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A CHOICE OF MANUSCRIPTS
AND BOOKBINDINGS
A CHOICE OF MANUSCRIPTS
AND BOOKBINDINGS
FROM
THE LIBRARY OF
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER
FENWAY COURT
MDCCCCXXII
D. B. UPDIKE THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS BOSTON
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MANUSCRIPTS
MANUSCRIPTS
HAFIZ
Paper, 6 & x 3 A, ff. 129; 15 lines to a page, in two
columns; cent. xvi. Each leaf is inlaid in a leaf
loix 6 A, and the book has been put into a dull
red morocco binding with a Persian design painted
in gold.
The title of each section of the poem is written on
a narrow label, the title itself occupying an ogival
(or sometimes rectangular) medallion in the cen-
tre of the label, the ends of which are rilled with
charming ornaments of great variety in gold and
colours, generally on a blue ground.
There are Jive pictured:
No. I. The poet reading to a prince. They are in a garden, the
prince seated on a rock at the left, beside a brook; he wears a
green tunic and a slate-coloured coat. The poet stands at the
right; he wears a vermilion tunic and a blue coat. In the back-
ground are a cypress, a flowering tree, and two other trees. Gold
mountain and blue sky.
No. 2. A young man and a woman in a garden, by a brook. He
is seated at the right, and offers her a golden cup which he lias
just filled from a golden bottle; he wears a vermilion tunic. She
stands beside a tree, holding a book; her dress is yellow, her coat
slate-coloured. The tree is very beautiful: its leaves are vermilion
or shades of green and yellow; its flowers are vermilion or gold
or white. The background for the tree is bright blue; behind is
a gold mountain and a little light-blue sky.
No.J. A young man and a young woman seated on a couch in
a garden, a servant standing at the left. In the background, two
flowering trees and a gold meadow. The young man wears a
vermilion tunic and bright blue coat; the young woman, a light
blue dress and olive-green coat; the servant, a yellow dress and
slate-coloured coat. .
No. 4. Two young men seated in a garden, a servant in the
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HAFIZ (CONTINUED)
right foreground offering refreshment. In the background three
flowering trees and a gold meadow. The young man at the left
wears a vermilion coat and is reading from a blue book; his belt
is ornamented with two gold rosettes. The other young man
wears a yellow coat and is offering his friend a cup. The servant
wears a green coat.
No. j". Two men on a dais in a garden. Six other people, stand-
ing about. In the background, two flowering trees, a gold moun-
tain with a cypress on the summit, and a little blue sky.
BOOK OF DEVOTIONS IN GERMAN
Paper, 6i x 4^, ff. 120 + 2 ; 20-22 lines to a page;
cent, xv (1445); cursive hand, brown and red
ink. Binding: flexible parchment. In a solander
case, the back and sides covered with black leather,
the edges covered with gilt paper. At the bot-
tom of the fly-leaf, " Das puchlein gehort in das
clost' zu sat kather. pdis orde in nimw'g." Below,
in pencil, Nimwegen (Nimeguen, Netherlands).
The statement of ownership is repeated on the
last page. Papers with the MS. give the following
history, it was purchased of Mr. Rodd by
Sotheby and given by him to W. Y. Ottley ; after
his death his son gave it to Sotheby's son, S. Leigh
Sotheby, in 1838. In 1878 it was bought of Mr.
W. G. Medlicott by C. E. Norton, and in 1899
it was purchased of him by I. S. G.
Collation: I fly-leaf, /'% leaf inserted, 2 l3 -io 12 . The cen-
tre of each quire is reinforced by a narrow strip of vellum.
f. 2 and the following ff~. are numbered in pencil up to I op;
the remaining leaves are blank, except for the statement of
ownership on the last.
The table of contents, in a later hand than the body of the
book, is written on the fly-leaf as follows:
BOOK OF DEVOTIONS (CONTINUED)
Im dem puchlein stet zu erste schone gepet vo yetlich'st fest
unslj Hebe kr'e.
Darnach ste schone gepet vo alle hochzeitliche tage uns liebe
frawe.
Darnach ste schone gepet vo d'heilige Drivaltikeyt. Un vo de
heilige geist. Un vo sat michahel, etc. Un v5 alle heilige. Un
v5 d' kirchweih. Un v5 alle glaubige sele. Un vo de heilige
sacmet. Un vo dem tod.
f. 2. In gotes namen Amen. Die vorred.
A translation of this prologue is given in the Catalogue of Books
under the entry XYLO&RAPHIE, where this MS. is briefly de-
scribed.
On the leaf inserted between the first and second quires are two
woodcuts, (a) The Crucifixion, () Christ in the lap of Mary.
For description, see Ottley, W. Y., An Inquiry concerning the In-
vention of Printing, London, 1863, p. 193.
CANTERBURY RITUAL
Vellum and paper, 7* x 5^, ff. no; 22 lines to a
page; cent, xv (1474); written at Canterbury in
a beautiful clear black hand. Binding: old brown
leather, with blind tooling. It has the book-plate
of Emma Cunliffe.
Collation : /' (2 cane.), 2\ f, /, J 12 (8 cane.), 6" (10
cane.), f (i cane.), 8", p lo -l2 l (7-10 cane.), if.
The first 8 quires contain chants with music for the following:
In pees ordinaria; In purifica btie maie vg'; In dnica palma^;
In die sco pasche ad aspersione aq bndce; In ascesione dne;
In festo corporis X 1 ; In festo visitols [sic] bte marie vg'; In as-
suptoe beate marie v; In dedicatioeecclesie; In susceptione epl
vl' legati; In susceptione plurimojj epo^ vel legatorum.
The rest of the book consists of the ritual to be used for a
dying brother and a special office for the dead. It begins as fol-
lows : " Exhortatio beati Ancelmi canthuariesis episcopi ad fra-
trem moriturum." The last five pages are in lighter script than
the rest. There are a formula for Confession, "Agenda unctio-
nis " with proper psalms and prayers, " Agenda morientis " with
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CANTERBURY RITUAL (CONTINUED)
psalms and prayers, "Comedatio iam defuncti," and "Officiu
sepulture " to be used after the Mass for the Dead.
Rubricated. Some of the initials are blue.
Attached tof. 70 a is a woodcut, The dead Christ, dated 1537,
and to f. 70 b a woodcut, The Crucifixion. The cross is set in
a circular sheepfold with a wattled fence; there are nine sheep
in the fold and a lamb lies across the shoulders of the Christ.
This woodcut has been crudely coloured.
MEMORIAE FROM A BOOK OF HOURS
Illuminated by Jehan Bourdichon for Anne de
Bretagne. Vellum, 4^x3, ff. 46 + 6; 16 lines to
a page; cent, xv; written in a fine Gothic hand.
Binding: dark blue velvet with metal clasps,
modern.
The collation cannot be determined. The ff. are numbered
from I to 4.5, but f. JI is skipped.
Contents
Memoriae of:
/ /. The Trinity.
/ 2. St. Michael.
f.j. St. John Baptist.
/ 4. St. Christopher.
/ 6. St. Stephen.
f. 8. St. Dionysius of Paris.
f.gb. St. Sebastian and St. Adrian.
/ II b. St. Blasius.
/ 13. St. Nicholas.
/ 14. St. Anthony.
/ ij b. St. Bernard.
/ 1 6 b. St. Louis.
f. 18. St. Leonard of Limoges.
f. ip. St. Ildevert and St. Mathurin of Montargis.
f. 21. St. Maure.
/ 22. St. Peter and St. Paul.
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MEMORIAE (CONTINUED)
f. 23. St. Gervasio and St. Protasio.
f. 24. b. St. Lupo and St. Egidio.
/ 26. St. Roch.
f. 27 b. St. Lazarus.
f. 29. Holy Sepulchre.
f.job. St. Anne.
/ 32. St. Mary of Egypt.
f. 33, St. Mary Magdalen.
f. 34. St. Catherine of Alexandria.
/ 35 b. St. Margaret.
f. 36 b. St. Genevieve.
f-37b. St. Barbara.
f.3Q. St. Ama.
f. 40. St. Agnes.
f.4ib. St. Agatha.
f. 42 b. St. Apollonia.
/ 44. All Souls.
Decorations: The book is illuminated in the most exquisite man-
ner, by an artist of delightful fancy and supreme skill. Nearly
every page has a border of scrolls with vine and leaf designs,
flowers and fruit; occasionally birds and insects are introduced.
When a leaf has a border on both obverse and reverse, the two
sides are alike, except that if birds occur in the border on either
side, the border on the other side is totally different. Most of
the pictures have arched tops, and with the border occupy all
the page except the space required for four lines of text. Three
Memoriae have a picture of the saint at the end as well as at the
beginning, and a fourth has at the end a picture of a lady at her
devotions; these four pictures are small and square. Three of the
pictures (ff. 22, 23, 29) are different in style from the others,
larger in scale, filling the whole page which has no border; each
of these pictures has an architectural frame as if it were an altar-
piece; in each one four lines of text are inscribed on a white
scroll.
Each Memoria has two initials on square gold grounds, one at the
beginning and a smaller one for the prayer; these initials are
all blue and white except the two for the Trinity and the smaller
one for St. Apollonia, which are crimson and white; the space
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MEMORIAE (CONTINUED)
within the initial is occupied either by a vine and leaf design,
or a fanciful geometric figure in colours on the gold ground.
There are besides throughout the book smaller gold letters with
very fine ink flourishes and similar letters in blue with red
flourishes. There are no corresponding red letters; the book is
exceptional because of the extensive use of blue.
The pictures are as follows:
f. I. The Trinity. The Father on a throne under a blue and
gold canopy; He wears a crown, and a crimson mantle over a
blue tunic; He supports a T-cross on which is the crucified Son,
over whose head is the emblem of the Holy Spirit; the throne
stands on a low wooden platform, and the pavement is purple
and yellow tiles; blue clouds in the lower corners. Four birds
and a butterfly in the border.
f. 2. St. Michael in gold armour, purple mantle, and crimson
wings stands on the dragon and drives his lance down his throat;
he holds scales in his left hand; at the right stands an angel in
white with orange wings, holding a crimson ribbon on which
are the words "MEMENTO FINIS."
f. J.St. John Baptist preaching in the wilderness; he wears a blue
mantle over a camel's-hair tunic, and carries a book on which
lies a nimbed lamb; three listeners are seated in the lower right
corner, one in yellow with a green bonnet, one in blue with
a white bonnet; only the head of the third is visible in a blue
bonnet; at the left, a dog; between the men and the dog a min-
iature tree; in the background, little mountains and a distant
city. Five birds and a butterfly in the border.
f, 4. St. Christopher fording a river with the Child on his
shoulder; St. Christopher wears a gold shirt and crimson man-
tle; the Child's tunic is purple and gold and He carries the orb.
f. 6. St. Stephen. He kneels toward the left, with hands clasped
and his head turned so that he looks over his left shoulder at
the man behind him on the right; this man wears a white
tunic, girt up showing an orange shirt, and black buskins leaving
his knees bare; he holds a stone in his upraised left hand; di-
rectly behind the saint is a man in green holding a stone over
his head with both hands; at the left, an officer in a long blue
tunic with a black belt and a hat edged with ermine; he holds
a scimitar in his right hand and a gold wand in his left; in the
foreground at the left, a man in orange is picking up a stone;
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MEMORIAE (CONTINUED)
in the background, mountains and a city. A marvellous little
picture. Five birds in the border.
f. 8. St. Dionysius. Christ giving the blessed sacrament to the
saint, who appears at his prison window; both figures in blue,
the saint with a mitre; behind the Christ, two angels, one in
orange with blue wings, the other in white with crimson wings.
In the border, a dragon-fly and five birds, one of them catching
a fly.
f. g b. St. Sebastian bound to a tree in a courtyard enclosed by
a high wall, eight arrows sticking into him; a bearded man at
the left is drawing his bow; he wears blue hose, a gold jerkin
open in front showing a crimson shirt, and a crimson hat; at
the right, St. Adrian of Nicomedia standing on a lion; he is in
armour with a crimson mantle and blue hat, and carries a sword
upright and an anvil with a hammer on it.
