Accession number
MS M.676
Object title
Divina commedia.
Created
Florence, Italy, 1345-1355.
Binding
Italian 18th-century parchment wrapper attached to text block with secondary tackets; with evidence of two pairs of fore-edge ties; formerly in red morocco solander case by Rivière.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1923.
Description
127 leaves (2 columns, 30-36 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 360 x 265 mm
Provenance
Owned in the 15th century by Ferdinand I, King of Sicily and Naples; given Jan. 7, 1702 by Dr. Antonio Testa to Girolamo Baruffaldi (inscriptions on fol. 1r and back flyleaf); Thomas Hobart Llewellyn, 3rd baron Mostyn (1856-1929); Lord Mostyn sale (London, Sotheby's, July 13, 1920, lot no. 28) to Quaritch (catalogue 371, June 1922, no. 1236; handlist, 1923, no. 12); purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Quaritch in 1923.
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Florence, Italy, ca. 1345-1355; the scribe of the ain text is Andrea Lancia.
Instructions to the illuminator or rubricator are found beside some of the illustrations.
Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures, 125 marginal illustrations, 1 15th-century illuminated initial.
The illumination of M.676 is unfinished. Fol. 3r was not completed and two sketches (on fols. 49r and 90r) were not completed.
Instructions to the illuminator or rubricator are found beside some of the illustrations.
Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures, 125 marginal illustrations, 1 15th-century illuminated initial.
The illumination of M.676 is unfinished. Fol. 3r was not completed and two sketches (on fols. 49r and 90r) were not completed.
Script
Italian textura and notarial semi-cursive
Language
Italian
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