Accession number
MS M.551
Object title
Diploma delivered by the University of Padua to Laurentius à Schola, Doctor in Philosophia et Medicina.
Display Date
1619.
Created
Padua, Italy, 1619.
Binding
Original red-brown morocco with seal and ties.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
6 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 230 x 170 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Ferdinando Ongania (Venice) in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. diploma; written and illuminated in Padua, Italy; signed by Paulus Gualdus (vicarius generalis) and Daulus Salammo (cancellarius) on fol. 6v and dated May 30, 1619.
Decoration: one full-page frontispiece with decorated border and one historiated medallion.
Decoration: one full-page frontispiece with decorated border and one historiated medallion.
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin
Resources
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