Both sides of each of the next eight leaves have borders alike.
f. II b. St. Blasius, pinioned to a saltire cross set against a purple
column in a hall floored with green tiles; at the right, a man
in a red hat, dull blue tunic, and orange buskins, tearing the
saint's flesh with an iron rake; at the left, a man in an orange
hat, sleeveless green tunic over a white shirt, and black buskins;
apparently he holds an iron rake, but only a little of the handle
is in the picture.
f. I2b. St. Blasius in a church with green and white pavement;
he wears a mitre, blue and gold chasuble, and green dalmatic, and
carries an open book; behind him a crimson and gold hanging.
f. 13. St. Nicholas in a church with a green pavement; he wears
the alb, a red cope, mitre, and white gloves, and carries a crozier ;
at the left, three naked boys in a tub, one of them stepping out;
in the background, a blue and gold hanging.
f, 14. St. Anthony standing in a fire before the door of his cell;
he wears a purple habit and carries a crutch-stick; before him
stands a woman (a demon in disguise), wearing a white turban
and a crimson gown; between them, in the background, a pig;
farther away is a white tower, and in the distance are a rocky
cliff and a green hill.
f. If. St. Anthony kneeling on the ground while two devils beat
him with flails; he wears a purplish gray habit; in the back-
ground, the doorway of his cell.
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MEMORIAE (CONTINUED)
f.l$b. St. Bernard in a landscape; he wears the Cistercian
habit and carries a spade and an open book; on the distant hill,
a monastery.
f. 16 b. St. Louis crowned, on a throne, under a canopy of blue
seme with gold fleurs-de-lys; this same stuff covers the throne
and makes a carpet before it ; the saint wears a blue mantle lined
with white and a blue and gold tunic; he holds a crimson sceptre
and a closed book ; at his feet, a lion ; on either side, two men, the
one in the right foreground a youth on whom the attention of all
is fixed; the floor is paved with tiles in two shades of green; in
the background, a crimson and gold hanging; just above it, on
brackets, two little gold statuettes.
f. If b. St. Louis in prison in Egypt. He stands at the window,
wearing a blue tunic with gold fleurs-de-lys, and black under-
sleeves; the gaoler is walking off to the right, looking over his
shoulder at his prisoner; he wears a short blue and gold tunic
over a crimson shirt, and yellow buskins; he carries on his
shoulder a club, from the end of which hangs a key; in the back-
ground, a high wall.
f. 18. St. Leonard of Limoges, standing between two kneeling
prisoners, who are bound with a cord; he holds this cord with
his left hand and a palm branch in his right; he wears the alb
and gold dalmatic; the prisoners wear short ragged shirts of
black and gold; the floor is paved with red, green, and yellow
marble; in the background, a blue and gold hanging. Six birds
in the border.
f. 19. St. Hildebert and St. Mathurin, with worshippers, who
are supposed to represent Anne de Bretagne and the king. Both
saints are blessing, wear mitres, and carry croziers; St. Mathurin
at the right wears a blue and gold chasuble and green and gold
dalmatic; St. Hildebert wears a gold cope and dull purple and
gold dalmatic ; Anne, who kneels at the right, wears a black cap
and a gold gown with white cuffs and a black band around the
square neck; the king, kneeling at the left, wears a dull purple
and gold gown ; behind the group is a crimson hanging spotted
with gold; pavement of red, green, and yellow marble. Six birds
in the border.
f. 21. St. Maure, in a Benedictine habit, carrying a crozier and
open book; crimson and gold hanging behind him; pavement
of red, green, and yellow marble. Six birds in the border.
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MEMORIAE (CONTINUED)
f. 22. St. Peter and St. Paul, with worshipper, probably Anne
de Bretagne again. St. Peter stands at the left holding a key
and an open book; he wears a crimson mantle over a purple
tunic; St. Paul, in the centre, holds a sword and the edges of
his mantle with his left hand, and points to the worshipper with
his right; he wears a purple mantle and blue tunic; at the right,
a lady kneels at zprie-dieu, on which is an open book; she wears
a black headdress and a crimson gown with wide white cufls
and a black band around the square neck.
f. 23. St. Gervasio and St. Protasio. The twin saints stand,
turned toward each other; both are tonsured and carry palms;
St. Protasio at the left wears a crimson dalmatic and holds a
closed green book; St. Gervasio wears a blue and gold dalmatic
of beautiful pattern and holds an open book bound in purple;
behind them is a blue hanging with a design in gold; pavement
of red, yellow, and green marble.
f. 24 b. St. Egidio and St. Lupo. St. Egidio, at the left, mitred,
wearing a light blue cope, dull purple dalmatic, and white
gloves, holds a processional cross and blesses; St. Lupo, in a
black habit, raised by his left hand showing a blue tunic; with
his right hand, which is pierced by an arrow, he pats a wolf
that jumps on him; behind them a red hanging spotted with
gold.
f. 25 b. Small square picture of a lady at her devotions; she
kneels at a/nV-<//Vwith a light green covering on which is an
open book; she wears a black headdress with a red facing, and
a crimson gown with black cuffs and a black band around the
square neck; a white ribbon hangs from her waist; on the wall
behind her are statuettes of saints on brackets under canopies.
f. 26. St. Roch. He wears a brown hat, tunic, and wallet, a
purple cloak and red buskins, and carries a long gold staff; he
raises his tunic to show his wound to an angel at the left dressed
in gold with blue wings; at the right, a white dog with a red
collar holds a loaf of bread in his mouth; a red and gold hang-
ing behind them; pavement of light-brown and pinkish marble.
f. 27 b. St. Lazarus. Christ, in purple, calling Lazarus, who rises
from a narrow coffin, assisted by Peter; the other apostles crowd
behind Christ; Martha kneels at the head of the coffin, with
upraised hands; Mary kneels in the foreground at the right,
dressed in blue with a crimson mantle.
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MEMORIAE (CONTINUED)
f. 29. Entombment. Nicodemus and Joseph lay the body in the
tomb; behind, from left to right, a holy woman, St. John, the
Virgin, Mary Magdalen, a holy woman.
f.^ob. St. Anne seated under a canopy of green brocade, with
a carpet of the same; she wears a white veil, blue gown, and
crimson mantle, and holds an open book; the little Virgin in
blue also holds a book; behind them a blue and gold hanging;
pavement of green tiles.
f. 32. St. Mary of Egypt. She stands at the left clothed in her
hair; at the right, the hermit Zosimus, in a golden-brown habit,
with a folded purple cloak on his arm, stands before the door
of his cell; a high fence in the background. Five birds and a
butterfly in the border.
f.33 b. St. Mary Magdalen holding a box of ointment; she wears
a blue gown and crimson mantle; charming landscape back-
ground. Five birds and a fly in the border.
f-34. St. Catherine of Alexandria. She wears a blue gown and a
red mantle lined with ermine; her crown is merged in her
nimbus; she holds a sword and palm in her left hand, and an
open book in her right; behind her a blue and gold hanging;
at the left, an altar (?) with a red hanging above it; pavement
of green tiles; on it, at the left, part of a wheel.
f-35- St- Catherine preaching the gospel ; she stands at the right,
her left hand resting on a lectern on which is an open book;
she is crowned and wears a blue gown and red mantle lined
with ermine, and carries a palm ; at the left stand two men ; one
in crimson with a black cap, the other in blue with a red cap;
a blue and gold hanging in the background; pavement of green
tiles.
f.3$b. St. Margaret standing on a dragon; she wears a blue
gown and red mantle and holds a small cross in her hands; the
dragon has a red cloth in his mouth; beautiful landscape back-
ground.
f.j6l>. St. Genevieve standing in a green field; she wears a
blue gown, red mantle, and white veil, and carries a book bound
in black and a tall candle, which a devil above her head extin-
guishes with a bellows, while an angel in white at the right re-
lights it.
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MEMORIAE (CONTINUED)
f. 37 b. St. Barbara. She wears a dull blue gown and a crimson
mantle lined with orange, and holds a gold tower in her right
hand, and a book bound in black in her left hand; landscape
background with a building and tower at the left.
f-39- St. Ama, one of the wise virgins. A saint in a purple tunic
and blue mantle, attended by an angel in yellow with green
wings, carrying two cruets, administers communion to a saint
in crimson, who appears at a prison window. Five birds and
a dragon-fly in the border.
The Memoria begins as follows : " Ista est uirgo sapiens quam
dominus uigilantem inuenit que accepta lampade sumpsit oleum
secum et veniente domino entrauit cum eo ad nupcio."
f. 40. St. Agnes. She wears a purple gown and crimson mantle,
and carries an open book and a palm branch; a lamb jumps up
on her ; pavement of coloured marbles ; blue and gold hanging
in the background. Five birds in the border.
f. 41 b. St. Agatha, bound to a column, with a white cloth about
her hips; a man at the right is cutting her breast with pincers;
he wears a large cap, short blue tunic, and crimson hose; pave-
ment of coloured marbles. Six birds in the border.
f. 42 b. St. Lawrence and St. Apollonia. St. Lawrence at the left,
in purple dalmatic, white tunicle, and long blue tunic; he car-
ries a palm in his right hand, a book under his right arm, and
holds a gridiron with his left hand. St. Apollonia wears a golden-
brown gown and crimson mantle ; she holds a tooth in pincers and
an open book ; behind them a blue hanging with gold spots; pave-
ment of pink and green tiles.
HORAE
Vellum, 6i x 4, ff. 162 + 12 ; 14 lines to a page;
cent, xv ; written in France in a good Gothic hand.
Binding: old red morocco with gold tooling on
the back. Bookplate with Italian coat of arms.
Collation : The book is bound so tightly that it does not admit
of collation. The quires are irregular; the full-page pictures
are done on half-sheets and inserted.
HORAE (CONTINUED)
Contents :
f. I. Kalendar, in red and black.
f. 14. Pater noster.
f. 14 b, Ave Maria. Credo.
f. l$b. Benedicite dominus nos. Ave salus mundi.
f. 1 6. Confiteor, followed by other prayers.
f. 18. Blank.
f. 19. Blank.
f. 21. Les heures de la croix.
f. 28. Les heures du saint esperit.
f.JS- L 68 heures de nostre dame.
f. 85. Les sept psalmes dauid.
f. 96 b. Litany.
f. 102. Hyme du saint esperit.
f. IOJ b. Salue regina.
f. 104 b. Les viij. vers salt bernard.
f. 106. Les .vij oroisos S. gregoire.
f. IOJ. Memoriae.
f. 77J-. Office of the dead.
In the Kalendar:
Jan. 22. S'. vinchent.
Feb. 6. S'. am ant.
20. S'. eleutere.
Apr. 14. S'. tybur.
May ij. S'. seruais.
June 8. S'. medard.
July 75. Le diuision des apt'es.
18. S'. ernoul.
Aug. 24. S'. bettremieu.
Sept. 25. S'. fremin.
Oct. 2. S'. legier.
Decorations: There are six full-page pictures inserted as frontis-
pieces. These pictures have borders of scrolls, vine and leaf orna-
ment, and flowers, the ground covered with round spots of gold
and fish-hooks in black. Each picture faces a page with a similar
HORAE (CONTINUED)
border and an initial of blue and crimson on a gold ground;
seven other pages are similarly decorated. There are in the text
ten small pictures, 2^ x if inches, each framed by a narrow
gold band. Throughout the book are numerous small initials
of various sizes in gold on grounds of crimson and blue with
simple white flourishes. The crimson in the borders and in the
initials has often faded to a dull brown, but the colours of the
pictures retain all their brilliancy.
