Tractatus de varys et virtutibus

Notes:

In modern limp vellum, smooth spine, title in blue and red ink on spine; armorial stamp of Comte Chandon de Briailles on front and back covers., 2-line initials alternating red and blue with contrasting pen florishes in red or blue; paragraph marks without text alternating red and blue; arms of Cardinal Battagliani painted in red and gold at end of text; catchwords on the lower inner margin of every recto; rubricated in red; capitals touched in red; foliated in Roman Numerals on the recto of each leaf, "Unpublished, unrecorded, and incontestably authentic treatise on the Virtues and Vices that includes a curious eighteenth-century forgery of its medieval provenance. The manuscript is part of a small group of codices whose authorship was falsely attributed to real historical Riminese characters, here Cardinal Gozio Battagliani (c. 1270-1348), and dedicated to members of the famous Malatesta family, here Galeotto Malatesta (1305-1385) of Rimini. Other manuscripts similarly forged are known, and others could still surface."--Dealer description. The forgeries could be attributed to Giovanni Maria Belmonti Stiviv., 2 columns of 33 lines ruled in light lead; written in gothic cursive., and Written, probably in Italy, in the late 14th or early 15th century. From the book-label: au Cte. Chandon de Briailles. mss. 68. Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 2011.

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Subject Topic:

Virtues--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts (document genre)--Italy--1400, Armorial bindings (Binding)--France, and Gothic cursive--Italy--1400

Language:

lat

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