Boccacio, Filostrato, Ninfale Fiesolano, etc., in Italian; Italy (north-east), 15th century, second half; MS. additions (foliated separately) to a printed book
Holkham c. 2
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Description
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Title
Boccacio, Filostrato, Ninfale Fiesolano, etc., in Italian; Italy (north-east), 15th century, second half; MS. additions (foliated separately) to a printed book
Shelfmark
Holkham c. 2
Place of origin
Italian, North-East (?)
Date
15th century, second half
Language
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper, strips of parchment at centres of quires. Watermark: cardinal's hat, not in Briquet but fairly close to 3387
Physical extent
70 folios (fol. 15, 26 are double, fol. 64 is missing)
Hands
Cursive script resembling 'mercantesca'.
Decoration
Initials plain red or blue
Binding
Holkham binding, made for Coke of Norfolk by John Jones of Liverpool, between 1815 and 1823. Bound up with Boccaccio, Filocolo, pr. Venice 1472 (GW 4463).
Provenance
Cosimo Almeni, of Florence, cavaliere of the Tuscan Order of S. Stephano: 'Questo libro e del Cavaliere Cosimo Almeni nato in Fiorenza ma discendente della Augustisima Citta di Perugia Cavaliere del hordine di Toscana di S. Stefano Papa e martie', with the cross of the Order, and the motto: 'Sic fortis Hetruria crescit. Pietas. Fortitudo. Nobilitas', 16th century.
Later Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall, MS. 722
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