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[Dogale issued by Doge Leonardo Loredan to Paolo Nani, podestà and capitaneus of Treviso]

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3vp92
Title: [Dogale issued by Doge Leonardo Loredan to Paolo Nani, podestà and capitaneus of Treviso]
Name: Venice (Republic : To 1797), Nani, Paolo, 1496-1551 (addressee), Bordon, Benedetto, 1450-1530 (illuminator)
Date: 1517
Collection: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: codices (bound manuscripts), commissions, illuminations, Manuscripts, Renaissance, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Commission from Leonardo Loredan, doge of Venice, addressed to Paolo Nani, concerning Nani's duties, rights, and obligations while holding the positions of podestà (civil administrator) and capitaneus (military commander) of Treviso, a mainland community north of Venice under Venetian control.
Extent: 34 leaves : parchment ; 240 x 164 (162 x 109) mm bound to 246 x 172 mm
Language: Latin
Coverage: 1508-1797
Note: Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Collation: Parchment, i + 34 + i; 1-3¹⁰ 4⁴; [1-34], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Catchwords on the lower right verso of the last leaf of each gathering., Layout: Written in 25 long lines; ruled in faint ink with vertical bounding lines., Script: Written in a calligraphic humanistic script., Decoration: Full title page illumination showing Saint Paul presenting the kneeling Paolo Nani to the enthroned Virgin and Child, surrounded by a border of white and gold grisaille on blue, incorporating the Venetian winged lion of San Marco at the top and arms at the bottom, attributed to Benedetto Bordon (f. 1r); square capitals in left margin at beginning of paragraphs, alternating between red and green; rubrics mostly in red, occasionally in green; some paragraph marks in green, fewer in red., Binding: Contemporary 16th-century morocco over pasteboards, blind- and gold-tooled (Fogg)., Origin: Issued from the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, dated 25 May 1517 (f. 31v)., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Latin and Italian.
Relation: Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333425, The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3vp92, Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs59.html
Subject: Treviso (Italy). -- Podestà, Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens, Illumination of books and manuscripts
Geographic Subject: Treviso (Italy) -- Politics and government -- Sources, Venice (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1508-1797 -- Sources
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 59
Provenance: Ownership inscription: signature with unclear last name, Victor Glm or Ulnicus (inside lower cover)., Formerly owned by Giovanni Pietro Stella, grand chancellor of Venice from 1517 to 1523 (Io/ST/Pe, inside upper cover; identified by Helena Szepe, University of South Florida), Formerly held in a private collection in Würzburg, Germany., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 1997 (bookplate inside upper cover)., Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Stella, Giovanni Pietro, 16th century, former owner., Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9949521273503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3vp92/manifest

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DS ID:: DS743
Shelfmark:: LJS 59
Title:: Dogale issued by Doge Leonardo Loredan to Paolo Nani, podestà and capitaneus of Treviso

Dogale
Author:: Venice (Republic : To 1797). Doge (1501-1521 : Loredan)

Leonardo Loredan WIKIDATA
Artist:: Bordon, Benedetto, 1450-1530

Benedetto Bordone WIKIDATA
Place:: Venice

Venice TGN
Date:: 1517.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT
Language:: Latin and Italian

Latin WIKIDATA

Italian WIKIDATA
Material:: parchment

Parchment AAT
Physical Description:: Extent: 34 leaves : parchment ; 240 x 164 (162 x 109) mm bound to 246 x 172 mm
Former Owner(s):: Stella, Giovanni Pietro, 16th century Schoenberg, Lawrence J

Lawrence J. Schoenberg WIKIDATA
Note:: Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, i + 34 + i; 1-310 44; [1-34], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Catchwords on the lower right verso of the last leaf of each gathering.
Layout: Written in 25 long lines; ruled in faint ink with vertical bounding lines.
Script: Written in a calligraphic humanistic script.
Decoration: Full title page illumination showing Saint Paul presenting the kneeling Paolo Nani to the enthroned Virgin and Child, surrounded by a border of white and gold grisaille on blue, incorporating the Venetian winged lion of San Marco at the top and arms at the bottom, attributed to Benedetto Bordon (f. 1r); square capitals in left margin at beginning of paragraphs, alternating between...
Binding: Contemporary 16th-century morocco over pasteboards, blind- and gold-tooled (Fogg).
Origin: Issued from the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, dated 25 May 1517 (f. 31v).
Ownership inscription: signature with unclear last name, Victor Glm or Ulnicus (inside lower cover).
Formerly owned by Giovanni Pietro Stella, grand chancellor of Venice from 1517 to 1523 (Io/ST/Pe, inside upper cover; identified by Helena Szepe, University of South Florida)
Formerly held in a private collection in Würzburg, Germany.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 1997 (bookplate inside upper cover).
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Keyword:: Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

Sixteenth century

commissions (permissions)

Manuscripts, Italian

Specimens

illuminations (paintings)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Italy--Treviso

Politics and government

Sources

Italy--Venice

Treviso (Italy). Podestà
Institutional Record:: https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9949521273503681
IIIF Manifest:: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3vp92/manifest
Holding Institution:: University of Pennsylvania

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