The full-page pictures are:
f. JJ b. Christ praying on a hill by a lake. Christ, kneeling, gazes
up at a vision of God the Father, blessing; Christ wears a dull
purple tunic, and an open book lies near Him; God the Father
wears a light blue tunic, crimson mantle, and crown, and holds
the orb.
f. 20 b. Crucifixion. Virgin standing on the left, wearing purple
dress, blue mantle, and white veil; St. John on the right, in
purple tunic and crimson mantle.
f. 27 b. Descent of the Holy Spirit. St. Peter and another man
kneeling in a courtyard; at a window, the Virgin surrounded
by apostles; another apostle coming through the door, with
others behind him, or looking out of a second window; dove de-
scending on gold rays. St. Peter wears a red tunic and light blue
mantle; on the ground beside him is an open book; the man
with him wears a brown gown with flowing sleeves showing
green undersleeves, and a blue hood; the other apostles are in
red or green; the Virgin is in blue with a white veil.
f. 34 b. The Annunciation. The Virgin is seated on a tiled floor
under a dull red canopy with a green fringe at the bottom and
a blue border at the top; she wears a deep blue dress and light
blue mantle, and has an open book on her knees. Gabriel stands
just inside an archway at the left; he wears a crimson garment
over a white tunic and carries a gold sceptre, his wings are green
and blue; over his head the dove surrounded by gold rays; be-
yond the archway, green grass, a brick wall, and the blue sky.
f. 43 b. The Visitation. The Virgin stands at the left, dressed
in a dull purple gown and blue mantle; St. Elizabeth kneels
before her, dressed in a red gown, showing green undersleeves,
and a white veil ; St. Joseph in the background, in a yellow tunic,
brown mantle with blue collar, and dark gray hat; he carries a
long pole over his shoulder; in the distance, trees and a castle.
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HORAE (CONTINUED)
f. 114 b. Death. A naked woman lies on a black carpet spread
on the grass near a church porch; Death, with a white cloth
thrown over his shoulder, and carrying a coffin, stands on her
and thrusts a long red spear into her; a group of people in the
porch watching.
The small pictures are :
f. IO2. The Holy Spirit, a bearded man with wings. He stands
on a green mound, wears a dull purple tunic, and holds an open
book; light brown background with gold rays.
f. 103 b. Madonna and Child in glory, surrounded by blue
clouds. She stands on a blue crescent and wears a blue mantle
over a dull purple dress.
f. 104 b. St. Bernard in a monk's habit, carrying a crozier and
an open book; behind him a red curtain hanging in front of a
low stone wall.
f. 106. St. Gregory standing on a green mound, against a dull
purple background ornamented with blue flourishes; he wears
the papal tiara, alb, and crimson chasuble, and carries a double
cross; a dove perched on his shoulder.
f. IOJ b. St. Nicholas, with the same background as St. Greg-
ory. He wears a mitre, alb, and crimson chasuble, and carries a
crozier and an open book.
f. 108 b. St. Sebastian, bound to a tree, with six huge arrows
sticking into him; his crimson tunic lies on the green grass be-
hind the tree.
f, 109. St. Anthony, in a drab habit, with crutch-stick and open
book, a pig with a bell walking beside him; behind him, a red
curtain with a blue fringe hanging in front of a low stone wall.
f. no. St. Anne, seated on a square dais, wearing a white veil
and a crimson mantle over a drab dress; the little Virgin in blue
stands at her knee reading from a book.
f. HO b. St. Catherine of Alexandria, standing on Maxentius;
she wears a costume of crimson and blue trimmed with ermine
and holds a sword and an open book; behind her at the right,
a wheel; Maxentius wears a drab tunic with yellow collar and
a large blue cap edged with ermine, and holds a gold sceptre;
in the background, the wall of a stone building, with part of
two diamond-paned windows showing.
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HORAE (CONTINUED)
f. Ill b. St. Barbara kneeling on the grass, holding a palm and
an open book; she wears a crimson gown; in the background,
a tower at the end of a stone wall.
f, 112. St. Margaret kneeling at a barred prison window, through
which come gold rays; she wears a crimson gown with flowing
blue sleeves; between her hands a small gold cross; an open book
leans against the wall beside her; in the background, a curious
light green dragon.
LEAVES FROM A MISSAL OF CLEMENT VII
Vellum, I7^x 12!, ff. 5; 29-31 lines to a page;
cent, xvi ; written in a marvellously exact large
Roman hand. Blue morocco binding by De Cov-
erly.The leaves have been mounted on stiff cards,
bound in with hinges.
The text begins on f. i, "Canon inclinatus iunc-
tis manibus : Te igitur clementissime pater," and
ends on f. 5, "Placeat tibi sea trinitas obsequz ser-
vitut3 mee . . ." The black ink has turned a dull
brown in most places ; the rubrics are in red ; the
following words on f. 2 are in blue capitals : " Hoc
est enim corpvs mevm," and "Hie est enim calix
sangvinis mei novi et eterni testameti, misteriv
fidei : qvi pro vobis et pro mvltis effvndetvr in re-
missionem peccatorvm."
Decorations:
f. I. In the left margin there is an exquisite border of arabesques
with three birds and half-figures of a winged youth and a
winged old man with a beard, both of these figures ending in
foliated scrolls; near the top of the border is a gold ring set
with a pyramidal diamond, & within the ring are various reli-
gious emblems; near the middle of the border are the arms of
Clement VII on a crimson ground. The red and blue initial
C of Canon is small, on a gold ground with a strawberry flower
and fruit; a similar N on this leaf is decorated with a jasmine
flower. The T of Te is the most elaborate letter in this frag-
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LEAVES FROM A MISSAL (CONTINUED)
ment; it is red, blue, and green, with two pearls in the top
and a square diamond in a gold setting in the middle of the
stem; the letter is enclosed in a square with gold scallops on
the inside of the edge, the rest of the space occupied by a pic-
ture of the Pope celebrating Mass. An initial M of red, blue,
and green on a gold ground decorated with flowers and a straw-
berry has suspended from a line connecting the angles of the
letter a dark red gem set with pearls and engraved with a pic-
ture of the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. A similar ini-
tial C on a gold ground decorated with a variety of flowers has
a gay parrot in the centre standing on the stem of a rose and
also biting the stem.
On the following pages there are twenty-two other similar ini-
tials in red and blue on square gold grounds, decorated with
sprays of flowers and pearls; four have other jewels set in gold,
three have strawberries, and one has a large lady-bug. All these
letters occur at the left edge of the text. There are besides nu-
merous small gold capitals and crosses on small squares of red or
blue covered with delicate flourishes.
HORAE
Vellum, 6A x 4i, ff. 131 +4; 25 lines to a page;
cent, xvi-xvn; written in France in a wonder-
fully fine Gothic hand. Binding: plain black mo-
rocco with silver clasps (one broken). On the first
fly-leaf, Catherine Englefield from her beloved hus-
band Henry Englefield; on f. i, Pitts sale. Purchased
in Venice.
Collation : The book is too tightly bound to admit of collation,
f. 2 is numbered I,f. J is numbered 2, and succeeding pages
are numbered up to 255, the odd numbers on the left hand
page. This pagination will be followed in the description.
Contents :
p. I. Title, in gold: Officium B* Mf Uirginis una cum Uigilii
mortuorum. Accedunt horae de S? Cruce, et de Spiritu Sancto,
et ali deuotQ preces Orationes et Euangelia de Natiuitate, et
Passione Christi Domini.
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HORAE (CONTINUED)
/. 2. Kalendar, in red, blue, and gold.
p. 14. Sequences of the Gospels.
p. 21. Passion according to John.
p. 34. Hours of the Virgin.
p. 115. Hours of the Cross.
p. 121. Hours of the Holy Ghost.
p. 126. Seven penitential psalms and Litany.
p. 150. Office of the dead.
p. 2O2. Memoriae.
p. 213. Versiculi bcati gregorii pape.
p. 2J^. Versiculi beati bernardi.
p. 2lf. Conditor celi.
/. 22 1. Memoria of St. Augustine.
p. 222. Missa B. M. V.
p. 228. Obsecro te.
/. 232. O Intemerata.
/. 2j6. Stabat mater.
/. 2jp. Gaude flore virginali.
p. 242. Missus est gabriel.
/. 249. O illustrissima & excellentissima gloriosissima semper
uirgo maria.
/. 252. Memoriae of SS. Christopher and Margaret in another hand.
Decorations: Throughout the book there are small gold initials of
different sizes, each on a square ground of red and blue cov-
ered with most delicate flourishes in gold. There are fourteen
full-page pictures (eight of them in the Hours of the Virgin)
and twenty-two smaller ones in the text (twelve of them in the
Memoriae). These are all by the same hand, and are executed
with consummate skill. Each full-page picture is in the form of
a gold renaissance altar, with a frontal of coloured panels cov-
ered with delicate patterns in gold, and coloured columns sup-
porting the top of the retable. In a small white tablet, or pla-
card, on the front of the altar are a few words of text with an
initial in gold on a red and blue ground covered with a fine
design in gold.
HORAE (CONTINUED)
These pictures are as follows:
p. 14. St. John on Patmos. St. John, represented as a young man,
in a crimson tunic and purple mantle, both bordered with a
pattern in gold, is seated with an open book in his lap; he holds
a pen in his upraised right hand and gazes up at rays from
heaven ; in the background, the sea, with rocky islands and small
boats.
/. 22. Betrayal of Our Lord. Judas kissing Jesus, who is restor-
ing the ear cut off by Peter; Peter sheathing his sword; a crowd
of soldiers in armour.
p. 34- The Annunciation. Mary at the left in a purple dress,
blue mantle covering her head, and white veil (in all the pic-
tures she wears the same costume); the angel in white with
green wings; dove descending on gold rays.
/. 46. (Ad Laudes.) The Visitation. The Virgin at the left, St.
Elizabeth kneeling before her; she wears a golden-brown dress
and an elaborate white headdress.
/. 5p. (Ad Primam.) Nativity. The Holy Family in the stable
with the ox and the ass; shepherds looking through the win-
dow; gold rays coming through an opening in the roof.
p. 65. (Ad Terdam.) The Angel appearing to the Shepherds.
/. 77. (Ad Sextant.) Adoration of the Magi. The Virgin and
Child at the right; the oldest king, in crimson with wide ermine
collar, his head bare, kneels and offers a cup filled with gold
pieces; the second king, in purple with an ermine collar, has
just removed his crown and holds a covered gold cup; the
youngest king, in green, crowned, holds a covered gold cup and
points upward; the star shines through an opening in the roof.
p. 76. (Ad Nonam.)The Presentation in the Temple. St. Simeon
at the left in a crimson vestment with gold border, his jewelled
gold mitre on the altar; he holds the Child on a white towel;
the Child reaches toward the Madonna, who kneels in adoration
at the right; behind her stands St. Joseph holding a candle and
offering a basket with two doves ; a tonsured priest holds an open
book at the farther end of the altar; several men behind him;
over the altar a canopy of crimson and gold brocade.
/. 82. (Ad Vesperas.) Flight into Egypt. St. Joseph leads the ass
to the left; the Child wears a crimson and gold dress.
/. Ql. (AdCompktorium.) Assumption of the Virgin. Half-figure
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HORAE (CONTINUED)
of the Virgin, rising from a blue cloud, surrounded by rays of
gold against a green background; instead of her white veil, she
wears a jewelled crown ; on either side, below, three angel heads ;
similarly, above, four seraphim.
p. ll$. Crucifixion. Madonna at the left, St. John at the right,
Magdalen embracing the cross, the three Marys in the back-
ground.
/. 121, Feast of Pentecost, Descent of the Holy Ghost. The
Virgin in the centre surrounded by the twelve apostles; dove
descending in rays of gold and little tongues of flame.
p, 126. David, wearing a gold crown and gown of gold and
crimson brocade trimmed with ermine, kneeling with uplifted
hands, gazes at a figure appearing in the sky holding three gold
arrows; beside the king is his harp; charming city in the dis-
tance.
/. 150. Job and his Comforters. The emaciated old man, with
a ragged white cloth about his loins, reclines at the left; two
men in rich clothing kneel beside him, one of them reasoning
with him, the other in the attitude of adoration ; a servant stands
behind the latter.
The smaller pictures, all half-length figures, are as follows :
p. 16. St. Luke, in a crimson gown with purple collar, writing
in a book, the Ox at the right.
p. 18. St. Matthew, white-haired, in a blue tunic and purple
mantle, writing; the Angel holds an open book at the end of his
table.
