Accession number
MS M.556
Object title
Dogale issued by Doge Giovanni Corner to Zuanne Donado, Podestà of Chioggia.
Display Date
1717.
Created
Venice, Italy, 1717.
Binding
19th- or 20th-century red silk.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
121 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ;c230 x 160 mm
Provenance
Issued to Zuanne Donado on May 2, 1717; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Ferdinando Ongania in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. dogale; written and illuminated in Venice, Italy, in the ducal palace and dated May 2, 1717 on fol. 115.
Decoration: 1 full-page heraldic frontispiece comprising 2 winged putti presenting a coat of arms (fol. 1); full border in gold with red berries (fol. 2).
Decoration: 1 full-page heraldic frontispiece comprising 2 winged putti presenting a coat of arms (fol. 1); full border in gold with red berries (fol. 2).
Script
cursive script
Language
Italian
Resources
Century
Catalog link
Classification
Department