Cronicha de Frate Martino del ordine deli predicatori del stato degli summi pontifici et degli Imp[er]atori. (DS3529) (Q17369)
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- Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum.
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Cronicha de Frate Martino del ordine deli predicatori del stato degli summi pontifici et degli Imp[er]atori. (DS3529) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444896, MS q Med.282) |
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28 November 2023
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Cronicha de Frate Martino del ordine deli predicatori del stato degli summi pontifici et degli Imp[er]atori.
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Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum.
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Saibanti, Giovanni
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Celotti, Luigi, approximately 1768-approximately 1846
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Priestley, Richard, active 1808-1834
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Burn, Jacob Henry, -1869
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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H.P. Kraus (Firm)
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Enluminures (Firm)
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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History, Ancient--Early works to 1800
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not before 1471
15. century
1472Gregorian
1472Gregorian
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Extent: 138 leaves : paper ; 207 x 149 (130 x 92) mm bound to 22 cm
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Ms codex.
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In Italian.
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Title from incipit on fol. 9; catalog record based in part on dealer's description.
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Collation: Paper, with watermarks resembling Briquet 12125 and 12127, fol. i (paper, ruled in the same way as the rest of the text block) + i (parchment front flyleaf from original binding?) + 138 ; i8 ii-xi12 xii8 (+5, +10; fol. 133, a parchment leaf (rear flyleaf from original binding?) sewn into the center of the quire and fol. 138, a paper singleton, pasted in at the end) ; contemporary...
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Layout: Single column, 24 lines per page, bounding and writing lines in plummet.
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Script: Written in two humanist hands in black and dark brown ink. Rubrics in red. Hand 1: fol. 2v-131v; hand 2: 131v-133 and rubrication on 130-132v.
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Decoration: Red and blue initials of varying sizes (two to seven lines high). Coat of arms in blue and gold in the lower margin of fol. 9r (azure, the letter "F" on a bend or)
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Binding: Bound in ca. 19th-century reddish calfskin. The two parchment leaves -- the first serving as the second flyleaf at front, the second inserted in the middle of the final quire -- both appear to be flyleaves from the original binding, as evidenced by reddish staining that appears to have transferred from old leather turn-ins.
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Origin: Based on the latest entry, which describes the election of Pope Sixtus IV, this copy was likely produced in approximately 1472, and certainly no earlier than 1471. Contents, as well as script, dialect, and watermark evidence suggest that the manuscript was produced in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy. Possibly written and/or copied by Dom Lodovigo da Cha da Fan, prior of San...
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Provenance: Early/contemporary annotations in an unidentified hand. Apparently owned by Giovanni Saibanti of Verona (fl. 1732), whose library was acquired by Luigi Celotti (approximately 1768-1846); Celotti's sale at Sotheby's, 26 February, 1821, lot 142 (Saibanti and Canonici manuscripts ...) Sold by London bookseller Richard Priestley in 1823 (Catalogue of a miscellaneous collection of books...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Les Enluminures, Chicago, in September, 2020.
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Call number: MS q Med.282.
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Bibliography: Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts (SDBM) MS_3336
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4 December 2023
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