Diploma

Description

Title: Diploma
Published / Created: 1598.
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of a Diploma for a doctorate in Theology accorded to Iosephus Prudentius from the University of Padua, June 1598
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written by Franciscus de Oddis, in an elegant italic.
On f. 1r, a full vine-scroll border, in purple ink with grapes and highlights in gold, outlined in double purple lines; a 5-line initial, gold, with purple and gold vines. Headings and names of persons in humanistic bookhand or square capitals, in gold.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown leather wrapper, gold-tooled.
Provenance: Bought from Blackman's in 1939.
Extent: ff. i + 6 + ii : 220 x 165 (175 x 121) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Diplomas
Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Padua (Italy)
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Padua (Italy)
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Diploma. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.