MS. Ital. d. 30
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
Ending imperfect with probably two leaves missing after fol. 3, the first containing the end of the table of contents, the second with a frontispiece on the verso (with an offset visible on fol. 4r).
Statutes granted by Pope Eugenius IV, 1435.
Subsequent additions and ratifications, 1436-1521; the opening date given in error as 'MLDVI' (fol. 20v); these and the original statues are numbered in one continuous sequence from 1 to 110, corresponding to the numbers in the list of contents; three leaves (fols. 27-29 in the early foliation) missing after fol. 29; one leaf (fol. 36 in the early foliation, subsequently in the collection of Mark Lansburgh, Taos, New Mexico) missing after 35; and one (fol. 54 in the early foliation) after fol. 52.
Notice of guild elections, 1534.
Notice of guild elections, undated; in the same hand as the previous items, but evidently an addition, as the painted initials are not supplied.
Statute, undated, written in the same hand.
Confirmation of statutes by the 'Conservatori della camera della alma citta di Roma', 1537, written by Angelus Vallatus.
Cursive addition, 1537.
Notice of elections, 1539, probably in the same hand as fols. 1r-62v, but using black ink; painted initials never inserted.
Five Cursive additions, 1539-50.
Physical Description
Layout
1 col. of mostly 24 lines.
Hand(s)
Roman, 'cancellaresca corsiva', in the style of and perhaps by Giovanbattista Palatino (see BLR).
Decoration
Two-line illuminated initial for each statute, a glod letter on a panel of blue or red, with silver tracery.
Binding
Modern orange-brown morocco by Douglas Cockerell and Son.; the spine with five raised bands and two title-pieces of black leather, lettered in gilt 'STATUTES | OF THE | BAKER | & OVEN- | KEEPERS | OF ROME' and 'ITALIAN | MS. | c. 1540'.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Probably written for the Guild of Bakers and Oven-keepers of Rome.
Mrs Gunhilda Fisher, 20th century.
Brian Cron, London collector, bought in 1958 from Maggs Bros.
Alan G. Thomas, bookdealer, (fol. ir, and price-code on 1v).
Bought by the Bodleian in 1988, from Alan Thomas's Catalogue 50 (1988), item 4.
Record Sources
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Include additional details from unpublished description by Peter Kidd.