Harvard University, MS Typ 262

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10946

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 262

Title:

Allusioni, imprese, et emblemi sopra l'arme della Santità Gregorio Papa XIII con i suoi motti, figure, et argomenti in verso distinti in XVII titoli

Author:

Fabricii, Principio, active 16th century

Principio Fabricii WIKIDATA

Date:

1582.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ita

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 v. (8 leaves, 280 p., 8 leaves) : paper (silked), ill. : 29 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Escobet, Lluis

Luis Escobet WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a roman script with some gothic features, in black ink. Each page contains an emblematic pen-and-wash drawing with lines in verse below, within a border.
The author signs the dedications to Pope Gregory (f. 4r) and to Jacomo Boncompagni (f. 8r).
Bound in red morocco, stamped with the arms of Gregory XIII; repaired.
In a tray case, 31 cm.
Bookplate of Lluis Escobet.
Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.

Keyword:

Drawings

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Emblem books

Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990096781700203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:492885230

Holding Institution:

Harvard University