Satirae (DS11129) (Q47489)

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Satirae (DS11129)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990097579030203941, MS Typ 322, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990097579030203941/catalog)
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23 July 2024
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1450-1500
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Extent: 109 leaves, bound : vellum ; 13 cm.
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Written possibly by Sigismondo de Sigismondi, in a small upright humanistic hand in brownish ink, 18 lines per page the initial letters of each line separated into the margin.
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The initial leaf of each satire has a miniature in the lower margin and a border, and the first letter of the text in gold. On f. 1v is a miniature of the poet reading his work, and on f. 2r a historiated initial showing the poet. This page-opening has a border with medallions and an unidentified coat of arms. The style of illumination is like that of Monte and Gherardo del Fora. (See...
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Bound in old velvet over boards, edges gilt and gauffered.
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In a cloth folder within a slipcase, 13 cm.
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Thomas E. Marston (bookplate; his sale, London, Sotheby's 11 Dec. 1961, lot 192).
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Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.
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25 July 2024
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