/. 20. St. Mark, in a blue gown with crimson and gold brocade
collar and cuffs, and a red cap, the Lion at the left.
/. 2O2. The Trinity. God the Father on the right, wearing a
tiara and holding the orb; the Son on the left holding a cross;
they wear purple tunics and a crimson mantle and hold an
open book; between them, the symbol of the Holy Spirit; gold
background.
/. 2Oj. St. Michael, with crimson wings, gold armour, and red
shield, carrying a cross; blue background.
/. 203. St. John Baptist, with Lamb on a book.
/. 204. St. John the Evangelist, with chalice.
/. 205, St. Peter and St. Paul. St. Peter at the left, with key;
St. Paul with sword and book.
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HORAE (CONTINUED)
/. 206. St. James as a pilgrim, with staff and wallet, a shell on
his hat, reading a book as he walks.
/. 207. St. Sebastian.
/. 208. St. Anthony, in dark habit, with blue T-cross on his
cloak, carrying a crutch-stick, a pig walking beside him; in the
background, a green hedge and a church.
p. 2OQ. St. Anne. She is seated at the left, holding an open book
from which the kneeling Virgin reads.
p. 2IO. St. Mary Magdalen, with the box of precious ointment.
p. 211. St. Catherine of Alexandria. She is crowned and wears
a gold mantle lined with ermine, a crimson bodice trimmed
with ermine, and a green skirt; she carries a palm branch and
a sword ; beside her, a wheel.
/. 212. St. Barbara in a purple dress trimmed with ermine, and
a crimson mantle; she carries a palm branch and a tower.
p. 213. The dead Christ, supported by two angels.
/. 215. St. Bernard. He wears the Cistercian habit, holds an
open book, and is addressing the devil, who stands at the right
with folded arms ; the devil has crimson head and horns, golden-
bronze body, purple wings, and green legs.
/. 222. Madonna nursing Child. Instead of a white veil, she
wears a crown; gold background.
/. 228. Madonna and Child in a stone room with diamond-
paned windows showing blue sky.
/. 232. Holy Family.
/. 236. Christ crowned with thorns and Madonna.
/. 24.2. Annunciation. Virgin standing at the right, Gabriel at
the left in a crimson tunic and green wings, carrying a long gold
rod ; dove in the centre, above.
CHOIR BOOK
Vellum, 24 x 17, ff. 154 + 2; six lines of music
(four-line stave) and six of text to a page; cent,
xvin (1733); in a large Gothic hand. Original
binding, brown leather over thick boards, with
large pierced brass corners and medallions on the
sides (Madonna and Child in medallion on front
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CHOIR BOOK (CONTINUED)
cover; coat of arms of St. Dominic in the other).
This volume is said to have been recovered from
a shipwreck in the Bay of Naples, and has suffered
from the action of water. The copyist's name on
the inside of the cover is almost illegible, but the
date is plain, scripsit anno dm 1733. At the bot-
tom off. 152 b, also somewhat obscured, is Fr.
Hieronym 9 . Notanus (?) ex . . . vincia S. Catherine
de senis scribebat ano dni the date is omitted. Gift
of George A. Gardner.
Collation: fly-leaf, /Wj 8 , /<5 8 (+^), if, l8\ I <f, fly-
leaf. The leaves are numbered at the top, but number! 35
4.4. are omitted '; they are correctly numbered at the bottom.
There is a hastily written index on the inside of the front
cover.
Content!
Chants for the following Feasts:
f. I. St. Andrew.
/ 21. St. Nicholas.
f. 29. St. Lucy.
f. 34. St. Thomas, the Apostle.
f. 36. St. Stephen, Protomartyr.
f. 42. St. John, the Evangelist.
f. 41 b. Holy Innocents.
f.JS- St. Agnes.
/ 6l. St. Vincent.
/ /j. Conversion of St. Paul.
/ 95 b. St. Agatha.
/ 102. Cathedra of St. Peter.
/ JOS- SS. Philip and James.
f.li6b. Corona Domini.
f. 123. St. Michael Archangel.
/ / 128. Nativity of St. John Baptist.
f. 150. Holy Martyrs John and Paul.
CHOIR BOOK (CONTINUED)
Decorations: Seven pages, ff. i, 21, 29, 42, 61 b, 73, 128, are
decorated with sumptuous borders of large foliated scrolls, beau-
tifully drawn in brilliant colours. On f. I, the border goes all
around the page; on the other six pages, the border goes across
the top and down the outer margin, only the outer band of gold
being continued around the page. Each of these pages has an
historiated initial, about seven inches square, the letter of gold,
on a square of red or blue (f. 73, green), decorated with delicate
scrolls in white and flourishes in gold, the whole enclosed in a
square frame of gold.
f. I. The scrolls of the border are crimson, blue, green, red, and
gold; the sides are alike; at the corners are medallions with pic-
tures of the archangels, upper left, Michael, lower left, Raphael
with Tobias; the other two are much blurred, but are prob-
ably, upper right, Gabriel, lower right, Uriel; in the centre of
the lower border are the arms of St. Dominic.
Initial U, The Calling of Andrew. Christ at the right, in a blue
tunic and crimson mantle; Andrew kneeling before him, in
light green tunic and reddish yellow mantle; on the lake in the
background, a boat with two fishermen.
f. 21. There are fewer colours in the border; the scrolls are all
green and gold, with roses and strawberries in red, white, and
gold; the space enclosed by the scrolls is purple with flourishes in
white, the space outside the scrolls is filled with blue flourishes.
Initial A, St. Nicholas. He wears a white tunic, crimson mantle
lined with blue and bordered with a pattern in gold, and a
crimson mitre, and carries a crozier.
f. 29. Initial U, St. Lucy. She wears a white and gold dress,
lavender and gold overdress, and yellow mantle, and carries her
eyes on a saucer in her right hand, and a palm branch in her left.
f. 42. Initial U, St. John on Patmos. St. John, represented as a
young man, is seated at the left; he wears a green tunic and red
mantle, and is writing in a book while he gazes upward at a
vision of the Virgin standing on a crescent moon ; she wears a
crimson dress, blue mantle, and gold crown, and has a halo of
stars; the Eagle standing at the feet of St. John holds an ink-
well suspended from his beak.
f. 6l. Initial I, St. Vincent. He kneels at the left, gazing up
at a cherub appearing from heaven with a crown; he wears a
crimson vestment over a white tunic.
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CHOIR BOOK (CONTINUED)
f. /J. Initial S, Conversion of St. Paul. Above, half-figure of
Christ in glory, a crimson scarf floating behind him, cherubs'
heads on a cloud around him ; below, St. Paul, on his knees, lean-
ing back against his white horse which has fallen to the ground;
St. Paul wears a blue cuirass over a yellow tunic, his helmet lies
nearby; a group of soldiers hurrying away at the right; a sol-
dier rushing up at the left.
f. 128. Initial I, Annunciation to Zacharias. Angel appearing
over altar at the right ; Zacharias with a group of people at the left.
There are, besides, four kinds of decorative initials:
1st. Plain letters, about if inches high, in blue or red.
2nd. Simple letters, z| x z\ inches, in red with blue flourishes,
or blue with crimson or red flourishes.
3rd. Similar red and blue letters, 3^x3^ inches, with more elab-
orate scroll ornament, the whole enclosed in a square frame, the
colour of the letter.
4th. Large plain letters of gold, set in a square gold frame, 3$ x
3$ inches, the space within the letter blue, the space around it
red, or vice versa, and both these grounds covered with white
scrolls and gold flourishes. There are thirty-three of these let-
ters, on ff. 24, 31, 36, 38 b, 44 b, 46 b, 47 b, 50 b, 55 b, 58 b,
65 b, 68, 73 b, 74b,97b, 101, 105, io6b, 107, nob, 115,
1 16, 1 16 b, 1 18 b, 1 19, 124 b (2), 128 b, 129, 143 b, 145,
150,151.
THE ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
Vellum, 5^ x 4^, ff. 7; 14 lines to a page; cent, xix;
written in a beautiful Gothic hand and decorated
by Andreas Andersen for I. S. G. Loose leaves in
an old Venetian binding.
Contains the opening prayers, the Commandments, and part of
the next prayer.
The decorations are chiefly in light green, pink, lavender, light
blue, and gold.
f. I. Title-page. Solid border on three sides, ground green, with
designs in pinks and blues; at the bottom, the Stewart coat of
THE ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATION, ETC. (CONTINUED)
arms in gold and blue ; at the side, a white dove; at the top, a
parrot and a peacock. Three illuminated initials: T in dark and
light blue on a square of gold, the centre filled with green on
which is a figure in light green; L in red; H in gold on a blue
ground.
f. I b. Madonna carrying the Child, and walking in a meadow.
f. 4. At the top, two peacocks in lavender, green, blue, and gold,
on a green ground, with green and lavender scrolls.
f. 7. Madonna and Child with Angel ; brilliant deep blue back-
ground with gold rays from upper left corner.
f.fb. Small figure of a lady kneeling in prayer; she is dressed
in blue; green background of a shape suggesting a butterfly;
opposite, a white pigeon.
VIRGILIUS MARO, PUBLIUS. AENEID
Paper, I2i x 81, ff. 140; 36 lines to a page; cent,
xiv ; cursive hand, pale brown ink. Binding: brown
leather, with blind and gold tooling on back and
sides. It has the book-plate of Nath. Cholmley.
Collation: I 10 -j 10 ,4 ll -io ll y //'+, 12".
Contains the twelve boob of the Aeneid, each one, except the
first, preceded by an Argutnentum in the metre of the poem.
At the end: "Publij maronis virgilij eneis p iohanne d'rouado
mascripta est die xxiiij ms novebr orasa." There are no decora-
tions, although space is left at the beginning of each book and
of each argument for an illuminated initial. The first pages
have numerous glosses in very fine script; these become gradu-
ally less frequent, and for the later portions of the book there are
almost none. "Jesus" is written at the top of several pages, and
"Jesus christus" at the top of one. The water-mark is a round
tower with three battlements.
DANTE ALIGHIERI. DIVINA COMEDIA
Vellum, 10$ x yi, ff. 135 + 4; double columns of
43 lines; cent, xiv; beautifully written in a fine
clear hand. Binding: light brown morocco with
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DANTE ALIGHIERI (CONTINUED)
blind tooling. It has the book-plate of The
Hon b ! e Frederic North, on which is pencilled the
name Boutourlin; on the first fly-leaf is pencilled
Barrois; below in another hand, With the Com-
mentaries' of Boccaccio; manuscripts of this sort of ex-
treme rarity. At the bottom of the first page of text
is a blurred stamp. From Lord Guildford's and
the Barrois Collections, at the Ashburnham Sale,
June 10, 1901.
Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), I (irregular, 8 leaves), 2 l
// I0 , I2\ 7J', 14", 15 (5 left), 2 fly-leaves (paper).
The text of the poem begins on the first page of the second
quire; beginning with that page, the leaves were numbered by
the copyist in red Roman numerals, i cxxxi ; cxxvij and cxxviij
(blank) were removed and bound at the front of the book;
cxxviiij has disappeared. There is a later foliation in black ara-
bic numerals, starting with the first page of text. The edges
have been slightly cut. The catchwords of the quires are writ-
ten in the centre of the bottom margin, surrounded by simple
flourishes.
Contents:
f. (j). Inchomincia la tauola de' chapitoli della chonmedia di
dante allighierj cittadino di firenze.
f. (6). Inchomincia II prolaghoz la forma di questaopa Et in
che stato era lautore quando la chompuose v che forma da a
tutto II libro z dicie cosi.
f. j. Comincia la chomedia di date alighierj da firenze.
f. xxviiij (b). Comincia la secoda parte di dante cioe II purgha-
torio.
f. Ivilj. Chomincia la terza parte della chonmedia di dante
chiamata paradise. [The first six lines of the Paradiso are given in
the middle of the second column, otherwise blank, except for two
lines at the top; the Paradiso really begins on the verso of this
leaf, where these six lines are repeated with a superb initial.]
f. Ixxxvij (b). Questo chapitolo fecie Jacopo figluolo di dante
DANTE ALIGHIERI (CONTINUED)
allighieri, II qual parla sopra tutta la chonmedia del detto dante
poeta fiorentino.
f. Ixxxviij. Questo chapitolo fece Mess busone da ghobbio. [It
begins on the next page.]
f. Ixxxviiij. Chomincia II trattato che fecie lo illustro poeta
Mess giouani di bocchaccio da certaldo sopra dante.
f. cilj. Inchominciano le chiose di dante alleghierj da firenze.
f. cxxiij. There are only two lines in the first column on this page,
after which is written in another hand, "finis laus do" The
remaining leaves are blank.
