Accession number:
MS M.552
Title:
Diploma, University of Padua
Created:
Padua, Italy, July 4, 1620.
Binding:
Original openwork red-brown morocco.
Credit:
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).
Script:
Roman letters
Language:
Latin
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