(Q46016)
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Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
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Torelli, Filippo
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy--1400-1450
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ca. 1440
15. century
1440Gregorian
1440Gregorian
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Extent: III, 100, II leaves, bound : vellum ; 35 cm.
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Written in a round humanistic minuscule in brown ink by an unknown scribe. The first page has an illuminated border, and the initial letters of the books are also illuminated in the white-vine style. The artist was perhaps Filippo Torelli.
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18th-century French binding in brown morocco, gilt.
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"Vespasianus librarius Florentinus vendidit" - f. 100r.
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In a tray case,36 cm.
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Possibly bought by Cardinal Jean Jonffroy, Bishop of Arras and later of Albi (1461); Chardin (his sale, Paris 1825, lot 2128); Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 862). Purchased with the Hofer fund from William H. Robinson, 1947.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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