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Dogale issued in the name of Doge Francesco Donato (Francesco Donà) to Marino Venier, captain and mayor of Sacile.

Accession number
MS M.353
Object title
Dogale issued in the name of Doge Francesco Donato (Francesco Donà) to Marino Venier, captain and mayor of Sacile.
Display Date
Mar. 4, 1551.
Created
Venice, Italy, Mar. 4, 1551.
Binding
Original red morocco Dogale binding with the name of the appointee and the date on the covers by the Mendoza Binder (who apparently worked for Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, ca. 1503-1575); in pink cloth slipcase with Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.354.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1908.
Description
111 leaves (1 column, 23 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 240 x 170 mm
Provenance
Marino Venier (his portrait and arms on fol. 2) in 1551; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Giovanni Dotti of Florence in Dec. 1908; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. dogale; written and illuminated in Venice, Italy, and dated Mar. 4, 1551 on fol. 103.
Decoration: 2 miniatures.
Artist: Gaspar Veronensis; he has signed and dated the miniature on fol. 1.
Script
humanistic script
Language
Latin and Italian
Century
Classification