Accession number
MS B.58
Object title
Statuti di Adria (MS B.58).
Created
Adria, Veneto, Italy, 1558
Binding
18th-century vellum.
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Description
119 leaves (1 column, 29-32 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 280 x 210 mm
Provenance
Frederick North, Fifth Earl of Guilford; his sale, London, Sotheby's Dec. 8, 1830, lot 403; Sir Thomas Phillipps (ms. 5686); purchased by Curt F. Bühler from Bernard Quaritch, London (Cat. 897, no. 3).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Adria, northern Italy, dated 1568, with later additions dating up to about 1660.
Decoration: 1 illuminated border, 9 illuminated cartouches, numerous filigree initials.
Decoration: 1 illuminated border, 9 illuminated cartouches, numerous filigree initials.
Script
italic and cursive
Language
Italian
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