Accession number
MS W.40
Object title
Title of Roman citizenship.
Created
Rome, Italy, 1623
Binding
17th-century Italian brown morocco, elaborately gold tooled with coat of arms, crowned, with S.P.Q.R. on upper cover at center; on lower cover center a shield bearing a kerchiefed Roman head blowing a flower out of his mouth. Traces of 2 leather ties. According to note in Wightman files,
Credit line
Bequest of Julia Parker Wightman, 1994.
Description
4 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum ; 214 x 157 mm
Provenance
Francisco and Pyrrho de Guadagnis of Arezzo; 19th-century purple stamp of Seehöfer Bücherei on front pastedown; no. 1824 in penciled circle on front paper flyleaf; Patrick King, Stony-Stratfird, Bucks (Catalogue 12, no. 44, binding illustrated); purchased by Julia Parker Wightman from King in 1982; JPW 10046; Julia Parker Wightman Bequest in 1994.
Notes
Ms. title of Roman citizenship for Francisco and Pyrrho de Guadagnis of Arezzo, written and illuminated in Rome, Italy, dated Dec. 15, 1623.
Decoration: 1 title page in gold; 1 decorated initial in gold; titles in gold, pages are ruled in gold.
Scribes or notaries: Angelus Fiscus sacri S.P.Q.R; Franciscus Martholus sacri S.P.Q.R.
Decoration: 1 title page in gold; 1 decorated initial in gold; titles in gold, pages are ruled in gold.
Scribes or notaries: Angelus Fiscus sacri S.P.Q.R; Franciscus Martholus sacri S.P.Q.R.
Script
italic
Language
Latin
Century
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