Dogale

Accession number: 
MS M.977
Title: 
Dogale
Created: 
Venice, Italy, Sept. 1, 1506.
Binding: 
16th-century olive-brown morocco over pasteboard, gold-tooled with arabesque and knotwork tools, punch-dotting in red and gold, remains of 4 pairs of yellow and blue sash ties, gilt edges.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, with the special assistance of Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1977.
Description: 
28 leaves (1 column, 25 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 245 x 175 mm
Provenance: 
Carlo Galli; Bernard Breslauer.
Notes: 

Ms. dogale issued by Leonardo Loredan, doge of Venice, appointing Pietro Marcello capitano of the fortress of Candia, Crete, Sept. 1, 1506; written and illuminated in Venice in 1506.
Decoration: 1 illuminated border with arms.

Script: 
humanistica cursiva
Language: 
Latin
Classification: