Accession number:
MS M.1103
Title:
Excidio Troiae historia
Created:
Northern Italy, 1460-1470.
Binding:
15th-century Italian blind filleted goatskin, remains of 4 brass clasps.
Credit:
Gift of Lydia L. Redmond, in memory of her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Clearwater, 1996.
Description:
148 leaves (1 column, 29 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 303 x 203 mm
Provenance:
A nobleman's sale (London, Sotheby's, 16 February 1931, lot 225) to Foster; Maggs; purchased from Maggs by William M. Clearwater in 1932; Lydia L. Redmond; gift of Lydia L. Redmond in memory of her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Clearwater, in 1996.
Notes:
Ms. historia trojana, and other texts, written and illuminated in northern Italy, ca. 1460-1470.
Decoration: three decorated initials, one preceding each text division.
Texts: 1) Dares, Historia Trojana (fols. 1-20); 2)Eutropius, Breviarum historiae romanae (fols. 21-84); 3) Florus, Epitome rerum Romanorum (fols. 86-144).
Variant Title:
Historia Trojana
Script:
humanistic cursive
Language:
Latin
Resources:
Century:
Genres:
Catalog Link:
Classification:
Department: