(Q2732)
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Giovanni Battista Cavalletto and his son Scipione Cavalletto, in the style of.
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From the chapel of Compagnia della Vergine Maria in Cento; Ernst F. Detterer (1888-1947), bought in 1913 from J. Lewine; bought from Detterer’s estate in 1948 by George A. Poole, and acquired by the Lilly Library with the Poole Collection in 1958.
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1512
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Binding: Old (but perhaps not original) binding of wooden boards bevelled on their inner edges and sewn on 5 thongs, covered with brown leather, blind-ruled in frame and saltire pattern, 4 metal bosses on each cover, parchment endleaves replaced; in a pale green cloth case.
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Figurative details, ff. 1-115v: Large illuminated initial on fol. 100r in the design of a classical vase; very large historiated initial on fol. 1r (about 105 mm. square) showing the Annunciation, within an elaborate classical surround and with full illuminated border including classical vases and birds (very cropped).
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Other decoration, ff. 1-115v: Rubrics in red, some calligraphic initials with decorative penwork including human profiles, etc.; large and small initials throughout in alternating blue with purple penwork and red with blue penwork.
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Music, ff. 1-115v: Music in brown neumes on 4-line red staves.
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Layout, ff. 1-115v: Collation: i–ii#^10#, iii#^4# [presumably of 10, apparently lacking ii–iii, v–vi and viii–ix, 2 leaves each after fols. 21, 22 and 23], iv–x#^10#, xi#^8+1# [fol. 99 a later insertion], xii#^9# [of 10, lacking i, after fol. 103], xiii [of unknown number, all after iii canceled],with horizontal catchwords (that on fol. 34v does not quite match but no text is missing, psalm...
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Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 603, no. 11; Faye and Bond 1962, p. 179.
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ff. 1-115v: Very worn, some additions and corrections to text, some re-inking.
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ff. 1-115v: Latin.
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ff. 1-115v: The colophon in red on the last leaf, fol. 115v, reads, Hunc librum fieri fecerunt devotissimi. viri officiales societatis ecclesie virginis marie de cento, vz Bartholomeus magistri antonii guerini massarius: Simon gisolfus minister: Dominicus gannolfus minister. Et magistri gregorii cavalerius. ordinarius: sub anno domini. 1512. Mensis aprilis. die xxii", ‘The loyal officials of...
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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