Accession number
MS M.420
Object title
Carmina.
Created
Italy, ca. 1490
Binding
Previously, calf, ca. 1790, with the arms of Pope Pius VI; now brown goat leather, blind-stamped, with laced-in board.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
148 leaves (1 column, 26-28 lines), bound : vellum ; 190 x 120 mm
Provenance
Paullus and Antonius Alamanii (their names on fol. 147v); 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 (1867-1913).
Notes
Ms. carmina; written in Italy, ca. 1490.
Includes profuse marginal commentary.
Includes profuse marginal commentary.
Script
humanistic cursive
Language
Latin
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