(Q46745)
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Ruralia commoda
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Crescenzi, Pietro de', approximately 1233-approximately 1320
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Fearing, Daniel B. 1859-1918
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Heber, Richard, 1773-1833
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Drawings--English--18th century
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1300-1350
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between 1300 and 1350
14. century
1300Gregorian
1350Gregorian
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Extent: 252 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 29 cm.
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Title from rubric, f. 8.
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Transcription, written in an unidentified hand, in Italy; begins imperfectly. Text preceded by table of contents, which begins with Book III. Rubricated chapter headings, red and blue colored initials, some with elaborate penwork, appear throughout text.
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Prologue and table of contents (Books I and II), written in a later hand, were added as f. 1r. Pen drawings in red ink decorate the folio, illustrating agricultural equipment, including plows and a wheelbarrow, in the upper and lower margins, and grape vines in the left and right borders.
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In an 18th-cent. English russia binding.
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In a protective tray case, 32 cm.
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Belonged to Richard Heber; his sale, London, 1836, XI, no. 644; to Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 8162); his sale, London, 1898, no. 267; to Dodson. Bookplate of Daniel B. Fearing.
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Gift of Daniel B. Fearing, class of 1882, 1915.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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