Life of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia).

Description

Title: Life of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia).
Published / Created: [between 1500 and 1600]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Anonymous biography of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia, 1430-1503).
Description: In Italian.
Script: Copied by one hand in rapid Humanistica Cursiva.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Half parchment over pasteboard, covered with brown and blue marbled paper. On the spine brownish red leather label with the gold-tooled title "VITA D'ALESSAND. VI. / MS." and small paper label with the number of the Phillipps collection.
Provenance: Belonged to Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford (1766-1827) and to Thomas Phillipps, no. 7235. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. i + 72 + ii : 270 x 200 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 (Name): Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503.
Subject (Topic): Biography
Italian literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503
Biography > 16th century
Italian literature > 16th century
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Life of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.