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Subject(s)

• Epistles of Phalaris—Translations into Latin [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Italy—Florence [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Illumination of books and manuscripts [Browse]

Attributed author

• Pseudo-Phalaris [Browse]

Former owner

• Kane, Grenville, 1854-1943 [Browse]

Bookseller

• Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Kane MS. 24. [Browse]

Notes

• Script: Humanistica antiqua.
• Decoration: Space left for unexecuted 2- to 5-line initials on fols. 1r, 4r, and 54v. Minor initials of 2 lines in bright blue Textualis quadrata. The opening rubric on fol. 1r is written in 7 alternating lines of blue and gold Textualis quadrata.

Binding note

Italy (Venice?), late 15thcentury. Brown morocco over beveled wooden boards (7 mm thick); blind stamped with arabesque knot and interlace patterns, within two concentric rectangles.

Provenance

Kane MS. 24 was written in Italy, probably Venice. The writing was completed on 30 October 1471, according to the colophon on fol. 56r. The earliest attested owner was “Franciscus Mutius” [Muzi], possibly identifiable with a canon lawyer in Bergamo. Intermediate provenance is unknown. In 1929 the London and New York antiquarian bookseller Wilfrid M. Voynich (1865-1930) sold the manuscript to Grenville Kane (1854-1943), of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., whose bookplate is on the inside front cover. Princeton University Library acquired the manuscript from Kane's heirs in February 1946.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, page 55-56.

Cite as

Kane MS. 24, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

OCLC

1101941431

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