Harvard University, MS Ital 182

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DS ID:

DS11040

Shelfmark:

MS Ital 182

Title:

Versi lamentabili nella morte dello ill[ustrissi]mo et ex[cellentissim]o S[igno]r duca Alex[andr]o allo ill[ustrissi]mo et r[everendissi]mo signo[re] car[dina]le Cibo

Date:

ca. 1537

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ita

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 48 leaves, bound ; 22 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Dering, Edward, Sir, 1598-1644

Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet WIKIDATA

Gentili, Antonio-Saverio, 1681-1753

Antonio Saverio Gentili WIKIDATA

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Note:

Transcription by a professional hand in a cursive script in brown ink with initials penned in margins; occasional minor corrections; probably written in Florence, Italy, ca. 1537.
For further information on this manuscript and its contents (a list of first lines), see the curatorial files.
Dedicated to Cardinal Innocenzo Cibo, the duke's uncle.
Bound in contemporary limp vellum with remains of leather ties; title inscribed on front cover.
Partly erased oval stamp, possibly of Cardinal Antonio-Saverio Gentili (f. [1r]); Sir Edward Dering (inscribed "Dering sale," on front flyleaf); Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 23243); Sotheby's, London, 18 June 2004, lot 94; to Maggs.
Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, 2004.

Keyword:

poems

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Medici, Alessandro de', 1510-1537

Medici, House of

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094693250203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:46170357

Holding Institution:

Harvard University