Harvard University, MS Typ 144

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DS ID:

DS10579

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 144

Title:

Bios kai monarchia Oktaouiou Kaisaros; ek tōn tēs Diōnos Rōmaïkēs historias ; Monarchia Oktaouiou Kaisaros Augoustou : ek tōn tēs Diōnos Rōmaïkēs historias

Author:

Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Cassius Dio WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Maglie, Giovanni Onorio de

Giovanni Onorio WIKIDATA

Artist:

Clovio, Giulio, 1498-1578

Giulio Clovio WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1535 and 1550

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

grc

Ancient Greek WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 30, 38 leaves, bound : vellum ; 13 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Paul III, Pope, 1468-1549

Paul III WIKIDATA

Assemani family

Assemani family WIKIDATA

Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869

Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in Rome in a diminutive Greek cursive hand in brown ink in one column by Giovanni Onorio de Maglie.
The first leaves of each part are illuminated with the arms of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. These illuminations may be the work of Onorio or of Giulio Clovio.
Bound in 19th-century French straight-grain morocco, gilt.
In a tray case, 15 cm.
"1759 Ad usum Assemanni Romae" - front flyleaf.
Guglielmo Libri (sale, London, 1862, lot 198).
Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095658340203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/ids:14928134

Holding Institution:

Harvard University