Accession number
MS M.274
Object title
Satirae.
Created
Italy, second half of the 15th century.
Binding
19th century blue morocco.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
93 leaves (1 column, 21 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 290 x 210 mm
Provenance
Signed D. Cristofori on fol. 93; arms of first owner on fol. 1 and 93: a member of the Pieracchi family of Castelnuovo de Garfagnana - (azure a fire gules, in chief a star or above the letters DC, the shield supported by 2 wild men, mottos: Ardens ad Polum - Desiderium - Desir me varlhe); J. Barrois (no.353); purchased by the Earl of Ashburnham in 1849; his sale (London, 1901, no.318) to Quaritch (catalogue 211, 1902, no.119); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Olschki in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms; written and illuminated in Italy, second half of the 15th century.
Scribe: unknown; signed D. Cristofori on fol. 93; this traditionally has been interpreted as the signature of the Florentine scribe Domenico di Cristoforo; Albina de la Mare states that this manuscript was not written by this scribe but rather for a D(esiderius?) Christofori.
Decoration: 1 large miniature, inhabited border and arms at lower center on fol. 1; 14 illuminated initials.
Scribe: unknown; signed D. Cristofori on fol. 93; this traditionally has been interpreted as the signature of the Florentine scribe Domenico di Cristoforo; Albina de la Mare states that this manuscript was not written by this scribe but rather for a D(esiderius?) Christofori.
Decoration: 1 large miniature, inhabited border and arms at lower center on fol. 1; 14 illuminated initials.
Script
cursive script
Language
Latin
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