'Priorista Fiorentino', a list of the successive heads of the families of Florence who have held public offices
MS. Ital. b. 2
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
'Priorista Fiorentino', a list of the successive heads of the families of Florence who have held public offices
Shelfmark
MS. Ital. b. 2
Summary
'Priorista Fiorentino' (so lettered on back), a list of the successive heads of the families of Florence who have held public offices, with the dates of their deaths, places of burial, and arms. The extreme dates are 1282 and 1532, the number of families 1723, but only 115 have the arms coloured, and seven have them blazoned. The order is chronological, the oldest families coming first, but the alphabetical index begun on p. 1359 only deals with the letter A: but see MS. Bodl. 1024. The Capponi family occur on p. 137.
Date
written in the 17th century
Language
Italian
Physical facet
Binding, Italian red leather with gilt ornament and strings, contemporary, with the Capponi arms (party per bend argent and sable, nearly erased), on paper
Physical extent
1590 pages
Custodial history
'No xxxxx' (in the Capponi library ?), as stamped on the back; 1067 in an English Sale Catalogue.
Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 831.
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Collection contents
'Priorista Fiorentino', a list of the successive heads of the families of Florence who have held public offices
