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Ovidio epistole volgarizzate

Accession number: 
MS B.6
Title: 
Ovidio epistole volgarizzate
Created: 
Milan, Italy, between 1425 and 1450.
Binding: 
Sheepskin.
Credit: 
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler; 1985.
Description: 
30 leaves (1 column, 32 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 270 x 192 mm
Provenance: 
Purchased Oct. 1933 by Curt F. Bühler from Libreria Antiquaria Umberto Saba, Trieste.
Notes: 

Ms. written and illuminated in Milan, Italy, second quarter of the 15th-century.
Translated into ottava rima by Domenico da Montecchiello.
Decoration: 4 illuminated initials with marginal extenders, 3 filigree initials.

Script: 
humanistica rotunda
Language: 
Italian
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
15th century
Genres: 
Manuscripts
Vellum (parchment)
Humanistic scripts
Sheepskin bindings (Binding)
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts