Hunting diary

Description

Title: Hunting diary
Published / Created: 1579-85.
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermarks in gutter) of a hunting diary of Ferdinando de' Medici (1549-1609), Cardinal, and Grand Duke of Tuscany; this portion of the manuscript covers the period 15 October 1579 to 21 March 1585
Description: In Italian.
Written in a sprawling cursive script.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Dark green, hard-grained goatskin, gold-tooled, by the same binder as MS 90. Front cover of original limp vellum binding bound in at front of manuscript, with contemporary inscription: "Libro della Caccia che si fe (?)/ Illustrissimo et Reverendissimo Signor Cardinale d'/ Medici mio Signore e padrone".
Provenance: Acquired by H. P. Kraus, from whom it was purchased by David Wagstaff. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Wagstaff in 1951.
Extent: ff. iii + i + i + 141 + iii : 225 x 159 (ca. 180 x 120) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Tuscany (Italy)
Subject (Name): Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609.
Subject (Topic): Hunting
Italian literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Social life and customs
Subjects: Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609
Hunting > Early works to 1800
Italian literature > 16th century
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Tuscany (Italy) > Social life and customs
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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