University of Pennsylvania, LJS 59

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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.

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

Physical Description:

Extent: 34 leaves : parchment ; 240 x 164 (162 x 109) mm bound to 246 x 172 mm

Former Owner(s):

Schoenberg, Lawrence J

Lawrence J. Schoenberg WIKIDATA

Note:

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.
Origin: Issued from the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, dated 25 May 1517 (f. 31v).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 25 long lines; ruled in faint ink with vertical bounding lines.
Binding: Contemporary 16th-century morocco over pasteboards, blind- and gold-tooled (Fogg).
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...
Script: Written in a calligraphic humanistic script.
Ownership inscriptions: Monogram Io/TS/Pe (inside upper cover); signature with unclear last name, Victor Glm or Ulnicus (inside lower cover).
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 1997 (bookplate inside upper cover).
Formerly held in a private collection in Würzburg, Germany.

Keyword:

Specimens

illuminations (paintings)

commissions (permissions)

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Italian

codices (bound manuscripts)

Italy--Venice

Treviso (Italy). Podestà

Italy--Treviso

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9949521273503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3vp92/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania