Accession number
MS M.1215
Object title
An Ode in Time of Hesitation.
Created
New York, 1915
Binding
Tooled red leather with red slipcase from Bennett Book Studio, NY.
Credit line
Gift of Robert J. DeFreitas in memory of Dora Melina, née Mungo, 2019.
Description
Iii (vellum) + 13 + iii leaves : vellum, illuminated ; 195 x 137 mm (114 x 73 mm)
Provenance
Dora Melina, née Mungo (daughter of Giuseppe Mungo); Robert J. DeFreitas.
Notes
Collation: 8 bifolios
Decoration: The illumination consists of a decorative title page and end page; nine decorative section headings with 4- and 5-line illuminated initials; three decorative section endings; and gold initials marking the beginning of each verse.
Moody's poem, first published in 1900 and quickly famous, was inspired by the author's seeing Augustus Saint-Gaudens' memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment in Boston. The Mungo brothers were Italian immigrants to New York, who specialized in the production of illuminated manuscripts, particularly of patriotic subject matter.
Decoration: The illumination consists of a decorative title page and end page; nine decorative section headings with 4- and 5-line illuminated initials; three decorative section endings; and gold initials marking the beginning of each verse.
Moody's poem, first published in 1900 and quickly famous, was inspired by the author's seeing Augustus Saint-Gaudens' memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment in Boston. The Mungo brothers were Italian immigrants to New York, who specialized in the production of illuminated manuscripts, particularly of patriotic subject matter.
Language
English
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