Harvard University, MS Lat 144

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DS ID:

DS11044

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 144

Title:

Francisci Barbaro Veneti ad Laurentium de Medicis Florentinum civem; De re uxoria liber incipit

Author:

Barbaro, Francesco, 1390-1454

Francesco Barbaro WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1400 and 1425

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 57 leaves, bound ; 20 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878

Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham WIKIDATA

Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855

Joseph Barrois WIKIDATA

Potter, Murray Anthony, 1871-1915

Murray Anthony Potter WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in Italy, probably in Venice, in a humanistic script with one decorated initial.
In a 19th-cent. English green morocco binding with gold tooling.
In a protective tray case, 22 cm.
Belonged to Joseph Barrois; purchased by Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham (MS 401); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 June and 4 following days, 1901, no. 46, to Leighton; collection of Murray Anthony Potter.
Gift of Murray Anthony Potter, class of 1895, 1935.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Medieval

Marriage

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093392300203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:4261846

Holding Institution:

Harvard University