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Dicti morali

Accession number: 
MS B.31
Title: 
Dicti morali
Created: 
Possibly Ferrara, Italy, 3rd quarter of the 15th century.
Binding: 
16th-century blind-stamped brown morocco, rebacked.
Credit: 
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler; 1985.
Description: 
140 leaves (1 column, 29 lines), bound : vellum ; 260 x 182 mm
Provenance: 
Purchased by Curt F. Bühler in May 1959 from Davis and Orioli, London (Cat. 161, no. 2).
Notes: 

Ms. written in the third quarter of the 15th century, possibly in Ferrara, Italy.
Texts: Dicti morali and other Italian texts; translated and arranged by Andrea, Priore de Sancto Michiele, for Borso d'Este, duke of Ferrara.

Script: 
humanistic script
Language: 
Italian
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
15th century
Genres: 
Manuscripts
Vellum (parchment)
Humanistic scripts
Morocco bindings (Binding)
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts