(Q43734)
Statements
between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 218 (+ f. 45 bis) : parchment ; 183 x 263 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Humanistic.
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Layout: 18 210 38 4-510 68 710 8-98 1010 118 12-1410 158 1610 178 18-1910 208 21-2310 248(-8). Catchwords in the center of the lower margin decorated with 4 diamond-shaped patterns of dots. 29 long lines, ruled in dry point with vertical and horizontal double bounding lines.
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Other Decoration: On f. 1, a C-shaped white vinestem border on a red, blue and green ground within a burnished gold frame; in the upper corner, a butterfly; in the middle, a rabbit; in the lower margin, a wreath of laurel leaves with a coat of arms; 7-line initial in gold and enclosed by a gold frame, set on a colored ground, entwined with white vinestem. The rubric of the first book in...
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Assigned Date: s. XVex.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/30/2012.
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Written in Italy, probably Naples, ca. 1470-80. Owned by Andrea Matteo III Acquaviva d'Aragona (1458-1529), Duke of Atri, whose coat of arms is in the lower border of f. 1, as in Rietstap, vol. 1, pl. 8. Belonged to Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876); his sale, Paris, 6 June 1878, n. 5 to Quaritch for Ricardo Heredia y Livermore, Count of Benahavis, whose book label is on the front pastedown...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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