Harvard University, MS Ital 143

Metadata

DS ID:

DS11207

Shelfmark:

MS Ital 143

Title:

Sinceri testimoni di vn cuore segace di belta incomparabile; dedicati all' illustrissima Signora mia Colendissima la Signora Claudia Del Bene

Author:

Chiesa, Lodovico della, conte, 1568-1621

Ludovico Della Chiesa WIKIDATA

Del Bene, Claudia

Date:

1600?

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

eng

English WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 77 leaves, bound ; 21 cm.

Note:

Apparently the author's autograph. The dedication is dated "Verona 23 Novembre 1600" (but the reading "1600" is uncertain), and signed "Lodovico Della Chiesa Segretario". The initials "L.D.C.S." (?) also appear at the bottom of f. 77.
Written in a script with calligraphic touches, on the rectos of each leaf only. On f. 1 the title appears within rectangular borders colored brown, red, and green, incorporating pen-flourishes. Similar flourishes appear at the foot of each page. Cf. MS Ital 142.
Bound in full vellum with gold tooling on front, back, and spine. The central ornament on the front board has been cut away.
In a box, 21 cm.
"R.L.E.W.B. de Cloith 1700" - bottom of title page.

Keyword:

Del Bene, Claudia

Italian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990089713100203941/catalog

Holding Institution:

Harvard University