Accession number
MS M.354
Object title
Commission issued in the name of Doge Pietro Lando to Giovanni Antonio Venier.
Display Date
Nov. 13, 1539.
Created
Venice, Italy, Nov. 13, 1539.
Binding
Original 16th-century red morocco Dogale binding, blind- and gold-tooled, having the name and date of the recipient of the Dogale on the covers: Io. And. Venerii - M.D.XXXIX, by the Mendoza Binder (who apparently worked for Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, ca. 1503-1575); in pink cloth slip case with Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.353.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1908.
Description
80 leaves (1 column, 25 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 240 x 160 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Giovanni Dotti, Florence, in Dec. 1908; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Venice, Italy, and dated Nov. 13, 1539.
Decoration: 1 fully illuminated page; central allegorical panel with a personification of Fame as well as the Lion of St. Mark; historiated panels in side borders with figures of patron saints; arms and putti in the lower border.
Decoration: 1 fully illuminated page; central allegorical panel with a personification of Fame as well as the Lion of St. Mark; historiated panels in side borders with figures of patron saints; arms and putti in the lower border.
Script
humanistic script
Language
Latin and Italian
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