Accession number:
MS M.354
Title:
Dogale
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:
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.
Script:
humanistic script
Language:
Latin and Italian
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