Carmen de nuptiis Pauli Sfortiae et Lucretiae Piae; DE NUPTIIS PAULLI SFORTIAE ET LU/ CRETIAE PIAE/ ACHILLIS STATII LUSITANI/ CARMEN; Wedding poem (DS598) (Q2756)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 233)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Carmen de nuptiis Pauli Sfortiae et Lucretiae Piae; DE NUPTIIS PAULLI SFORTIAE ET LU/ CRETIAE PIAE/ ACHILLIS STATII LUSITANI/ CARMEN; Wedding poem (DS598) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 233) |
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Carmen de nuptiis Pauli Sfortiae et Lucretiae Piae
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DE NUPTIIS PAULLI SFORTIAE ET LU/ CRETIAE PIAE/ ACHILLIS STATII LUSITANI/ CARMEN
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Wedding poem
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C. L. Ricketts, bought in 1915 from Tammaro De Marinis; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
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Paolo Sforza
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s. XVI(med); 1540-1560
16. century
1540Gregorian
1560Gregorian
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Binding: Not bound.
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Number of scribes, ff. 1-2: Francesco Monterchi, possibly.
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Script, ff. 1-2: Cancelleresca Formata.
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Layout, ff. 1-2: Very faint ruling, 27 lines, written-space 150 mm. by approximately 95 mm.; written in dark brown ink, with red or gold capital letters beginning each line. Headings and proper names in alternating capitals in gold and dark red;illuminated coat-of-arms within a strapwork cartouche; fol. 2v blank; stitch holes but disbound.
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Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 654; Kristeller 1990, p. 220.
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ff. 1-2: Date Probably 1556. Coat of Arms on fol. 1r show the arms of Sforza di Santo Fiora quartered with those of Pio di Carpi. Script similar to that of the famous Farnese Hours (New York, Morgan Library M 69), written in Rome in 1546 by Francesco Monterchi, secretary to Per Luigi Farnese, uncle of Paolo Sforza, whose wedding the Ricketts manuscript celebrates. If he was still working in...
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ff. 1-2: Latin.
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ff. 1-2: The poem commemorates the marriage of Cardianl Sforza's youngest brother, Paolo Sforza (1535-1597) to Lucrezia, daughter of Leonello Pio-Sforza in 1566.
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Incipit, ff. 1-2: Hymen ades o Hymenaee.
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Explicit, ff. 1-2: Extulerat roseas veniens aurora quadrigas.
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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