Wellesley College, P1035
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS16411
- Shelfmark:
- P1035
- Title:
- Divina commedia /
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
- Place:
- Verona, Italy
- Date:
- 1449
- Language:
- ita
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i, 206, i leaves ; 284 x 192 (198 x 84) mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Cagnolis, Augustinus de
Silva, Donato Ferdinando Antonio, 1690-1779
Silva, Ercole, 1756-1840
Adda, Gerolamo, marchese d', 1815-1881
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919
- Note:
- Collation: Folio paper with mountain watermark. i, 1-312, 414, 516, 612, 7-1216, 1310, 1414, 158, i. Catchwords in quires 1-4 and 6-15 are brown inscribed in a box, that of quire 5 is red inscribed in a box. Two modern pencil foliation series, that in the upper right corner is incorrect, that in the lower right corner is correct.
Layout: 1 column, 37 lines. Bounding and writing lines in brown ink, Prickings for vertical bounding lines.
Script: Written in a Humanistic bookhand, the hand of Firmus de Cagnolis (see colophon on fol. 196v), in brown ink. Red rubrics.
Decoration: 7-line red initial at the beginning of the Inferno, similar initials lacking for the other two books, 3-line red initials at the beginning of each Canto, tercet initials stroked red.
Origin: Written in Verona on the 5th of April, 1449 by Firmus de Cagnolis, while imprisoned in the Old Castle at Verona, with further inscriptions on fol. 205.
Belonged to Augustinus de Cagnolis, the son of Firmus de Cagnolis, with his inscription on fol. 205. Conte Donato Silva (his stamp on fol. i verso). Conte Ercole Silva sale (Paris, 15 February 1869, n. 252) to Michelis. Marchese Girolamo d'Adda collection (bookplate inside front cover), Milan (catalogue, 1902, p. 11, nr. 10). C. Fairfax Murray collection. T. De Marinis, Cat. VIII (1908), n... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000626140
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://repository.wellesley.edu/node/31782/manifest
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