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Latest revision as of 04:35, 9 August 2024
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9915809023503681, Oversize Ms. Codex 291)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Records of the Priorista of the city of Florence, 1282-1509. (DS1487) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9915809023503681, Oversize Ms. Codex 291) |
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Florence (Italy). Priorista
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Adimari, Lionardo di Paolo
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Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--To 1421
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Florence (Italy)--History--Religious aspects
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Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--1421-1737
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Florence (Italy)--History--Economic aspects
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Florence (Italy)--History--Early works to 1800
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[between 1475 and 1525?]
15. century
16. century
1475Gregorian
1525Gregorian
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Extent: 255 leaves : paper ; 293 x 217 mm bound to 301 x 221 mm
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Script: Written in a variety of cursive scripts by many hands, with the earliest portions written in a rapid "mercantile" cursive script (typical 15th-century Florentine hand).
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Ownership inscription on f. [ii] recto: Questo libro e di Lionardo d Paolo Adimari. The Adimari were a great noble family of Florence who played a considerable part in the city's political life until the nobles were forbidden office. This same leaf contains a couple other inscriptions referring to the Adimari and a depiction of a shield or coat of arms.
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Title supplied by cataloger; date from bookseller's notes (on file in the Library).
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Spine title: Priorista. Just beneath, the writing on the spine appears to read "T. II.", suggesting that this was originally the second volume of a set.
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Foliation: Paper, ii (parchment) + 255 + i (parchment); [iii], 1-249, [iii]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
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Ms. codex.
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Binding: 18th-century vellum-covered boards (Zacour-Hirsch).
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Origin: Written in Florence, late 15th- early 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
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The manuscript appears to have been compiled from archives or an earlier manuscript on the same subject about 1480; from that time forward the writing is much less regular, and the hue of the ink changes rapidly, indicating periodic additions. After July 1504 the original hand breaks off entirely and is supplanted by a more modern cursive, in which the final few pages are written with only...
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Modern bookseller's catalog description pasted inside upper cover.
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Cover wearing and split at hinges and spine. Vellum pulling away from back cover board. Some wear and stains. A few tears. Some evidence of repairs.
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There is a leaf laid in just before the first folio containing text.
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Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1958.
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Formerly owned by Lionardo di Paolo Adimari (inscription, f. [ii] recto).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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