Amorosa visione; and, Caccia di Diana / (DS16412) (Q68929)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Wellesley College (P858, https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000626427, in00000626427)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Amorosa visione; and, Caccia di Diana / (DS16412) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Wellesley College (P858, https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000626427, in00000626427) |
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
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Minutoli-Tegrimi, Eugenio, Conte
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Wellesley College Library. Plimpton Collection.--Manuscript.--858
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Manuscripts, Italian--Massachusetts--Wellesley
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1430
15. century
1430Gregorian
1430Gregorian
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Extent: 88, i leaves : parchment ; 220 x 165 (141 x 65) mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment (most leaves are palimpsests, from at least 18 different and mostly late fourteenth-century documents), 88 (of 118)+ i leaves. 110, 210−2, [lacking a quire of 8], 3-410, 514−1, [lacking a quire of 10], 610, [lacking a quire of 8], 78−1, 88, 910, 104−2(?), lacking original fol. 17 (VIII: 73-IX:30), 19 (IX: 79-X:36), 21-28 (XVI:25-XX:48), 62-72 (XXXII:70-XXXVIII:57) , 83-90...
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Layout: 1 column, 24 lines. Bounding and writing lines ruled in light plummet.
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Script: Written in a humanistic bookhand, by three scribes; fol. 1-82 line 18; fol. 82 line 19 - fol. 86v; fol. 87-88 (this is the youthful scribe "Karolus" of the colophon, Karolus Maria de Battiffolle, son of Francesco Guidi, count of Poppi). The first scribe is significantly more skilled than the latter two, and may have been their instructor. Written in brown ink. Rubrics written in red...
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Decoration: Cantus initials are 3-line alternating blue with green filigree extending into margin or red with yellow filigree.
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Origin: Written in Italy in 1430, probably as an exercise for scribes-in-training including the young scribe Karolus.
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Belonged to Conte Eugenio Minutoli-Tegrimi at Lucca (catalogue nr. 1871, p. 26, n. 134) and Conte Battaglini collection at Rimini (seen there in August 1907 by A. F. Massera)
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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