California State Library, Sutro Collection MS 07

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS221

Shelfmark:

Sutro Collection MS 07

Title:

Phalaridis Epistolae

Author:

Pseudo Phalaris

Pseudo-Phalaris WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Antonius de Bozollo

Antonius de Bozollo WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy, Lombardy

Italy TGN

Date:

1464, February 1; s. XV(3/4); 1450-1475

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Green vellum.
Figurative details, ff. 1r-48v: One inhabited initial on gold ground; bust of a bishop on a red shield carrying the name Alexander inside a green wreath.
Other decoration, ff. 1r-48v: Border along lower edge of f. 1 of sprays of flowers decorated with gold balls; 2- and 3-line initials alternating in blue and gold with pen flourishing in red and blue respectively; headings in red centered above blocks of text.
Number of scribes, ff. 1r-48v: 1.
Script, ff. 1r-48v: Humanistic.
Layout, ff. 1r-48v: 25 long lines ruled in ink.

Former Owner(s):

Carlo Archinto of Milan (1669-1732); Adolph Sutro (1830-1898), mayor of San Francisco. A letter from George Moss (librarian of Sutro) addressed to Mrs. Morbio (presumably Mrs. Albert Morbio, Sutro's daughter), 23 May 1890, accompanies the manuscript.

Carlo Archinto, 2nd Marquess of Parona, 3rd Count of Trainate WIKIDATA

Carlo Archinto of Milan (1669-1732); Adolph Sutro (1830-1898), mayor of San Francisco. A letter from George Moss (librarian of Sutro) addressed to Mrs. Morbio (presumably Mrs. Albert Morbio, Sutro's daughter), 23 May 1890, accompanies the manuscript.

Adolph Sutro WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript note: In house call number: Sutro PA 4267 P3 1464.
Bibliography: Not in De Ricci.
ff. 1r-48v: Scribal colophon, 4. 46r; back pastedown from another manuscript; written surface faces board, making writing only faintly visible.
ff. 1r-46r: ff. 44v-45v, 4 additional letters with preface to Alfonso of Naples; f. 46, letter to Francesco Pellotus of Padua; ownership note. f. 46r; ff. 46v-47v blank; 2 alphabets & excerpts from Sallust and Lucan, signed "A. B" on f. 48r; f. 48v blank.

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_SutroCollectionMS07_12/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

California State Library