Opuscula P. Candidi : manuscript, [ca. 1460-1465]
- Title
- Opuscula P. Candidi : manuscript, [ca. 1460-1465]
Alternative Title: De laudibus Mediolanensium urbis
Alternative Title: De rebus gestis a Nicolao Picenino
Alternative Title: Breve epitome romane historiae
Alternative Title: Philippi Mariae Vicecomitis Mediolanensium ducis tertii vita - Creator / Contributor
- Decembrio, Pier Candido, 1399-1477
- Place of Origin
- Italy
- Language
- Latin
- Description
- Extent: 98 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 27 cm.
print - Subjects
- Abstract
- 1. De laudibus urbis mediolanensis (ff. 4r-22v) -- 2. De vita Philippi Marie tercii mediolanensis ducis (22v-55r) -- 3. De rebus gestis a Nicolao Picenino (55r-83r) -- 4. De historia romana epitoma ad regem (83r-97v).
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Medieval-Italy-1450-1500.
Manuscripts, Renaissance-Italy-1450-1500.
Illuminations.
Rules (layout features)
Catchwords. - Notes
- Written in a humanistic script in 1 column of 30 lines; one miniature illustrating 2 angels holding the coat of arms of Borso d'Este, attributed to the Master of Ippolita; 4 initials in burnished gold with interlace vines and secondary initials in blue or red. Dedication to Borso d'Este in gold capitals.
Presentation copy for Borso d'Este of Ferrara.
Title from f. 3v.
Written in Italy by a Milanese scribe with textual corrections ("notabilia") in Decembrio's hand appearing in red in the margins.
Bound in 18th-cent. Italian white vellum over thin boards.
In a tray case, 30 cm.
MS Richardson 23. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version. - Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
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