Harvard University, MS Typ 155

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DS ID:

DS10584

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 155

Title:

La sfera

Author:

Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436

Gregorio Dati WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ita

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 37 leaves, bound : vellum ; 23 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Bentivoglio family

House of Bentivoglio WIKIDATA

Note:

The work is sometimes attributed to Gregorio's brother Leonardo Dati.
The Italian text is written in an italic hand, 2 sets of 8 lines per page.
The wide margins contain 28 diagrams and maps in colors and gold. F. 1r has a foliate border including the arms of the Bentivoglio family.
Bound in 19th-century blind-stamped purple calf.
In a tray case, 25 cm.
Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.

Keyword:

poems

Manuscripts, Medieval

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Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095710600203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:3684069

Holding Institution:

Harvard University