Wellesley College, P440

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DS ID:

DS16409

Shelfmark:

P440

Title:

Vita di Maria regina di Scozia =; Life of Mary, Queen of Scots

Life of Mary, Queen of Scots

Author:

Marcaldi, Francesco, active 16th century

Francesco Marcaldi WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1580 and 1650

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ita

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 33, ii leaves ; 180 x 132 (125 x 83) mm

Former Owner(s):

Thomson, J., active 1838

J. Thomson WIKIDATA

Wilde, Richard Henry, 1789-1847

Richard Henry Wilde WIKIDATA

Wilde, William Cumming, 1823-1861

William Cumming Wilde WIKIDATA

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper (octavo), with watermark of a horse and standard. 14 (first is pastedown), 28, 36, 48, 56, 62. Catchwords in lower right corner of every verso. Modern pencil foliation.
Layout: 1 column, 12 lines.
Script: Written in a later chancery cursive in brown ink (somewhat faded).
Origin: A near-contemporary account of the life, imprisonment, and trial of Mary Queen of Scots, written from the point of view of her Catholic supporters in Italy after 1580 (the prologue is dated 1580, but this may be a slightly later copy of the original). Dedicated to Alessandro Petruci.
Inscription on inner front cover of J. Thomson, Sienna 1838 (not "Vienna" as in de Ricci); given by Thomson to Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847) (donation inscription on inner front cover). Inherited by William Cumming Wilde. Owned by George A. Plimpton.

Keyword:

Limp bindings

Manuscripts

Vellum bindings

Manuscripts, Italian

Massachusetts--Wellesley

Queens

Scotland

Biographies

Early works

Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587

Wellesley College Library

History

1542-1567

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000626075

IIIF Manifest:

https://repository.wellesley.edu/node/29504/manifest

Holding Institution:

Wellesley College