(Q8829)
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Cronica di tutti li Dogi di Venetia sino á quello che hora vive, con le armi loro : aggiontovi l'indice, & origine della casate, con quelle che sono estinte.
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North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827
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Venice (Italy)--Politics and government--1508-1797
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1556-1658.
16. century
17. century
1556Gregorian
1658
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Extent: 67 leaves : paper, color illustrations, coats of arms ; 203 x 150 (152 x 100) mm bound to 211 x 156 mm
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Binding: Quarter vellum and boards, later in date than the manuscript. On many leaves the oxidation of the ink and corrosiveness of the paint have begun to eat through the paper; on some folios the damage is rather advanced.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from title page (f. 1r). Spine title: Cronica de Venetia.
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Foliation: Paper, i (later paper) + 67 + i (later paper); [iv], 1-57, [58-63]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Folios 59-63 are blank.
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Script: Written in various cursive scripts by several different hands.
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Decoration: Colored coats of arms, on the verso of most numbered folios, opposite the text description of the doge to whom the coat of arms belongs. Title page has a colorful, elaborately decorated border. Red used for the mottoes or epitaphs that accompany the accounts of many of the doges.
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Origin: Written in Venice, 1556-1658 (f. 48r, 58r).
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Sold by Mediolanum, 1953.
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Formerly owned by the Earl of Guilford (bookplate, inside upper cover) and Essington manuscript library (no. 139; bookplate, inside upper cover).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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