(Q45722)
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Fatiche d'Ercole
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Bassi, Pietro Andrea di
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Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1444-1476
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1450-1500
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ca. 1471
15. century
1471Gregorian
1471Gregorian
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Extent: 38 leaves, bound : vellum ; 37 cm.
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Written in an upright humanistic hand in brown ink in one wide column. Initial letters are red or blue with pen-work decoration. The title of each book is in burnished gold, and the first line in all capitals in red.
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Imperfect at the end: the text breaks off in the middle of the 20th labor.
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F. 1r has a white-vine border incorporating the arms of Galeazzo Maria Sforza. There are 20 foliate part-borders, each alongside a small miniature. The style is Ferrarese.
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The scribe and illuminator are the same as for Houghton MS Typ 227.
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Bound in 18th-cent. Austrian cat's-paw brown calf.
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In a tray case, 39 cm.
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Gift of Philip Hofer in honor of Francis T. P. Plimpton, 1982.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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