(Q17378)
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28 November 2023
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Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547
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Perlano, Guglielmo, active 16th century
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Zuccaro, Nello, active 20th century
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Govi, Fabrizio
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Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Lucerne, Switzerland)
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1538 and 1540
16. century
1538Gregorian
1540Gregorian
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Extent: 51 leaves : paper ; approximately 170 x 66 (175 x 103) mm bound to 18 cm (8vo)
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Ms. codex.
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In Italian.
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Title from caption on fol. 4v; date range from Perlano's dedication and from the date inscribed on fol. 1r; place of production from dedication; some elements of this record transcribed from dealer's description.
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Collation: Paper, with watermark showing a paschal lamb inside a circle with a diameter of 40 mm, similar, but not identical to, Briquet 50 ; fol. 51 ; 12 28−1 36 4-78 84 ; leaves unsigned, foliated in modern pencil in upper-outer margins, these numbers used here for reference.
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Layout: Single column, 17 lines per page. Writing area, unruled, of approximately 170 x 66 mm
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Script: Written in a humanist cursive in brown ink.
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Binding: Bound in contemporary blind tooled goatskin. Holes for ties on edges of both covers.
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Origin: Copied for, or possibly by, one Guglielmo Perlano, of Bibbiena, in Lucca, Italy, on 10 June, 1538. Perlano dedicates the copy to Girolamo di Taddeo Ducci, of Florence.
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Provenance: Pen trials, notes, inscriptions, and autographs at front and back. These include an early/contemporary note on front pastedown: "Questo libro a facto Pietrantognio Muti da Bibbiena." Two encrypted notes at front dated 5 April, 1540. In lower margin of fol. 4v: "S. Ant. Corsetti." On fol. 49v, later inscription by Giovanni Cosi[?]. On fol. 50v: "Bar Francesco diavaneto Pandorfo suo...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Govi Rare Books, New York, in June, 2022.
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Call number: MS q Med.286.
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4 December 2023
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