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Detailed record for Stowe 917
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| Title |
'Promissio Serenissimi Principis Domini Laurentii Prioli, Inclyti Ducis Venetiarum', the statutes of Venice, with the undertaking of the Doge, Lorenzo Priuli, to observe the same |
| Origin |
Italy, N. E. (Venice) |
| Date |
1558 |
| Language |
Latin and Italian |
| Script |
Humanistic cursive |
| Scribe |
Joannes de Vitalibus |
| Decoration |
1 large decorated initial in gold on a red ground (f. 2). 1 smaller decorated initial in gold on a blue ground (f. 6). Smaller initials in plain red. |
| Dimensions in mm |
320 x 215 (220 x 140) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 54 (+ 5 blank original leaves after f. 5; + 1 paper flyleaf at the beginning, and 3 original parchment and 1 paper flyleaves at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Brown sheep(?)-skin; marbled endpapers. |
| Provenance |
Scribal colophon 'Presbyter Joannes de Vitalibus scripsit hunc librum M D L V III' (f. 54v).
P. Edwards, 18th century: with an inserted note, by which he offers the book to 'your Lordship's library' (f. 1 inside upper cover).
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham: inscribed with the press-mark 'Press VI no. 20' (f. 1v), corresponding to his catalogue (O'Conor 1818-1819).
Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. |
| Select bibliography |
Charles O'Conor, Bibliotheca Ms. Stowensis: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Stowe Library, 2 vols (Buckingham: Seeley, 1818-1819), II, 376.
Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts in the British Museum, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1895-1896), no. 917.
Dizionario biografico dei miniatori Italiani: Secoli IX-XVI, ed. by Milvia Bollati (Milan: Bonnard, 2004), p. 1040. |
| Last revised: 02 December 2005 |
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