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Corona della nobilità Venetiana (MS M.864).

Accession number
MS M.864
Object title
Corona della nobilità Venetiana (MS M.864).
Display Date
18th century.
Created
Venice, Italy, 18th century.
Binding
Limp vellum, formerly in cardboard box lettered: Corona venetiana M.864; now in acid-free folder.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Junius S. Morgan and Mr. Henry S. Morgan, 1952.
Description
45 leaves (9 coats of arms to a page), bound : paper, ill. ; 233 x 163 mm
Provenance
Collection of Mrs. J.P. Morgan.
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Venice, Italy, in the 18th century.
Decoration: 774 painted coats of arms of Venetian families, identified by name.
Script
cursive
Language
Italian
Century
Classification