Accession number
MS M.243
Object title
Commission to an unidentified recipient, appointing him procurator of Legnago, near Verona.
Display Date
1570.
Created
Venice, Italy, 1570.
Binding
Red morocco over double pasteboards with sunk compartments; cut leather; gold-tooled, gold-painted; compartments blocked in gold lacquer, traces of four pairs of red silk ties, edges gilt; binding measures 240 x 180 x 35 mm.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1899.
Description
115 leaves (1 column, 23 lines), bound : vellum ; 230 x 170 mm
Provenance
Unidentified arms of original owner on binding (tiercé per bend gold, gules, sable; a bend gold); Frederick Startridge Ellis (1830-1901) sale (London, Sotheby's, Nov. 18, 1885, lot 2990) to James Toovey (catalogue, 1901, p. 85); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Toovey Collection in 1899; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written in Venice, Italy; dated Oct. 2, 1570 on fol. 2.
Title from Needham.
Lacks fol. 1.
Title from Needham.
Lacks fol. 1.
Script
cursive script
Language
Latin
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