MS. Add. A. 189
Summary Catalogue no.: 29158
Contents
Commissio of Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1570–7) appointing the 'potestas' of Treviso
Fols. 157–64v were written in different hands, fols. 165–167v are blank. The text is defective at the beginning.
Physical Description
Layout
1 col., 24 lines.
Hand(s)
Written by the same scribe as MS. Selden Supra 68, Aloysius Zambeccari, 'secretarius', fol. 156v. Additions by Agostino Spinelli and Vincenzo Carbabeno, fols. 157r-v.
Humanistica cursiva.
Decoration
Fine miniatures on a separate bifolium, fols. ii, iii. By the same hand as MS. Selden Supra 68, related to the style of Giorgio Colonna. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 1018, pl. LXXXIV)
(fol. ii verso) miniature: St. Mark, with lion, presenting a volume to the Doge (a bearded man in red velvet edged with fur); Christ in a cloud above, with loincloth and banner, in rays of light.
(fol. iii recto) miniature: Venice as a finely dressed woman with sceptre, seated on a lion's back; two seated female figures: Justice with sword and scales, and another allegorical figure with a torch and putto.
Binding
Gold-tooled leather, late 16th cent., rebacked.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Arms, fol. ii verso, of the Bragadin family of Venice.
Bought from Thomas Boone of London, 1879, for £6.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.