Comoediae]. (DS3565) (Q17477)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8623599, MS q Med.295)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Comoediae]. (DS3565) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8623599, MS q Med.295) |
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28 November 2023
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Comoediae].
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Ricciardo, di Nanni, active 1430-1480
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Master of the Ottoboni Livy
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Celotti, Luigi, approximately 1768-approximately 1846
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Ascherson, C. S. 1877-1945
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Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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1465?-1475?
15. century
1465Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: 210 leaves : parchment ; 144 x 82 (89 x 42) mm bound to 15 cm
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Ms. codex.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Collation: v (i-iii modern parchment, iv-v, original pastedown and flyleaf) + fol. 210 + ii (modern parchment) ; I-XXI10 ; catchwords in lower-right corner of final versos. Later (18th-century?) black ink foliation in upper-right margins, those numbers used here for reference.
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Layout: Single column, 24 lines, bounding and writing lines ruled in drypoint.
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Script: Written in a humanist minuscule in brown ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: Illuminated initial with a half border of white vines and gold bezants into the margins, an unfilled emblem in the lower margin. Four-line illuminated initials on grounds of blue, green, and pink, at the beginning of each play.
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Binding: Bound in brown calfskin paneled in gilt, signed by Douglas Cockerell and dated 1902.
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Origin: Copied in Florence in the late 1460s or early 1470s by a scribe that A.C. de la Mare calls "The Master of the Ottoboni Livy." The decoration in this manuscript is substantially similar to illuminated initials and borders attributed to Ser Ricciardo di Nanni. Ricciardo di Nanni and his workshop contributed to other manuscripts copied by the Ottoboni Livy Master, including the Vatican...
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Provenance: Belonged to Abbé Luigi Celotti, his sale (Sotheby's, 14 March 1825, lot 284) to Sir Thomas Phillips (Phillips' numbers 977 and 2737 on front flyleaf). Later to Charles Stephen Ascherson (his bookplate at front), whose collection was purchased by Quaritch ca. 1944. Included in Quaritch's 1975 catalog 951 (item 51) to Francis G. Mooney, thereafter by descent. Early prices at front...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Maggs in August, 2023.
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Bibliography: de la Mare, Albinia C. "New research on humanistic scribes in Florence." In Miniatura fiorentina del rinascimento 1440-1525: Un primo censimento, edited by A. Garzelli, 550. Florence, 1985.
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Call number: MS q Med.295.
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4 December 2023
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