Accession number:
MS M.556
Title:
Dogale
Created:
Venice, Italy, 1717.
Binding:
19th- or 20th-century red silk.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description:
121 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ;c230 x 160 mm
Provenance:
Issued to Zuanne Donado on May 2, 1717; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Ferdinando Ongania in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. dogale; written and illuminated in Venice, Italy, in the ducal palace and dated May 2, 1717 on fol. 115.
Decoration: 1 full-page heraldic frontispiece comprising 2 winged putti presenting a coat of arms (fol. 1); full border in gold with red berries (fol. 2).
Script:
cursive script
Language:
Italian
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