Pietro Barozzi — 1471–1487; Italian, Veneto (?)
MS. Lyell 81
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Pietro Barozzi — 1471–1487; Italian, Veneto (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 81
Place of origin
Italian, Veneto (?)
Date
1471–1487
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
On fols. 1r, 2v, 23r, 66v, faceted initials in blue, green, or plum on rectangular backgrounds with concave sides and bevelled corners in the same colours; smaller initials plain red or blue. In the lower margin of fol. 1r on a delicately shaded blue background two standing putti support the Barbo arms, with a cross and cardinal’s hat above. Probably the dedication copy presented to Cardinal Marco Barbo, patriarch of Aquileia, by Barozzi whilst bishop of Belluno, 1471–1487. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 560, pl. LII)
Acquisition
Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.
Provenance
James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948
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