Harvard University, MS Richardson 33

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DS ID:

DS10456

Shelfmark:

MS Richardson 33

Title:

Historia de origine et processu urbis usque ad Carolum magnum extracta de Mari historiarum

Author:

Vallaresso, Giacomo

Giacomo Vallaresso WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Vallaresso, Giacomo

Giacomo Vallaresso WIKIDATA

Date:

1478.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 v. (186 leaves) ; 44 cm.

Former Owner(s):

North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford WIKIDATA

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a humanistic script in brown ink by Giacomo Vallaresso (colophon: Hanc Cronicam pro quadam ocii voluptate manu propria scripsi ego Jacobus Vallaressus, Venetus, Apostolice sedis protonotarius, dum pro Sanctissimo Domino nostro Sixto Pontifice maximo arci Tifirnati preessem anno Domini 1478.). Written in Città di Castello, Italy.
Titlepage has burnished gold initial, white-vine border and unidentified coat of arms, surmounted by black cardinal's hat; colored initials in red and blue at text divisions, and headings in pale red.
Bound in 18th-cent. sprinkled brown sheep.
In a tray case, 48 cm.
Bequest of William K. Richardson, 1951.
Belonged to Frederick North, Earl of Guilford; his sale (London, 1830); bought by Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 7662); Richardson.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098876730203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:5141189

Holding Institution:

Harvard University