Decorations: The headings to the cantos are in red; the first let-
ters of the cantos are alternately red and blue, each one delicately
and charmingly ornamented with pen flourishes in the other col-
our, carried to various distances. The first letter of each tiercet
is a capital filled with yellow. The table of contents has orna-
ments in red and blue.
The first letter of the prologue is a large N of rounded form in
red with insertions of blue, the centre filled with a geometrical
pattern in red and white, the exterior surrounded by a delicate
design in blue making a square, at the left corners of which,
above and below, are concentric circles of blue and yellow en-
closing a little design in red and white; a marvellously executed
line and leaf design in blue, yellow, and gold makes a border on
the left side of the page and across the bottom.
The first page of the Commedia is surrounded by a border of
bold design of scrolls, etc., springing from the initial N; the
colours are blue, orange, green, lavender, and gold; towards the
bottom of the right margin is a bird's head, in lavender, with a
long bill. The round N is orange broken by foliated scrolls of
various colours against a square background of very fine gold.
Within the letter on a gold ground is a portrait of Dante wear-
ing a blue gown and blue hood over a white cap with a strap
under his chin. He holds red books in his left hand and rests his
right against the side of the N. The letters "EL MEZZO" are
arranged in a column at the right of the N.
The initial P at the beginning of the Purgatorio is of the same
style, but the border extends only along the left margin of the
page and halfway across the bottom, where it ends in the
crested head of a blue bird with long yellow beak seizing a
small gold sun. The letter is filled with a simple design of foli-
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DANTE ALIGHIERI (CONTINUED)
ated scrolls in orange, green, blue, and gold. The letters "ER
CORRER" are arranged in a column at the right.
The decoration on the first page of the Paradiso extends almost
around the page; the initial L is set on a square of gold; in the
centre, against a blue ground, is a half-figuf e of Christ in a man-
dorla; He wears a red tunic and a blue doak, and has a gold
nimbus; His right hand is raised in the attitude of blessing, and
in His left He holds a red book.
The Trattato of Boccaccio begins with a similar initial N at the
top of the second column of the page, the decoration extending
across the top of the page; the centre of the letter is filled with
leaf forms in blue and white and lavender and white, enclos-
ing a geometrical figure. The Dante picchelo of Boccaccio begins
with an initial C in the same style. The centre of this initial is
filled with a design very like the one in the initial of the Pur-
gatorio.
FORM AND MANNER OF KEEPING THE
PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND
Vellum, 8ix6i; ff. 36 + 10; cent, xvi; written for
Edward VI. Binding: old red morocco. On f. 2,
No. 24. Edw. Coke Attornatgen: ex dono m" Britten.
Notes in the same hand at the bottom of the page.
Collation: the book is too tightly bound to admit of collation.
The first six pages are numbered 1-6; after that the leaves
are numbered J 3 J.
Contents:
p. 5. Table of contents.
f. 13. Here foloweth the fourme and maner of the kepinge of
the Parleament of Englande.
f. 2^ b. The maner and forme and vsage of Gilbert de Strogell
mshall of Englande.
f. 32. Here foloweth the mafi and custome of the vsages of
Thomas Brotherton which he hadd and vsed in the office of the
Marshallsie.
f. 32 b. This lytle treatyse hereafter folowinge maketh a breeff
mcncion and declaracion of certeyne rightes which of aunciente
2 9
FORM AND MANNER, ETC. (CONTINUED)
and laudable custome of Englande ought to pteyne to the Mar-
shall in tyme of warre.
Decorations:
p. J. Arms of the Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk, emblazoned.
f>. 4. Arms of Edward VI, emblazoned.
f. 13. Edward VI opening Parliament. The young king en-
throned under a gold canopy, which seems to serve as an initial
T, holds the sceptre and the orb; his robes are cloth of gold
and ermine; at his feet is an oriental carpet; about him are the
officers of the court, the Earl Marshal with the sword, kings-
at-arms, etc. ; the carpet of the hall is green ; in the background,
a blue hanging with gold fleurs-de-lys and roses (?).
f. 26. Gold Gothic initial T on dull red ground ; within the ini-
tial, picture of the Earl Marshal standing in front of the throne,
attended by his four kings-at-arms; a green hanging behind the
throne; pavement of lozenge-shaped tiles.
f. 32 b. Similar, but smaller, Gothic initial T, with the same
subject; the Earl Marshal standing in front of the throne, with
one herald on either side; crimson hanging behind the throne;
blue background with design in darker blue and gold; green
carpet. From this initial a stem and leaf ornament of simple de-
sign extends across the top and down the margin of the page.
Throughout the book, the initials are gold on a red and blue
ground; simple groups of stems and leaves extend from the in-
itial in the margin, each group ending in a round spot of gold
and three green leaves, with spots of dull red.
MARIEGOLA BELLA SCUOLA DI SAN
GEMINIANO
Vellum, nl x 8 , ff. 79 4- 4 ; 25 lines to a page in the
original statutes ; beginning of cent, xvi to end of
cent. xvin. (The contract with the church was made
in 1504; the last entry was made in 1785.) Accord-
ing to the inventory on p. 71, this mariegola
was " fornida de arzento e couerta de ueludo cre-
mexin." There were evidently silver corners, and
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MARIEGOLA, ETC. (CONTINUED)
large silver placques in the centre of the sides,
but these have all been removed, and the pile of
the velvet is worn off except where it was pro-
tected by the placques ; the colour is now a faded
pink. It has the book-plate of Edward Cheney
(see his "Remarks on the Illuminated Official
Manuscripts of the Venetian Republic," p. 24).
Below is written: Afterwards John Ruskins; now,
1900, mine. Charles Eliot Norton, and below that:
Now, 1903, mine , Isabella Stewart Gardner.
Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), /% 2 I2 ( + /, inserted be-
tween 2* and .?*), j 10 , ^ 8 , J 6 , <5" (// and 12 cancelled,
and IO ff. inserted between 6** and 6 l ), / l8 , 2 fly-leaves
(paper).
Contents:
f. I (). Pacta et Conuentiones inter Capfm. $ geminianj et
[*Soci]etate Scol^. Del afto 1 504 Inditio. vij: adi 29. marzo.
f. 3. Questa sie la tabula ouer registro del capitoli de la pre-
sente matricula per ordine distinct! zc.
The original index fills a page and a half; later additions filled
the blank half-page, and four leaves were inserted on which the
index is continued with this heading: "1686. 2 Marzo Noua
Aggionta delF Indice." The secretary of that date paged the vol-
ume to the end of his record, p. 88. There are no subsequent
additions to the index, but later hands have continued the pagi-
nation to 145. The odd numbers are on the left-hand pages,
and the inserted pages of the index are omitted in the number-
ing, which, for convenience, will be followed in the rest of this
description.
p. 7. M.D. vi. Die xxvij Aprilis: In Consilio Decem: Q Auc-
toritate huius Conscilij Concedatur Plebano et Parochianis Ec-
clesie Sancti geminiani de Venetijs Che in quella possino leuar
una fraternita soto vocabulo del Corpo di christo . . .
loanes iacobus de Michaelibus
Secretarius Consilij scripsit.
*The leafis mutilated.
3 1
MARIEGOLA, ETC. (CONTINUED)
p. IO. Ad honorem laudem et gloriam beatissimetrinitatis . . .
This is the first page of the charter, which begins with various
benedictions, followed by a statement of the purposes of the con-
fraternity.
pp. 1426. The original statutes of the Confraternity.
The rest of the book contains additions to the statutes, extracts
of wills making bequests to the Scuola, copies of decrees affect-
ing it, records of meetings, etc., written in a great variety of
hands. On pp. 71-74 is an inventory of the possessions of the
Scuola at the chucch. This inventory comes between entries
dated 1636 and 1639. The second item is this very book, "Una
maregola fornida de arzento e couerta de ueludo cremexin."
The last entry, p. 145, is dated 1785: 10 Febraro.
Decorations:
p. p. Full-page picture with a border of repeating design of flower
and foliage forms in blue, crimson, green, and gold on a gold
ground ; at the bottom, in the centre, is a green wreath within
which on a blue ground are the letters I H S in gold. In
the picture, members of the Scuola, holding tall candles, are
kneeling on either side; in the middle stands a young priest
facing to the right, holding a monstrance; he wears a white cas-
sock and a red cope with a design in gold; facing him is a man
in white kneeling, supporting a large standard, on which are
two angels at the right and left of a chalice, from which rises a
half-figure of the Christ, with blood flowing from His wounds,
His hands held by the angels. The angel at the right has a green
tunic and red wings; the other, a red tunic and green wings.
The background is a landscape.
/. IO. Has a similar border; in the wreath at the bottom is a
bishop with his crozier, on a blue ground; in the centre at the
top, the Lion of St. Mark on a blue ground. In the initial N,
God the Father, with the orb, blessing ; He wears a red tunic
and blue mantle.
The initial of each of the original eighteen statutes is formed
of foliated scrolls on a square gold ground. Each initial is deco-
rated with a vine and leaf design with flowers and scrolls.
CAPITOLARE DI DOMENICO DIEDO
Commission from Doge Christopho^o Moro ap-
pointing Domenico Diedo Procuratore di San
Marco. Vellum, n x 8, ff. 26 + 3; 23 lines to a
page; cent, xv (Christophoro Moro was Doge
1462-1471); beautifully written in a clear and
precise hand. Bound in red velvet.
Collation: 2 fly-leaves, i-2 l ,j (6 left), i fly-leaf.
Contents :
f. I. Incipiunt capitula commission is domini dominici diedo
procurations ecclesie sancti marci apostoli et euangeliste.
/ 4. Blank.
f.f. Nos xpoforus mauro dei gratia dux uenetiarum zc Com-
mittimus tibi nobili uiro dominico diedo procuratori ecclesie
nostre sancti marci. Below, Sacrametuj.
This oath is followed by the statutes of the office, which the
procurator swore to obey. There are forty-nine in the index,
which it was evidently expected would be extended on the
following blank leaf. There are fifty-three of the statutes them-
selves, with a blank leaf for additions.
The heading of the index and of each of the statutes in the
text is in red. The initials in the index are alternately red with
simple pen decorations in violet, and blue with decorations in
red. The initials of the statutes alternate in the same way, but
the delicate and elaborate pen flourishes extend the length of the
page. There are only seven pages without such ornament.
The chief decoration is on the first page of the commission
(f. 5). This has a very beautiful border of vines and flowers in
blue, crimson, green, and gold; at the bottom, in the centre,
two cherubs with crimson wings, standing on blue clouds, sup-
port a green wreath enclosing, against a black ground covered
with very fine white flourishes, a shield with the Diedo coat
of arms. The initial N at the top of the page is crimson cov-
ered with delicate white flourishes, and set on a square of gold;
within the N on a black ground covered with white flourishes
is a figure of foliated scrolls in green, blue, and crimson, touched
up with white. The Sacramentum has an exquisite initial I of
scroll design in blue, crimson, and gold, set in a rectangle of
vine and flower forms like the border.
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COMMISSIONE DUCALE
Commission appointing Antonio Georgio Podesta
of Oderzo. Vellum, 9! x 61, ff. 66 + 2 ; 2 5 lines to a
page; cent, xvi (i 536); in Latin, written at Venice
in a very clear cursive hand. Original binding of
brown leather with gold tooling; in a circle on the
front cover, "ANTONII GEORGIO," and similarly on
the reverse cover, "M.D.XXXVI."
