Boston Public Library, MS pf Med.300
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25476
- Shelfmark:
- MS pf Med.300
- Title:
- Iulia gens ab dis [?] est a Venere, item a regibus Anco silicet Martio Martii Trahere originem perhibuntur
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- between 1450? and 1550?
- Language:
- In Latin
- Material:
- 4 membranes
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 roll : 4 membranes ; 2550 x 510 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Zanichelli, Mauro
Pettini Libraria di Antonio Pettini
Alberto Govi (Firm)
- Note:
- Ms roll.
Title from caption.
Collation: Parchment, vertical scroll in 4 sheets pasted together with approximately 10 to 30 mm overlap. 2550 x 510 mm.
Layout: Each membrane ruled in a grid pattern with pricking to lay out portions of the diagram; lineages descend through the length of the scroll, with historical notes running both perpendicular and parallel to the length of the scroll.
Script: Written in a humanistic cursiva in brown ink.
Origin: Based on paleographical evidence, written in Italy, perhaps during the late 15th or early 16th centuries.
Provenance: With bookseller Mauro Zanichelli until approximately 2003, thereafter purchased by Pettini Libraria di Antonio Pettini, in Rome.
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Libreria Alberto Govi, Modena, Italy, in May, 2024.
Call number: MS pf Med.300. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S75C8823464
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vq285m73q/manifest
- Holding Institution:
