Accession number
MS M.509
Object title
Medical manuscript for Charles VIII.
Created
Italy, between 1490 and 1500.
Binding
Original dark red morocco over oak boards, stamped and gilt.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
38 leaves (1 column, 25 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 200 x 150 mm
Provenance
Made for presentation to Charles VIII of France by Franciscus Pamoleus of Genoa; L. Donini Regimontani D. Medici (1633?; inscription on first flyleaf); owned by Courtoys (ca. 1680; inscription on end pastedown); Simon Brigault and Agnau Brigault (ca. 1780; inscription on end pastedown); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Leo S. Olschki in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Italy between 1490 and 1500.
Texts: dedicatory address to Charles VIII (fol. 1-3); Petrus de Abano's De veneris (fol. 3v-33); Franciscus Pamoleus's De lapidibus (fol. 33-36v).
Decoration: 2 floriated initials with marginal scrolled extenders; a coat of arms; a green shield bearing an ermine (the shield set on a blue background covered with gold fluers-de-lis in diamond compartments and surmounted by a gold crown, the whole encircled by a gold wreath).
Texts: dedicatory address to Charles VIII (fol. 1-3); Petrus de Abano's De veneris (fol. 3v-33); Franciscus Pamoleus's De lapidibus (fol. 33-36v).
Decoration: 2 floriated initials with marginal scrolled extenders; a coat of arms; a green shield bearing an ermine (the shield set on a blue background covered with gold fluers-de-lis in diamond compartments and surmounted by a gold crown, the whole encircled by a gold wreath).
Script
humanistic script
Language
Latin
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