Collation: I fly-leaf (paper), 7 IO -rf 10 , 7*, / fly-leaf '(paper).
Contents:
f. I. Nos ANDREAS GRITI DEI GRATIA Dvx VENETIARVM ET
CAETERA.
COMMITTIMVS. Tibi Nob. V. Antonio Georgio, dilecto Ciui,
et fideli nostro, quod in bona gra uadas et sis Potestas de nostro
mandato Opitergij, per menses, xvi, et tantum plus quantum
successor tuus illuc uenire distulerit: habendo ad honorem nos-
tram, et bonum statum et conseruationem dict terre bonam et
diligentem curam.
At the bottom of the page, below the border, is the date, 1536.
The rest of the book consists of the statutes to be followed in
administering his office. They end on f. 61 (b), and are dated
and signed: Datj in nro ducali Palatio, die I Septembris In-
dictione X. M D xxxvj.
Hier' murianus,
Secretarius
On the following three pages are entries in different hands;
then six blank pages, and on the last page statements regard-
ing salaries. The regulations are minute: f. 49, De seruis fugi-
tiuis; f. 49 (b), De negocijs publicis non scribal 1 priuatis; f. 54,
De non ducendo filium pro socio nee aliquem de maiori Cons?,
etc.
The initial of each statute is red; otherwise the only decora-
tion is the elaborate first page. A band of gold, edged with
yellowish-brown, surrounds the page, and is broken at the top
and bottom to include elliptical medallions, between which it
frames a central rectangular panel. The upper half of this panel
contains the words "Nos . . . Caetera" in gold on an elliptical
ground of beautiful red; this ellipse is enclosed in a rectangular
34
COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED)
green band, the space around the ellipse being crimson with sil-
ver tracery. The lower half of the panel furnishes a plain back-
ground for text, with a simple initial C on a square blue ground.
In the medallion at the top of the page is the Lion of St.
Mark in gold against a light blue ground (green in the lower
left corner) ; he has a dark halo, violet wings, and holds a red
book closed. In the medallion below is a coat of arms on a blue
ground (a strip of green across the bottom). The ground of the
border in the upper left and lower right corners is green, in the
other corners blue; where the colours meet on the sides, there
is a vertical medallion of violet; in each of these compartments
there is a handsome design of leaf and flower forms in gold.
COMMISSIONS DUCALE
Commission appointing Vincenzo Gritti Gov-
ernor of Udine. Vellum, 9! x 6,ff.98 + 2; 23 lines
to a page; cent, xvi (1546); in Latin, written at
Venice in a clear cursive hand. Original binding
of brown leather with gold tooling; in a circle on
the front cover, the Lion of St. Mark ; at the left
and right of the circle, the initials V. G.; in the
circle on the reverse cover, a seated figure of Ven-
ice with the attributes of Justice.
Collation: I fly-leaf (paper), i l -zo l (jf and 6 cane.}, I fly-
leaf '(paper]. The ff. have been numbered, but asf.jo was
skipped, the numbering is incorrect.
Contents :
f. I. Nos. FRANCISCVS DONATO DEI GRATIA Dvx VENETIARVM
fcfr.
f. I (b). Committimus tibi nobili viro Vincentio Gritti, dilecto
ciui et fideli nostro, quod de nostro mandate uadas I nostrum
locu tenentem, terrae nostrae Vtini ac totius patriae : etc.
f. 94. Datj In nfo ducali Palatio die 27 lulii Indict. 4'.* M. D.
xxxxvi:
H. murianus
Secret.
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COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED)
It is interesting to compare this signature with the one written
ten years earlier in the commission of Antonio Georgio.
The headings and first words of the statutes are in red. The
initials of the statutes are supplied in red through f. 10; they
are entirely omitted on ff. 1 1-18 (a), but have been put in in
red by a later hand in the rest of the book.
The first page is elaborately painted. The few words of text are
in gold on an elliptical crimson ground in a yellow cartouche
set in a rectangle the corners of which are filled in with purple.
On this rectangle stands the Lion of St. Mark in gold, against
a blue sky; above, surrounded by clouds, is a half-length fig-
ure of the Madonna and Child; in a medallion at the bottom,
two cherubs support a cartouche on which is the Gritti coat of
arms; in a medallion at the left, St. Francis receiving the stig-
mata; in one at the right, a Dominican saint holding a flaming
heart (?) and a blue book; the corners of the page are filled with
armour and military trophies in gold and black on a black ground.
COMMISSIONE DUCALE
Commission appointing Girolamo Morosini Cap-
tain of Brescia. Vellum, 8f x 6, ff. 118+3522 lines
to a page; cent, xvi (1547); written at Venice iik
a very fine clear hand. Bound in brown leather,*^
with the original gold-tooled sides; "HIERONYMI I
MAVROCENO" in a circle on the front cover, and
".M.D.XLVII." in a circle on the reverse cover. On
the inside of the cover, Mr. C. E. Norton has writ-
ten in pencil : Girolamo Morosini died 1 570. v. Cico-
gna. Inscr. Fenez. 6. 594. Francesco Donatoborn 1468,
Doge 1545, died 1553. v. Cicogna. I. 60.
Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), / 10 -/o 10 , 7/ 8 , I fly-leaf
(paper). The ff. are numbered up to 114..
Contents:
f. J. Nos FRANCISCVS DONATO DEI GRATIA Dvx VENETIA^ I3c.
f. I (6). COMMITTIMVS tibi NobiliViroHieronymo Mauroceno
COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED)
dilecto ciui, et fideli, quod de mandate nostro uadas, et sis ciui-
tatis nostrae Brixiae capitaneus per meses xvi., etc.
The text is in Latin as far as f. 91 (b); the remainder is in
Italian except the last statute, f. 1 1 8 (b), " De modo summendi
denuncias contra blasphematores," and the usual oath and date
on f. 119: Jurasti honorem, & proficuum dominij nostri eundo,
stando, et redeundo:
Datj In nfo ducali Palatio die xvij Julij. Indict, v. M. D.
xxxxvij
H. Murianus,
Secret.
The headings and initials of the statutes are in red. The first
page is elaborately painted by a skilful artist. It is framed by
a narrow band of crimson edged with gold; in the upper half
is a large medallion with a portrait of Morosini at the right;
he has a short brown beard and wears a purple gown edged
with white fur fastened up to his throat; his hands are clasped
in adoration; above, in the centre, the Trinity; a little lower,
at the left, the Madonna and Child; below, a landscape rep-
resenting a walled town by the sea with green fields in the fore-
ground and blue hills in the distance. Below this medallion
is a small yellow cartouche with the few words of text in gold
on a crimson ground; in a small space between the medallion
and the cartouche, the Lion of St. Mark in gold on a crimson
ground. Below the cartouche is another medallion, in which
on a cartouche suspended by a ribbon against a landscape back-
ground are emblazoned the Morosini arms. The rest of the
page has a black ground on which are graceful foliated scrolls
in gold with flowers in blue and violet, a laurel branch in gold
at the left of the cartouche containing the text, a palm branch
at the right. At the extreme left, below the large medallion,
are the words "ANNO JETATIS," and at the right, "xxxxv."
COMMISSIONE DUCALE
Commission appointing Antonio Bragadini (?)
Podesta of Noale. Vellum, 9 x 6i, ff. 180 + 2;
23 lines to a page; cent, xvi (1578); in Italian,
written at Venice in a very clear cursive hand.
Original red morocco binding, with gold tooling;
37
COMMISSIONE DUCALE (CONTINUED)
in an oval on the front cover the Lion of St. Mark
is cut and gilded; similarly, on the reverse cover,
the Bragadini arms are cut and emblazoned. On
the inside of the cover, Mr. C. E. Norton has
written in pencil : Probably Anton Bragadin, son of
MarcantoniOy the hero and martyr of Famagosta in
1571 (cf. c. 1 60 b). 'The shield on the cover is that of
the Bragadini.
Collation: I fly-leaf '(paper), / I0 -/c? 10 , I fly-leaf (paper).
The ff. are numbered through i6j.
Contents:
f.l (b). Nos NICOLA vs DE PONTE DEI GRATIA Dvx VENETIARU;
ETC. COMMETTEMO
a te Nobil huomo , diletto Cittadin,
et fidel nostro, che in buona gratia uadi et sij Podesta di nostro
commandameto di Noal per mesi xvi . . .
The name which was written in has been erased here and also
on f. 1 68. The usual date with the signature of the Secretary,
which should follow the oath (f. 167 b) is lacking, suggesting
that after the Commission had been written and illuminated,
something prevented its delivery.
f. 171. Repertorivm.
Decorations:
On f. I (b) the words "Nos . . . Commettemo" are in gold.
The headings and initials of the statutes are in red or violet.
The chief decoration is on the first page, which is entirely filled
by a picture in a heavy ornate oval gold frame. The small spaces
at the corners and an escutcheon at the bottom are filled in
with purple. The picture represents St. Mark, in a yellow tunic
and violet mantle, presenting the new official to the Madonna
and Child. The handsome but swarthy official wears a crimson
gown lined with brown fur, and is apparently kneeling in ado-
ration. The head of the Lion is squeezed in between him and
the Virgin, who is seated at the left, her right hand clasped to
her breast, her left hand supporting the Child, who leans for-
ward in an attitude of benediction. The Madonna wears a crim-
Son gown and a blue mantle which covers her head. The Child
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COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED)
stands on a white cushion on a pedestal of green and white
marble; in His left hand He holds a small gold cross. A green
curtain is draped behind the Virgin, partly concealing a column
on a high base; above, in the centre, the symbol of the Holy
Ghost in irradiated clouds; a landscape in the background.
CAPITOLARE DEL CONSIGLIERE MARC
ANTONIO LOREDAN
Vellum, 94 x 61, ff-47 + i; 19 lines to a page; cent,
xvn (1607); written in a commonplace cursive
hand. Original crimson velvet binding. The Lore-
dan arms are stamped on the bottom off. i. On
the fly-leaf Mr. C. E. Norton has written in pen-
cil : Doge Leonardo Donato 1 60616 1 2. 'These Capi-
tolari of the Counsellors of the Doge are of great rar-
ity r , which is to be accounted for probably by their be-
ing returned to the Ducal Chancery by the Counsellor
at the close of his term of service. (See Cheney, " Re-
marks on the Illuminated Official Manuscripts of
the Venetian Republic," p. 50.)
Collation: I fly-leaf (paper}, i lo -j l (8, p, 10, wanting).
Theff. are numbered except the last, which should be 4.7; this
number has been put on f. 4.6, and number 4.6 is omitted.
Several quires have been torn out at the back, presumably the
"promts stone" of the Doge; something is also missing at the
front, but probably only an illuminated leaf. The Capita/are
is intact. It begins:
Givro lo Marc' Anto. Loredan Consegliero di venetia del ses-
tier de staS # alii santi euangeli di Dio, che per fino che sar6
conseglier conseglier6 . . .
The first statute is as follows :
Di hauer a casa il capitolar.
Ancora son obbligato hauer a casa un capitolar in scriptis, et
leggerlo tutto, ouero farmelo legger almeno una fiata al mese,
et similmente la promissione del ser Principe, et quella leg-
39
CAPITOLARE, ETC. (CONTINUED)
ger, ouero farmi legger almeno una fiata ogni do' mesi ct quando
sara aggionto ad esso capitolar qualche cosa debbo sopra esso
capitolar quanto piu presto potr6 farlo sopra esso capitolar scriver
con buona fede, et otto giorni auanti il finir della mia conse-
glieria son tenuto restituir esso capitolar, et promissione.
The Capitolare is dated and signed at the end :
M: DC vij
Flaminio Barbaro
Nodaro Ducal.
There are no decorations except that the first words on f. I , in-
cluding the initial of " Consegliero," are in gold.
