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Capitolario de le parte et ordeni del officio di magistri signori tre savii areveder le raxon dela Illustrissima Signoria per conto del cancello de le 30 e 40 per cento Oversize Ms. Codex 59
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Abstract

Capitulary containing copies of Venetian statutes pertaining to officials concerned with financial matters (Tre savii sopra la remisio di conti, f. 34r).

Physical Description

Support: parchment; Extent: 64 leaves : 330 x 231 (259 x 160) mm. bound to 346 x 236 mm; Foliation: Parchment, i (contemporary parchment) + 64 + i (contemporary parchment); [ii], 1-16, 16, 19-63; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Folio 18 is lacking. The original numbers appear to be out of sequence; these have been corrected in a later hand. Folios 34-60 have traces of an earlier, separate numeration.

Script

Written in humanistic and cursive scripts by multiple hands.

Decoration

Illuminated foliate border, with the motto "Iustus Dominus edilexit iusticiam" in the margins, miniature of the lion of St. Mark, three coats of arms with the initials I. R., I. D. and F. P., and the date 11 January 1519 (f. 1r); decorated border, with two illuminated initials, a scroll with the illuminated motto "nomine dissimiles non mente", three coats of arms with initials A. E., M. M. and B. B., and the date 1528 (f. 34r).

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Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from incipit (f. 1r).

Recto of front flyleaf contains the notation "2o" (with superscript "o").

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

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Keywords
16th century
17th century
Italian
Italy
Legal
History
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Venice

Date

Written in Venice, from 1519 (f. 1r) to 1631 (f. 16r).

Binding

Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards; upper cover detached.

Language

Italian and Latin

Provenance

Formerly owned by Edward Cheney, (bookplate and note, inside upper cover: E.C. Venice, March 26, 1835, given to me by Rawdon Brown).

Formerly owned by John Ruskin at Brantwood (bookplate, inside upper cover).

Sold by Maggs Bros., London, 1953.

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Place of Origin

Venice

Date

Written in Venice, from 1519 (f. 1r) to 1631 (f. 16r).

Language

Italian and Latin

Provenance

Formerly owned by Edward Cheney,

Formerly owned by John Ruskin at Brantwood

Sold by Maggs Bros., London, 1953.

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

Capitulary containing copies of Venetian statutes pertaining to officials concerned with financial matters (Tre savii sopra la remisio di conti, f. 34r).

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from incipit (f. 1r).

Recto of front flyleaf contains the notation "2o" (with superscript "o").

Script note

Written in humanistic and cursive scripts by multiple hands.

Decoration Note

Illuminated foliate border, with the motto "Iustus Dominus edilexit iusticiam" in the margins, miniature of the lion of St. Mark, three coats of arms with the initials I. R., I. D. and F. P., and the date 11 January 1519 (f. 1r); decorated border, with two illuminated initials, a scroll with the illuminated motto "nomine dissimiles non mente", three coats of arms with initials A. E., M. M. and B. B., and the date 1528 (f. 34r).

For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.

References
Binding Images

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Spine

Keywords
16th century
17th century
Italian
Italy
Legal
History
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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