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Subject(s)

• Cologna Veneta (Italy)—Politics and government—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Venice (Italy)—History—1508-1797—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Bookseller

North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945 [Browse]

Related name

Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 161 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Gold tooled bindings [Browse]
• Wooden boards [Browse]
• Velvet bindings [Browse]
• Metal clasps [Browse]
• Gilt edges [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• illuminated manuscripts [Browse]
• illuminations (paintings) [Browse]
• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Medium/​Support

parchment rdamat

Summary note

Dogale issued by Pietro Lando as doge of Venice (1539-1545). Commissions Giovanni Francesco Basadona to be podestà of Cologna (now Cologna Veneta), a commune ruled by Venice and located in the Veneto.

Notes

• Incipit: "Nos Petrus Lando Dei Gratia Dvx Venetiarum Et Cetera. Committimus tibi nobili viro Joanni Francisco Basadonnæ dilecto ciui et fideli nostro, quod vadas et sis Potestas de nostro mandato Coloniæ per menses sexdecim et tantum plus quantum successor tuus illuc uenire distulerit ..."
• Explicit: "Ivrasti honorem et proficuum Dominii nostri eundo stando et redeundo. Datum in nostro Ducali Palatio Die xxv novembris Indictione prima M.D. xxxxii. H. Murianus, Secretarius."
• Ms. document.
• Title devised by cataloger.
• Administrative documents and notes relating to Giovanni Francesco Basadona dated 27 November, 1542 (fol. 73v-76r).
• Collation: Parchment ; fol. ii (modern) + 77 + ii (modern) ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Roman numerals ; modern foliation in pencil.
• Layout: 25 long lines per page ; ruled.
• Description: Rubricated.
• Decoration: Half-page miniature of Giovanni Francesco Basadona kneeling in prayer before the Virgin and Christ child, in a mountainous landscape, with full border with a medallion set in each side: the Lion of St. Mark (top); St. John bearing a cup (left); St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata (right); the arms of Basadona family of Venice (bottom) (fol. 1r). 1-line red initials.
• Origin: Completed in Venice on 25 November 1542 by Hieronymus Murianus, secretarius to Pietro Lando, doge of Venice.

Binding note

Later binding. England(?), 18th or early 19th century. Red velvet over wooden boards (4 mm thick). Leather frame along edges with gold-stamped foliate design. Gilt edges. 2 metal cornerpieces, and metal clasp.

Language note

Latin;

Script

Humanistica cancellaresca.

Provenance

Owned by Giovanni Francesco Basadona. Intermediate provenance is unknown. Owned by Thomas Philip Earl de Grey. Sold through Myers and Company to Ernest Dressel North in 1925 to Robert Garrett of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897. Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 378-379.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

Italy Venice

OCLC

1099508203

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