University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 256
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1469
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 256
- Title:
- Manual of a Venetian consigliere, written for Giovanni Francesco Basadonna.
- Place:
- Venice
- Date:
- [1560?]
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 60 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 228 x 156 (154 x 103) mm bound to 236 x 166 mm
- Note:
- No title given in the manuscript.
No date in manuscript; date taken from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue and from seller's note (on file in the Library).
Ms. codex.
Foliation: Parchment, iii+ 60 + iii; [iii], 1-60, [iii], contemporary arabic numerals, upper right recto. The unnumbered leaves at the front at back are paper endleaves.
Script: Written in a single cursive hand.
Decoration: Full-page painting (f. 1r) in vivid colors depicting the patron saints of Basadonna, St. Francis of Assisi and St. John the Apostle, against a mountainous background in a gold ornamental frame. Above them, inset into the frame as a miniature, is the Venetian patron St. Mark depicted (as is customary) as a lion. Opening words in gold, chapter headings in red.
Binding: Contemporary red velvet over boards. In a modern slipcase.
Signed by Marc Antonio Padavia (f. 57r), who might be the author as well as the scribe.
Cover wearing at spine; evidence of worm damage to cover. Paper endleaves stained, with a few wormholes.
Comes Hercules Silva (stamp, f. 57v).
Sold by Helmuth Wallach, 1955. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915808713503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3mc8rg37/manifest
- Holding Institution:
