Armorial of the Doges of Venice

Description

Title: Armorial of the Doges of Venice
Published / Created: [between 1550 and 1600].
Publication Place: Venice, Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of coats of arms of the Doges of Venice, on the verso pages, with biographical notes on the facing recto, two items per page; introduced by a short history of the founding of Venice, the beginning of which is missing
Description: In Italian and Latin.
Script: The main scribe writes a careful Humanistica Cursiva. The additions on ff. 46r and 47r are written in a rapid Humanistica Cursiva.
Decoration: The biographical notes open with a large black initial in Capitalis. The coats of arms are largely drawn in brown ink and have red or yellow borders with colouring mainly in red, blue, and yellow.
Binding: 19th century parchment over cardboard, with a flat spine, and a gold-tooled title in Capitalis on the front cover.
Provenance: Formerly of the collection of Mattio Realti; formerly of the collection of John Ruskin (1819-1900); ex libris William A. Foyle (1885-1963); ex libris Albert H. Childs, Yale '61, Memorial Collection at Yale University Library.
Extent: ff. ii + 46 + iii : 215 x 155 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Realti, Mattio > inscription
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 > inscription
Foyle, William A., 1885-1963 > bookplate
Albert H. Childs, Yale '61, Memorial Collection at Yale University Library > bookplate

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Citation: Armorial of the Doges of Venice. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.