Untitled (DS10586) (Q45860)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990095751940203941, MS Typ 166, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095751940203941/catalog)
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Untitled (DS10586)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990095751940203941, MS Typ 166, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095751940203941/catalog)

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    Writing books--Italy--16th century
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    Manuscripts, Renaissance--italy--1550-1600
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    Penmanship specimen books--Italy--16th century
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    Writing books--Italy--17th century
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    Penmanship specimen books--Italy--17th century
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    Manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy--1500-1550
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    The texts are in Latin and Italian
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    Extent: 20 leaves, bound : vellum ; 17 x 24 cm.
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    Ff. 1-10r are in Vespasiano's hand. Ff. 10v-20 are in other (17th-century?) hands, signed as follows: Alessandro Fomelli (ff. 10v, 14-18), Il Sorbi (11-13), Giulio Cesare Tellani (19-20).
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    Vespasiano's specimens show a number of different mostly italic scripts, with ornate gothic initial letters, all in black and red. The other specimens are likewise in various scripts, including chancery hands, all in black and generally less formal.
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    For the date see J. Wardrop in Harvard Library Bulletin 7 (1953): 224.
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    Bound in 19th-century quarter brown leather and blue marbled paper.
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    Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.
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    23 July 2024
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    23 July 2024
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