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Doges and families of Venice
Title
Doges and families of Venice.
Created
Venice, [ca. 1553-1554]
Physical Description
ff. 172 : paper.
Language
Italian
Notes
Script: Copied by two hands. A (ff.IIr and 1r-84v): Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens; B (ff. 85r-170r): Humanistica Cursiva Currens.
Painted coats of arms, those in art. 3 in decorative cartouches. Large decorative painted initials for each family name.
The top and the lower corners of the final leaves badly damaged by moist, with loss of some text.
Binding: Date? Pasteboard.
In Italian.
Provenance
Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of 1) Note on the reign of the first Doge of Venice, Pauluccio Anafesto (697-717). 2) History of Venice from its legendary foundation to 695. 3) Alphabetical list of Venetian noble families, with their coats of arms and notes on their history. 4) History of the Doges of Venice up to Francesco Venier, elected 1554, d. 1556, with their coats of arms.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 21, 2011
References
Doges and Families of Venice. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Doges and Families of Venice. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Renaissance - Italy - 16th century.
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