(Q47585)
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Castellesi, Adriano, approximately 1461-
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1450-1500
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ca. 1490
15. century
1490Gregorian
1490Gregorian
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Extent: 26 leaves, bound : vellum ; 24 cm.
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The leaves are numbered (in a later hand) 116-141.
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Title from half-title leaf f. 116r.
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Written in England (where the work was composed, f. 117r) or Italy by an Italian scribe in a spare humanistic cursive hand in brown ink in one column.
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Presentation copy for Cardinal Francesco Piccolomini, later Pope Pius III.
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Ff. 117r and 118v have illuminated initials. F. 117r has an illuminated border incorporating the arms of the Piccolomini family.
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Bound in original blind-tooled brown calf over wooden boards, with brass catches and a framed title-label on the front.
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In a tray case, 26 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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