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Rime.

Accession number
MS M.479
Object title
Rime.
Display Date
ca. 1495.
Created
Florence, Italy, ca. 1495.
Binding
Italian 18th century paper boards.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description
124 leaves (1 column, 29 lines), bound : paper ; 280 x 170 mm
Provenance
Shelfmark label on spine (F.IX.15) from an 18th century Italian library (also found on Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.480); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in 1911; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written in Italy, probably in Florence, ca. 1495.
Includes a sonnet by Lorenzo Braccesi on the verso of the first flyleaf.
The watermark on fol. 1 and 2 is close to Briquet 3385, which has been dated to Florence in the 1490s--Cf. PML files.
Century
Classification