Accession number:
MS M.412
Title:
Epistolae
Created:
Italy, ca. 1475.
Binding:
Calf, ca. 1800, with the arms of Romualdo Braschi Onesti.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description:
56 leaves (1 column, 28 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 210 x 150 mm
Provenance:
Arms of the first owner on fol. 1 (gules a gate (or castle) argent, surmounted by what appear to be five trees of the second; Cardinal Romualdo Braschi Onesti (1753-1817); probably Marchese Taccone of Naples collection; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. written and decorated in Italy, ca. 1475.
Texts: Epistolae, translated by Franciscus Arentinus (fol. 1-45); Epistolae cynicae, translated by Athanasius Constantinopolitanus (fol. 46-55); Prophecies (fol. 55v-56).
Decoration: decorated frontispiece with white vine initial and white vine medallion with coat of arms.
Script:
Roman letters
Language:
Latin
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