Epistolae
Accession number:
MS M.415
Title:
Epistolae
Created:
Italy, ca. 1460.
Binding:
Calf, ca. 1790, with the arms of Pope Pius VI.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description:
56 leaves (1 column, 23 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 200 x 140 mm
Provenance:
Erased arms on title page; 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 Italy, ca. 1460.
Decoration: illuminated title page with white-vine initial and lower border.
Scribe: attributed to Giacomo Curlo by Albinia Catherine De La Mare.
Script:
humanistic script
Language:
Latin
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