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Epithoma delle romanae historie.

Accession number
MS M.425
Object title
Epithoma delle romanae historie.
Created
Naples, Italy, ca. 1485.
Binding
18th-century Italian limp vellum.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
38 leaves (1 column, 18 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 190 x 130 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Naples, Italy, ca. 1485.
Decoration: 1 illuminated title page, full borders with white-vine decoration, medallions and putti; one large initial with white-vine decoration inhabited by putti.
Script
Roman letters
Language
Italian
Century
Classification