De tristibus

Accession number: 
MS M.1005
Title: 
De tristibus
Created: 
Italy, Oct. 8, 1463.
Binding: 
Contemporary brown sheep over wooden boards, blind tooled in knotwork design, remains of metal clasps stamped with the Agnus dei.
Credit: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cremin, 1979.
Description: 
106 leaves (1 column, 18 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 215 x 145 mm
Provenance: 
John Fleming (?); gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cremin in 1979.
Notes: 

Ms. classical literature; written and illuminated in Italy, and dated Oct. 8, 1463.
Paper with watermark close to Briquet 6077 - noted for Palermo, Rome, 1459.
Decoration: 1 frontispiece decorated in the left margin and bas-de-page with pen drawings simulating white vine decoration, intertwined vine stems and phylomorphic elements, at bas-de-page center a wreath medallion touched in light yellow-green and brown wash, framing a coat of arms colored red and blue.

Script: 
humanistic cursive
Language: 
Latin
Classification: