Accession number
MS M.412
Object title
Epistolae (MS M.412).
Created
Italy, ca. 1475
Binding
Calf, ca. 1800, with the arms of Romualdo Braschi Onesti.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
56 leaves (1 column, 28 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 210 x 150 mm
Provenance
Arms of the first owner on fol. 1 (gules a gate (or castle) argent, surmounted by what appear to be five trees of the second; Cardinal Romualdo Braschi Onesti (1753-1817); 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 decorated in Italy, ca. 1475.
Texts: Epistolae, translated by Franciscus Arentinus (fol. 1-45); Epistolae cynicae, translated by Athanasius Constantinopolitanus (fol. 46-55); Prophecies (fol. 55v-56).
Decoration: decorated frontispiece with white vine initial and white vine medallion with coat of arms.
Texts: Epistolae, translated by Franciscus Arentinus (fol. 1-45); Epistolae cynicae, translated by Athanasius Constantinopolitanus (fol. 46-55); Prophecies (fol. 55v-56).
Decoration: decorated frontispiece with white vine initial and white vine medallion with coat of arms.
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin
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