Accession number:
MS M.353
Title:
Dogale
Created:
Venice, Italy, Mar. 4, 1551.
Binding:
Original red morocco Dogale binding with the name of the appointee and the date on the covers by the Mendoza Binder (who apparently worked for Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, ca. 1503-1575); in pink cloth slipcase with Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.354.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1908.
Description:
111 leaves (1 column, 23 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 240 x 170 mm
Provenance:
Marino Venier (his portrait and arms on fol. 2) in 1551; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Giovanni Dotti of Florence in Dec. 1908; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. dogale; written and illuminated in Venice, Italy, and dated Mar. 4, 1551 on fol. 103.
Decoration: 2 miniatures.
Artist: Gaspar Veronensis; he has signed and dated the miniature on fol. 1.
Script:
humanistic script
Language:
Latin and Italian
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