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Accession number:
MS M.1215
Title:
An Ode in Time of Hesitation.
Binding:
Tooled red leather with red slipcase from Bennett Book Studio, NY.
Credit:
Gift of Robert J. DeFreitas in memory of Dora Melina, née Mungo, 2019.
Description:
Iii (vellum) + 13 + iii leaves : vellum, illuminated ; 195 x 137 mm (114 x 73 mm)
Provenance:
Dora Melina, née Mungo (daughter of Giuseppe Mungo); Robert J. DeFreitas.
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Collation: 8 bifolios
Decoration: The illumination consists of a decorative title page and end page; nine decorative section headings with 4- and 5-line illuminated initials; three decorative section endings; and gold initials marking the beginning of each verse.
Moody's poem, first published in 1900 and quickly famous, was inspired by the author's seeing Augustus Saint-Gaudens' memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment in Boston. The Mungo brothers were Italian immigrants to New York, who specialized in the production of illuminated manuscripts, particularly of patriotic subject matter.
Language:
English
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