- Title
- De mulieribus claris : manuscript, [ca. 1425]
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375, creator
Silva, Hercules, former owner. - 1425
- Italy
- Contains 24 chapters, selection from the first 64 chapters of Boccaccio's work.
- 10 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 34 cm.
- Latin
- Drawings-Italian-15th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval-Italy-1400-1450.
Manuscripts, Renaissance-Italy-1400-1450.
Rules (layout features)
Preparatory drawings.
Biography - Books and documents
- Women--Biography
- Written in an unidentified hand in a textualis rotunda script in 2 columns of 47 lines; 20 pen and ink preliminary drawings for historiated initials, with blank spaces for another 4 initials, never executed.
Written and illuminated in Florence, Italy.
Title derived from heading on f. 1v.
Bound in 20th-cent. vellum over boards.
In a tray case, 35 cm.
Also available in an electronic version. - MS Richardson 41. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- 990098897000203941
- Title
- De mulieribus claris : manuscript, [ca. 1425]
- Creator / Contributor
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375, creator
Silva, Hercules, former owner. - Date
- 1425
- Place of Origin
- Italy
- Description
- Contains 24 chapters, selection from the first 64 chapters of Boccaccio's work.
- Extent
- 10 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 34 cm.
- Language
- Latin
- Genre
- Drawings-Italian-15th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval-Italy-1400-1450.
Manuscripts, Renaissance-Italy-1400-1450.
Rules (layout features)
Preparatory drawings.
Biography - Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Women--Biography
- Notes
- Written in an unidentified hand in a textualis rotunda script in 2 columns of 47 lines; 20 pen and ink preliminary drawings for historiated initials, with blank spaces for another 4 initials, never executed.
Written and illuminated in Florence, Italy.
Title derived from heading on f. 1v.
Bound in 20th-cent. vellum over boards.
In a tray case, 35 cm.
Also available in an electronic version. - Cite As
- MS Richardson 41. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990098897000203941
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