Accession number
MS M.1005
Object title
De tristibus (MS M.1005).
Display Date
Oct. 8, 1463.
Created
Italy, Oct. 8, 1463.
Binding
Contemporary brown sheep over wooden boards, blind tooled in knotwork design, remains of metal clasps stamped with the Agnus dei.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cremin, 1979.
Description
106 leaves (1 column, 18 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 215 x 145 mm
Provenance
John Fleming (?); gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cremin in 1979.
Notes
Ms. classical literature; written and illuminated in Italy, and dated Oct. 8, 1463.
Paper with watermark close to Briquet 6077 - noted for Palermo, Rome, 1459.
Decoration: 1 frontispiece decorated in the left margin and bas-de-page with pen drawings simulating white vine decoration, intertwined vine stems and phylomorphic elements, at bas-de-page center a wreath medallion touched in light yellow-green and brown wash, framing a coat of arms colored red and blue.
Paper with watermark close to Briquet 6077 - noted for Palermo, Rome, 1459.
Decoration: 1 frontispiece decorated in the left margin and bas-de-page with pen drawings simulating white vine decoration, intertwined vine stems and phylomorphic elements, at bas-de-page center a wreath medallion touched in light yellow-green and brown wash, framing a coat of arms colored red and blue.
Script
humanistic cursive
Language
Latin
Resources
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