checkered patterns on shields and other marginal motifs.
Script
cursive script
Language
Italian
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