Accession number
MS M.415
Object title
Epistolae (MS M.415).
Created
Italy, ca. 1460.
Binding
Calf, ca. 1790, with the arms of Pope Pius VI.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
56 leaves (1 column, 23 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 200 x 140 mm
Provenance
Erased arms on title page; Pope Pius VI (1717-1799; papacy 1775-1799); probably Marchese Taccone of Naples collection; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Italy, ca. 1460.
Decoration: illuminated title page with white-vine initial and lower border.
Scribe: attributed to Giacomo Curlo by Albinia Catherine De La Mare.
Decoration: illuminated title page with white-vine initial and lower border.
Scribe: attributed to Giacomo Curlo by Albinia Catherine De La Mare.
Script
humanistic script
Language
Latin
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