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Libro de l'osservanza de le cerimonie de la Chiesa di Santo Marco de la Città di Vinetia
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Calligraphy--Italy--16th century
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy--1550-1600
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Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy)
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The main text is in Latin, with rubrics and preliminaries in Italian
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Extent: 34 leaves, bound : vellum ; 19 cm.
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Dedication copy to Alvise Mocenigo, probably Luigi Mocenigo, the Doge of Venice (d. 1577). The Mocenigo arms are painted in color on f. 1r.
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Written in three calligraphic scripts: roman for the preface, gothic rotunda for the Tavola, and italic for the main text. All are in black and red, in one column.
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The author, probably also the scribe, signs the preface "Pretre Giovanni Vitale di Chiesa de San Marco".
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Bound in 19th-century white vellum over boards with an embossed design.
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In a tray case, 20 cm.
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Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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