Accession number
MS M.428
Object title
Mariegola of the Scuola di Santa Maria Nova.
Created
Venice, Italy, third quarter of the 15th century.
Binding
Italian 18th-century citron morocco, lettered: Scola di Sancta Maria di Vinicia.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
91 leaves (1 column, 34 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 300 x 200 mm
Provenance
Compiled for and by members of the Scuola of Santa Maria Nova in Venice, from 1476 to 1758; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July, 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. confraternity statutes for the Scuola di Santa Maria Nova in Venice; written and illuminated in the third quarter of the 15th century; entries begin in 1476; the last dated entries are in 1758.
The Scuola di Santa Maria Nova was a charitable confraternity associated with the church of San Salvatore in Venice. Among the activities of the Scuola was the furnishing of dowries for respectable girls.
Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures with borders, 1 full-illuminated border with 2 historiated medallions (fol. 1); one historiated initial with seated Virgin and Child.
Artist: Leonardo Bellini.
The Scuola di Santa Maria Nova was a charitable confraternity associated with the church of San Salvatore in Venice. Among the activities of the Scuola was the furnishing of dowries for respectable girls.
Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures with borders, 1 full-illuminated border with 2 historiated medallions (fol. 1); one historiated initial with seated Virgin and Child.
Artist: Leonardo Bellini.
Script
textura
Language
Italian, the Venetian dialect
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