CAPITOLARE DI FRANCESCO CONTA-
RINI, PROCURATORE DI SAN MARCO
Vellum, 1 1 x yi, fF. 1 6 1 + 6 ; 20 lines to a page ;
cent, xvn (1615); partly in Latin, partly in Italian,
written in a fine cursive hand. Original crimson
velvet binding, the clasps missing. On the first fly-
leaf Mr. Norton has written in pencil: " 'The Capi-
ta lari of the Procurators are not common & some have
great beauty in the illumination" Cheney, Remarks
on ilium. Venetian Mss., p.6i.
Collation: j fly-leaves (paper)^ 7 2 (+/), 2 l -i6 l y // 8 , J
fly-leaves (paper). Beginning with the text of the statutes^
f. 24., the book is paged from / to 276; the last lo ff. are
not numbered.
Contents:
f.j (b~). Nel nome del SigF Dio; Incomincia la Tauola della
Comission del ClarSignor Franc? ContariniCaul fudel Clar m :
Sig! Bertuci eletto Procf adi xi Decembre 161 5. sotto il Princi-
pato del Ser"] D. D. Giouani Bembo . . .
The list of statutes begins on the following page and fills 26
pages; it is followed by 13 blank pages.
/ 23 (b). IVRAMENTVM Clarissimorum Dominorum Pro-
curatorum Sancti Marci de citra Canali'.
4
CAPITOLARE, ETC. (CONTINUED)
The statutes begin on the next page, numbered I ; originally
they filled 276 pages; there are five pages and two lines of addi-
tions, followed by seven blank leaves.
Decorations :
f. 2 (b). Full-page picture, St. Francis presenting the new official
to the Madonna and Child. The Procurator, gray and bearded,
kneels in adoration at the right ; he wears a scarlet gown edged
with ermine, and a band of scarlet and gold brocade hangs over
his left arm; the Madonna, seated on a throne, wears a crimson
gown, blue mantle, and white veil; the Child is seated on a
green cushion on her lap, His right hand raised in benediction.
The group is arranged on a marble-paved terrace, with a bal-
ustrade; landscape background. The picture is enclosed in a
massive rococo frame of gold, crimson, and blue, with the Lion
of St. Mark above, and the Contarini arms in a cartouche below;
the spaces around the frame are filled in with purple, marked
off into small panels by lines of gold.
f. 3 (6). Elaborate gold frame around the text, which is in gold;
at the top of the frame, a cherub's head with blue wings ; tas-
selled blue festoons hang from the top and bottom of the frame.
f. 4. A similar, but simpler gold frame, broken at the bottom.
The initial G, in gold on a square blue ground, filled with
an arabesque in gold; the rest of this first item of the index is in
gold.
f. 23 (6), p. I. Similar gold frames, with masks in the centre of
the top and bottom ; on p. I , there are also masks on the sides.
The headings of the statutes are in red, and the initials in gold.
CAPITOLARE DEL CONSIGLIERE PIE-
TRO BENEDETTO
Vellum, 9 x 6i, ff. 59 -f 4 ; 20 lines to a page ; cent,
xvn (1622); written in an ordinary cursive hand.
Binding: Purple velvet with silk tapes. On the
inside of the cover, the autograph of C. E. Nor-
ton, and a note written by him.
Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), i l -6 l (10 wanting), 2 fly-
leaves (paper). The ff. are numbered through 50.
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CAPITOLARE, ETC. (CONTINUED)
Contents :
The Capitolare begins on f. I (b) with the usual oath : GIVRO
lo PIETRO BENEDETTO Consiglier di Venetia del sestier di Ca-
naregio . . . The statutes fill 48 ff. and part of the 49th, and are
dated and signed at the end as follows : Datj in N'ro Ducal i
Palatio Die ultima Decembris, Ind 1 ? 6 vj. M. DC. xxij.
Giulio Corona
Nod . Ducale.
The Rvbrica begins on f. 51 and fills 8 pages ; the last five ff. are
blank.
Decorations:
f. I. Full-page illumination enclosed by a rectangular gold
band. In the centre is a large medallion framed by gold scrolls
and divided just above the middle by a gold band ; in the
upper portion is the Lion of St. Mark in gold with crimson and
green wings, against a landscape background, symbolic of Ven-
ice. In the lower portion, against a pale yellow ground is a car-
touche of crimson, blue, and gold, with the Benedetto arms; a
red ribbon, ending in tassels, encircles a laurel branch at the
left, and a palm branch at the right. From the eight points in
the frame of the medallion spring foliated scrolls in green, blue,
crimson, and very dark red; in the upper corners are small pea-
cocks, in the lower corners, cocks; arranged around the medal-
lion are two birds, two bees, two lady-birds, and two butterflies.
On the verso of this folio, the words "Givro lo Pietro Bene-
detto C " are in gold, the G decorated with gold flourishes.
COMMISSIONE DUCALE
Commission appointing Giovanni Barbaro Po-
desta of Chioggia. Vellum, 9 x 62, ff. 121 + 2517
lines to a page;cent.xvin(i768);written in a rapid
cursive hand. Binding: Purple velvet, with silk
tapes.
Collation: I fly-leaf (paper), I 10 (lo cane.}, 2*, j 6 , /, 5%
6*1 A <? 6 > 9\ *0\ II 6 , I2*-l6\ I fly-leaf (paper).
f. 2. ALOYSIUS MOCENICO DEI GRATIA Dux VENETIARUM ETC.
Commettiamo a Te Nobil Huomo Zuanne Barbaro fu de M :
4 2
COMMISSIONS DUCALE (CONTINUED)
Almor6 Proc? Diletto Cittadino e fedel nostro che in nome
del Signer Nostro Giesu Christo vadi, e sij de Nostro mandato
Podesta a Chioza . . .
The statutes begin on f. 3 and end onf. 1 1 8, dated and signed as
follows: Data in Nfo Ducali Palatio Die 9 Giunj Indictione
p"> : a MDCCLXVIII.
Fran c . Vincenti Fosca
Seg ri . alle Voci.
The last three ff. are blank.
On the verso of f. I is a full-page picture as a frontispiece. The
patron saint of the new official presents him to the Madonna
and- Child; the saint stands at the left looking up at the Ma-
donna and indicating his protege with his right hand ; he wears
the alb and a yellow chasuble, and a cross leans against his right
shoulder; Barbaro kneels at the right, a young man in a scarlet
gown and long white curled peruke; between them, the head
and one paw of the Lion of St. Mark, holding an escutcheon
with the Barbaro arms ; above, against a pale yellow background,
is the Madonna in a crimson gown, blue mantle, and white veil,
seated on a cloud and supporting with both hands the Child, who
stands on the cloud.
On f. 2, the words "Aloysius . . . E T C." and "Zuanne . . .
Proc?" are in gold.
COMMISSIONE DUCALE
Commission appointing Giovanni Bolani Podesta
of Chioggia. Vellum, 8i x 62, ff. 159 + 4; 19 lines
to a page; cent, xvm (1718); written in a rapid
cursive hand. Original binding, embossed silver
sides, crimson and gold brocade back, with the
Doge's seal in a silver case attached by a crimson
and yellow cord and tassel; on the front cover,
Venice enthroned beneath a canopy, at her feet,
the Bolani arms, at the right, the Lion of St.
Mark with the open book ; on the reverse cover,
the Lion rampant guardant, standing on a mili-
43
COMMISSIONE DUCALE (CONTINUED)
tary trophy and holding palm-branches. The
clasps are modern.
Collation : 2 fly-leaves (paper), / lo ( + /), 2 10 -IJ 10 , /#>, 2 fly-
leaves (paper).
f, 2. IOANNES CORNELIO DEI GRA~ Dvx VENETIA^ ETC. Com-
mettemo a Te, Nobil Homo IOANNE BOLANI Fv DE FRAN:
Diletto Cittadin, e fedel nostro che in nome del Signer Nostro
Giesu Christo uadi e sij de nostro mandate Podesta a Chioza.
The statutes begin on f. 3 and end on f. 155, dated and signed
as follows : Datj in Nostro Ducali Palatio Die secunda Mensis
Septembris, Indictione Duodecima M. D. C.C. xv. iii.
Marin Acerbi
Seg rio alle Voci.
The last 4 ff. are blank.
On the verso of f. I is a full-page picture as a frontispiece. The
new official is presented by his patron saint to the Madonna
and Child. St. John stands at the right, wearing a vermilion
tunic and green mantle, and holding a chalice; in front of him
kneels Bolani, in a crimson gown and long white curled per-
uke; the Madonna is seated on a throne at the left; she wears
a crimson dress, blue mantle, and white veil; the Child is seated
on her lap; at her feet, the head and shoulders of the Lion of
St. Mark, holding an escutcheon on which are emblazoned the
Bolani arms. In the background, a column and a purple hanging.
The words "loannes Cornelio . . . ETC." and "loanne Bolani
fv de Fran:" are in gold.
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS
Degree conferred on Carlo Vicentini by the Uni-
versity of Padua. Vellum, 9! x 6, ff. 4 + 4 ; 3 7 lines
to a page; cent, xvn (1690); written in a small
Roman hand. Old morocco binding with elabo-
rate gold tooling, and seal of Cardinal Barbarigo
in a tin case, attached by a silk cord.
Collation: 2 fly-leaves (paper), 7 4 , 2 fly-leaves (paper).
44
DEGREE, ETC. (CONTINUED)
The Degree is dated near the end, Afto Xpi MDCXC. Ind.
XIII die lovis XII, Octobris. It is written in black and gold.
Decorations:
f. I (b). In the centre, Pallas, with a portrait of Vicentini on
her shield, the owl on a branch nearby; in a cartouche above,
St. Anthony of Padua; below, two peacocks; the rest of the page
is filled with scrolls in blue and gold, with a large rose and
another flower at the right, and two flowers at the left.
f. 2, Similar decoration and arrangement, but the central picture
is replaced by the beginning of the text; in the cartouche above,
the Virgin ; instead of the large flowers, there are at the right a
pomegranate and strawberries, and at the left, pears and filberts.
f. 2 (b), 3,3 (b). These three pages are decorated alike, with
a border of blue and gold scrolls around each page; in the mid-
dle of each side border is an insect, a bee, spider, etc.
f. 4. The Vicentini arms; below, laurel and palm branches tied
with red ribbon; in the upper right corner, a fly; in the lower
corners, at the right, a lady-bird, at the left, an ant.
PRIVILEGIUM AROMATARIORUM
Diploma of Donato Dardi. Vellum, 9 x 6i, ff.
6 + 2; 23 lines to a page; cent, xvm (1745); in
a clear Roman hand. Original binding, brown
morocco with gold and blind tooling, the seal in a
leather-covered tin box, attached by a silk cord.
Collation: i fly-leaf (paper^ T 6 , I fly-leaf (paper).
Contents:
f. i. Title: Privilegium Aromatariorum.
f. 3. In Christi Salvatoris Nostri, Beatissimaec^. Virginis Matris
Mariae Nomine, Amen.
Uniuersis, et Singulis has Nostras uisuris, et lecturis Nos Justi-
tiarij Veteres pro Serrha Veneta Republica, significamus, et haru
serie fidem facimus, Qualiter die infrascripta datarum pr^-
sentium Conuocatum fuit Magistratus edicto Aromatariorum
huius Inclyt^ Ciuitatis Collegium, sicut moris est, requirente
Domini Donat^ Dardi fuit Appolonij, Piranensi quo de eius
Sufficientia, et Doctrina in Arte Aromataria periculum fieret . . .
45
PRIVILEGIUM AROMATARIORUM (CONTINUED)
At the end, Actum, et Dactum [sic] Venetiis in Magistratu Nos-
tro Die 18 Mensis Junij Anno 1745, followed by the signa-
tures of the examiners, Zne Dolfin, Marin Bembo, Almor6
Tiepolo, and below, Gio. Notta . . . dello Nod?
f. 5. After a repetition of the invocation on f. 3:
Die XI Mensis Junij 1 745. Congregato Honorando Collegio D:
D: Pharmacopolorum huius Ciuitatis in consueto Loco nostro
Reductionis, ad Examinandum et Approbandum Dominum
Donat' 1 ? Dardi fuit Appolonij, Piranensem, et interfuerunt D :
Julius Nuccio ad duos Angelos, Prior, D: Philippus Ongarato ad
Citru Imperiale, D : Joseph Gierardi ad duos Montes, Consilia-
rij, D: Joseph Vicentini ad duos Delphynos Aureos, D: Francis-
cus Repiglia ad S. Blasiu, Syndici, D : Jacobus Fantuzzi ad S : Lau-
rentiumJustinianum,D: Joseph Guadagnini adDucem,D: Lau-
ren tius Gorgazini ad Veterem, Adiuncti ... At the end, the signa-
tures of these examiners, and below, that of Antonius Scarmolini
Pharmacopeia ad signum Sancti Hijeronimi, Cancellarius.
