Prohemium duodecim et quinquaginta rei p[ublicae] veronensis praesidentium in leges et statuta civitatis Verone.

Accession number: 
PML 21159
Published: 
Impressio accuratissime facta est in vrbe p[rae]clara Vicentiæ : Impressu[m] est p[er] Hermanu[m] Leuilapide[m] Colonie[n]se[m], Anno D[omi]ni .M. CCCC. Lxxv. Die uero Mercurii .xx. mensis dece[m]bris [20 December 1475].
Description: 
[190] leaves ; 338 mm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1920.
Notes: 

Title from caption, in capitals, at incipit of leaf A2 recto, preceded by invocation "In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi", in capitals.
Imprints from colophon on leaf l5 verso, which reads in full: Hec presens statutorum & ordinamentorum cu[m] quibusda[m] reformatio[n]ibus ad eam p[er]tinentibus - priuilegiis - & litteris ducalibus - nobilis c[ommun]itatis ueronae cu[m] summa prude[n]tia Impressio accuratissime facta est in vrbe p[rae]clara Vicentiæ ad requisitione[m] - & expe[n]sa[m] p[ro]uidoru[m] viroru[m] Antonii - Gerardi - Ioa[n]nis - Petri - et Bartholomei fratru[m] - & filioru[m] quonda[m] .S[er]. Zanoti de Place[n]tia - ciuiu[m] vero[n]æ no[n] atrame[n]to - nec plumali calamo - neq[ue] stillo æreo. Sed artificiosa quada[m] mirabili adi[n]ue[n]tio[n]e Imprime[n]di - seu caratheriza[n]di Hoc opus sic efficiatu[m] - Impressu[m] est p[er] Hermanu[m] Leuilapide[m] Colonie[n]se[m]. Anno D[omi]ni .M. CCCC. Lxxv. Die uero Mercurii .xx. mensis dece[m]bris. In vigilia Sa[n]cti Thome Ap[osto]li.
Printed in Lichtenstein's type 2:114R.
Signatures: A-D¹⁰ E-F⁸ G-H¹⁰ I⁸ K⁶ a-e¹⁰ f-g⁸ h-i¹⁰ k⁸ l⁶: 190 leaves, leaves A1 and I6 blank.
Paper format: Median folio.
Statutes of Verona printed at the request of Antonio, Gerardo, Giovanni, Pietro and Bartolomeo da Verona, brothers and sons of Zanotus de Placentia.
1 column, 39 lines. Spaces left blank for initials, without guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32.5 x 22.5 cm.
PML copy missing 2 leaves: A1 and I6 (blanks).

Binding: 
18th-century quarter green calf with sides covered in paste paper over paper boards (33.5 x 23 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves, with plain paper fly leaves.
Variant Title: 

Prohemium duodecim et quinquaginta reipublicae veronensis praesidentium in leges et statuta civitatis Veronae

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Northern Italian painted armorials of Verona and lion of St. Mark, (later?) armorial wreath with initial plaque (leaf A2r); red and blue initials. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Quire bound at end with contemporary manuscript recording statutes of Veneitan doges, including Francesco Foscari (1423-1457), Cristoforo Moro (1462-1471), Andrea Vendramin (1476-1478), Pasquale Malipiero (1457-1462), Agostino Barbarigo (1486-1501), and Leonardo Loredan (1501-1521), ending: "Data in n[ost]ro ducali palatio die 4to m[ensi]s decembris indictio[n]e viii Mccccxxix [4 December 1429]."

Provenance: 
Unidentified armorial with initials "AL (AVL?) N," abraded (leaf A2r); J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Davis & Orioli, August 1920.
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