Harvard University, MS Typ 166

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10586

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 166

Author:

Amphiareo, Vespasiano, 1501-1563

Vespasiano Anfiareo WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Fomelli, Alessandro

Alessandro Fomelli WIKIDATA

Sorbi

Raffaello Sorbi WIKIDATA

Tellani, Giulio Cesare

Giulio Cesare Tellani WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1548-ca. 1554

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

The texts are in Latin and Italian

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 20 leaves, bound : vellum ; 17 x 24 cm.

Note:

Ff. 1-10r are in Vespasiano's hand. Ff. 10v-20 are in other (17th-century?) hands, signed as follows: Alessandro Fomelli (ff. 10v, 14-18), Il Sorbi (11-13), Giulio Cesare Tellani (19-20).
Vespasiano's specimens show a number of different mostly italic scripts, with ornate gothic initial letters, all in black and red. The other specimens are likewise in various scripts, including chancery hands, all in black and generally less formal.
For the date see J. Wardrop in Harvard Library Bulletin 7 (1953): 224.
Bound in 19th-century quarter brown leather and blue marbled paper.
Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.

Keyword:

calligraphy (visual works)

Writing books

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Penmanship specimen books

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095751940203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:45615219

Holding Institution:

Harvard University