De agricultura (DS11109) (Q47429)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990098211470203941, MS Typ 447, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098211470203941/catalog)
- De re rustica
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | De agricultura (DS11109) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990098211470203941, MS Typ 447, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098211470203941/catalog) |
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De re rustica
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Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus
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Blasio di Girolamo dei Saraceni
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Heber, Richard, 1773-1833
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Walker, W. P. Hall
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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1450-1500
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Religious calendars--Italy--15th century
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Calligraphy--Great Britain--20th century
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1460.
15. century
1460Gregorian
1460Gregorian
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Extent: 186 leaves, bound : vellum ; 15 cm.
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Written in a small humanistic cursive script in brown ink. Major initial letters are in colors in the left margin. Each month of the year begins with a decorated white-vine initial in colors and gold paint.
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F. 13r-v, containing the beginning of the text, is a replacement leaf written by Graily Hewitt in 1917. Six lines on the recto are in burnished gold.
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Bound in original brown calf tooled in blind, rebacked, with a remnant of a brass clasp.
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Title from colophon which also identifies the scribe as "Blasius Hieronimi de Saracenis filius civis vincentinus" and gives the date 1460.
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In a tray case, 17 cm.
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Saibante and Canonici sale (Sothebys 26-28 Feb. 1821, lot 386); Richard Heber (his sale, R. H. Evans, part 2 lot 1031); Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 8246; 8th Phillipps sale 10 June 1896, lot 943); Col. W. P. Hall Walker (his sale, lot B170); Sir Sidney Cockerell (his sale, Sothebys London, 19 May 1957, lot 126).
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Purchased with the fund for Printing and Graphic Arts given by Philip Hofer,
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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