Boston Public Library, MS q Med.302
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25478
- Shelfmark:
- MS q Med.302
- Title:
- Astronomical calendar; in Latin and Italian
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1500-1534?
- Language:
- In Latin and Italian
- Material:
- parchment, ill.
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 12 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 168 x 100 (110 x 80-92) mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Florio, Daniele, 1710-1789
Florio, Francesco
Tessier, Andrea, active 1858
Enluminures (Firm)
Breslauer und Meyer
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger; date based on inscription on fol. 1; contents based in part on dealer's description.
Collation: fol. 12 ; I12 ; modern pencil foliation.
Layout: Layout varies, with tables, diagrams, etc. Text portions written in single lines. Ruled in drypoint.
Script: Written in brown ink in a humanist cursive.
Decoration: Rubricated in red throughout.
Binding: Bound in contemporary(?) limp parchment. Single quire affixed on two primary tackets.
Origin: Copied in Italy during the early 16th century and probably circa 1534.
Provenance: Belonged to the Counts Florio of Udine - possibly Daniele (1710-1789) and Francesco (1705-1792). Later acquired by Andrea Tessier (1819-1896) (see inscription on fol.1 regarding its acquisition from the Florio library). Offered at the Tessier sale by Jacques Rosenthal in Munich, 21-23 May, 1900 (item no. 18 in the catalog). Thereafter offered by Breslauer and Meyer, Ein Katalog...
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Les Enluminures, Chicago, 2024.
Call number: MS q Med.302. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S75C8960851
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/jq08cf43g/manifest
- Holding Institution:
