Accession number
MS M.552
Object title
Diploma delivered by the University of Padua to Dominicus Ferracinus, Doctor Utriusque Iuris.
Display Date
July 4, 1620.
Created
Padua, Italy, July 4, 1620.
Binding
Original openwork red-brown morocco.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
6 leaves (1 column, 19 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 230 x 160 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Fernandino Ongania (Venice) in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. diploma; written and illuminated in Padua, Italy; signed by Paulus Gualdus (vicarius generalis) and Daulus Salammo (cancellarius) and dated July 4, 1620.
Decoration: one full-page frontispiece with historiated border (3 historiated medallions, 1 medallion with arms).
Decoration: one full-page frontispiece with historiated border (3 historiated medallions, 1 medallion with arms).
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin
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