Accession number
MS M.407
Object title
Epistolae ad familiares.
Display Date
between 1475 and 1499.
Created
Italy, between 1475 and 1499.
Binding
Tan calf; gilt-tooled border of entwined leaves; in the four corners carnations on stems issue from rosettes; arms of Pope Pius VI surrounded by the crossed keys and papal tiara in center of panels; a lily slipped proper, in dexter chief -- the conventional symbol of the wind blowing on the lily; on a chief argent three estoilles or.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
94 leaves (1 column, 23 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 190 x 130 mm
Provenance
Pope Pius VI (1717-1799; papacy 1775-1799); probably Marchese Taccone of Naples collection; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in northern Italy, end of the 15th century.
Scribe: Simon Carpanetus; signed on fol. 94v: Manu Simoneti Carpaneti de Spedia.
Decoration: 1 illuminated initial.
Scribe: Simon Carpanetus; signed on fol. 94v: Manu Simoneti Carpaneti de Spedia.
Decoration: 1 illuminated initial.
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin
Resources
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