Decorations:
The Diploma is elaborately decorated; the text is written in
black and gold, and each page is surrounded by a narrow gold
band. The title on f. I is enclosed in a simple oval of crimson
edged with silver; this is surrounded by a frame of blue and
gold scrolls from which is draped a crimson festoon; scrolls in
blue and gold and crimson fill the remaining space.
On the verso of f. I, enclosed in a simple geometric frame,
Christ with the orb, blessing; He is seated on clouds against a
yellow background and wears a crimson tunic and blue man-
tle; around the frame are arabesques in many colours, vases of
flowers, and at the bottom, two griffins. The opposite page is
similarly decorated, but with a figure representing Venice in the
centre.
The verso of f. 2 is divided horizontally by a gold band; in the
lower section, which is almost square, are four crimson and gold
cartouches tied by a blue ribbon; on these cartouches are the
arms of the examiners, Dolfin, Bembo, Tiepolo, and the Dolce
arms; in the rectangular upper section is the Lion of St. Mark
against the usual symbolic landscape.
On the verso off. 4 are eight similar cartouches tied by a blue rib-
bon, and containing the emblems of the examiners in pharmacy.
On the verso of f. 6, the Dardi arms.
46
PRIVILEGIUM IN ARTE AROMATARIA
Diploma of Giuseppe Cavalcaselle. Vellum,
Six 58, fF. 6 + 4; 28 lines to a page; cent, xvui
(1757); in a clear Roman hand. Plain half-mo-
rocco binding. Autograph of C. E. Norton on the
first fly-leaf.
Collation : 2 fly-leaves (paper), T 6 , 2 fly-leaves (paper).
Contents :
f. I. Title: Privilegium in Arte Aromataria.
f. J. In Christi Salvatoris Nostri, Beatissimasque Virginis Ma-
tris Mariae Nomine, Amen.
Universis, et Singulis hasce Nostras visuris, et lecturis Nos Jus-
titiarij Veteres pro Serma Venetiarii Republica significamus, et
haru serie fidem facimus, qualiter Die infrascripta dataru pr-
sentium convocatus fuit Magistrates edicto Aromatariorum
huius inclyt<j Civitatis Collegii, sicuti moris est, requirente D?
Joseph quondam D? Sylvestri Cavalcaselle Leniacense, quo de
Eius Sufficientia, et Doctrina in eadem Arte Aromataria peri-
culum fieret ... At the end, Actum; & Datum Venetiis in
Magtu Nostro die iv Mensis January Anno Redemption'^
Nostr^ MDCCLVII. M. V., followed by the signatures of the
examiners, Maffio Badoer, Marin Doria, Lio Bembo, and be-
low, Franl Menegatti Nod?
f.5. After a repetition of the invocation on f. 3:
Congregate Honorando Collegio D: D: Pharmacopolorum
huius Civitatis in consueto Loco Nostr^ Reductionis ad Exami-
nandum, et Approbandum D? Joseph q. m D 1 Sylvestri Cavalca-
selle Leniacensem, et interfuerunt Domini Franciscus Grapiglia
ad S: Blasium Prior, Marcus Antonius Zoppelli ad S: Francis-
cum, Dominicus Vincenti ad S: Bernardum, Consiliarij, Fran-
ciscus Cavalcaselle ad S: Margaritam, Joafies Jacobus Zanichelli
ad Erculem, Syndici, Laurenrentius [sic~\ Gorgazini ad Vetu-
lam, Franciscus Monti ad Cervam Auream, Joanes Bapta Bon-
tempo ad Rosam aurea, Adjunct! ... At the end, the signatures
of these examiners, and below, one which looks like Jo Pietro
Rossi, scontro.
Decorations:
Aside from certain differences in the colours, the decoration is
exactly like that of the earlier Privilegium of Donato Dardi.
47
PRIVILEGIUM, ETC. (CONTINUED)
The four escutcheons on the verso of f. 2 bear the arms of
Malipieri, Lazari, Soranzo (?), and Bembo; the emblems of the
examiners in pharmacy appear on the verso of f. 4, and the
Cavalcaselle arms on the verso of f. 6.
CRONICA DE VENEXIA
Paper, i if x 8i, ff. 1 59 + 5 ; generally 29 lines to
a page; cent xv; written at Venice in a cursive
hand. Binding: red velvet. On the inside of the
cover is the autograph of C. E. Norton.
Collation : j fy-leaves, /", *, j' 8 , ^'Sj", 6 1 *, 7'*, <?' 6 ,
p 14 , JO' 4 , //% 12** (14. cane.}, 2 fly-leaves. The collation of
the last two quires is difficult and may be incorrect.
Contents :
f. I. Qua se tracta come attila flagelum dei vene in Italia.
f. 4. Qua se trata de li Re e Inparadori e de li lor fate e morti.
f. 14. Qua se tracta de tuti li offitij e dignita de la Inclita Cita
de Venexia.
f. 2^. In nome de dio: e del figliol: e del spirito sancto: e de
tuti H sancti: e sancte de dio. Amen.
Questa e la chronica de tuta la prouintia De Venexia. -
f. 142 (b). Come domino Augustin Barbarigo fu fato Doxe del
1486.
Del Anno Mcccc Ixxxvj. adi xxx de Agosto. Agustin Barbarigo
fratello e successor del predito fu creado Doxe e vivete Anni
(Augustino Barbarigo died in 1501, but apparently the author
of this chronicle was already dead.)
The last entry is at the bottom of this same page: "Come del
1490. se veniva da Margera a venexia cum bestie suxo la giaza."
ff. 143145. These pages contain copies of documents relating
to the sale to Venice of the Island of Candia and of Salonica by
the " Marchexe de Monferato " in 1204, and of the Island of
Tenedos by John Paleologus.
f. 145 (V). List of noble families of Venice.
48
CRONICA DE VENEXIA (CONTINUED)
f. 146. Queste sono tute le chasade de la zentili homini de la
cita de Venexia.
There follow twenty-seven pages containing in double columns
a list of the noble families of Venice, giving a brief account of
their achievements, with their arms emblazoned.
Decorations:
f. I is decorated with a border between gold bands down both
sides and across the bottom ; the outer band extends across the
top. The border is a gay design of foliated scrolls and leaf and
flower forms in green, red, crimson, blue, and gold ; at the bottom,
in the centre is a green wreath surrounding a blank shield on
a blue ground. The initial is crimson on a square of gold ; its
centre is filled with a design in blue, green, and red.
jf, 4, 14, 2$. These pages are similarly decorated, except that
the border extends also across the top; on ff. 14 and 25, the
background for the blank shield is pink; on f. 14, the heading
is written on a ribbon in the border.
f. 146. Illuminated initial with foliated scroll decoration.
RELATIONE BELLA CITTA E REP*? DI
VENETIA
Paper, nix 8, ff. 78; 20 lines to a page; cent,
xvn ; written at Venice in a cursive hand. Bind-
ing: crimson velvet.
Collation : / 10 -<? 10 (p and IO cane.).
Contents:
The text begins on f. I : Relatione della citta e Rep"? di Venetia.
Nella quale sono descritti li principij di sua edificatione, avanza-
menti acquisti, e perdite fatte, gouerno, riti, costumi, dominio,
forze, erario, adherenze con Pfipi, e differenze con gP Elettori,
per causa di precedenza.
On f. 42 reference is made to Pesaro, who was Doge, 1658
1659.
At the end are lists of officials with their salaries, a detailed state-
ment of the city's income from various sources and its expend-
itures; for example: "Si numerano in capella ducale di S. Marco
49
RELATIONS, ETC. (CONTINUED)
38 musici e 12 strong 1 ciascun dc quali ha di sal? annuale 50-
6070 e 1 80 d' 1 , e pochi quei che ne hanno 100, il maestro
di capella 400, et il p m . organista 200, non li mancano per6
occ"' di utilitarsi e prouecchiarsi in altre maniere pche la citta
e delitiosa si che tutta la spesa di d? cappella non eccede
D 5000."
There are no decorations.
INFELICE FINE DE NOBILI VENETI
Paper, yi x 5*, ff. 30 + 2 ; 21 lines to a page ; cent,
xvn. Plain half-leather binding.
Collation: i fly-leaf, 7", 2 l \ J 6 , I [fly-leaf .
Contents:
f. I. Infelice fine de Nobili Veneti.
A list of executions, assassinations, and fatal accidents, from June,
1 580, to February, 164.6. There are three additional entries in
another hand, one dated 1647, the others 1655.
f. 77. Notta di tutti quelli che morirono dalla Peste li anni
1630 et 1631.
At the end: Questisono 204. quali morirono durante la Peste,
per6 non tutti di Peste.
f. 24. Agiunta tratta dalli Libri della Sanita.
A list of twelve nobles decapitated " fra le colonne per ordine
dell' eccelso Consig. di died," March, i547~May, 1601.
f. 25. Copy of a letter to Pope Innocent VI from the Doge
Giovanni Delfino, April 19, 1 3 57, justify ing penalties inflicted
on various persons who, by false witness, etc., attemped to shield
Nicoletto, natural son of Nicol6 Morosini, Bishop of Castello,
and Margarita Gallina, from punishment for killing a man in
the Episcopal garden.
f. 29. Religiosi Banditi, e Giustiziati.
This list and the letter to Pope Innocent VI are in a third hand.
There are four additions to this list in the same hand as the addi-
tions to the first list in the book.
There are no decorations.
LIBRO DE NOBILI
Paper, 5$ x 4, ff. 232 + 6; cent, xvn; written at
Venice in a small hand, not easily read. Bind-
ing: brown calf with cover-title: "ITALIAN ARMS."
Book-plate of Charles Eliot Norton.
Colla tion : j fly-leaves, 7 8 ( + /), 2*-$* (7 cane.}, 6*- 1 6* (4.
and $ cane."), 17^-28*, 2<f, jo 4 , 3 fly-leaves.
In the foliation, which begins with I on f. ij, nos. jo, 115,
Il6, 222, and 223 are omitted.
Contents :
f. I. Title : Libro de Nobili con li nomi, die sono nati sino
1659. Tutti li sponsalitij, et d- Casata in Casata la sua arma,
che in tutte sono n! 221.
f. 3. Index.
f. IJ (numbered l}. Alphabetical list of families, with their arms
emblazoned.
PRATTICA DELLE CORTI DEL PALAZZO
DI VENETIA
Paper, 6 x 4 ; ff. 160 + 4519 lines to a page ; cent,
xvn ; written at Venice in a small cursive hand.
Original parchment binding. Book-plate of the
Earl of Guildford. On the second fly-leaf, E. C.
London Aug. 1 883; below, in Mr. Norton's writing,
E. C.=Edward Cheney, then John Ruskins. Now,
1900, C. E. Norton's; below, Mine, now, 1903, Isa-
bella Stewart Gardner.
Collation: The book is so tightly bound that it does not admit
of collation. The first 14.5 ff. are numbered consecutively ;
ff. 67-68, 73-74, itf- 1 * 8 -* i53-i54-> i55-*5
never been cut.
Contents:
f. I. Title: Prattica delle Corti del Palazzo di Venetia.
2. Petitione.
PRATTICA, ETC. (CONTINUED)
f. 27. Indice della Pratt: del Petit:
f. JO. Essaminador.
f. ^O. Indice della Pratt: del Essaminador.
/ 52. Blank,
f. 53. Forestier.
f. 66. Indice della Pratt: del Forestier.
/ 68. Blank (uncut),
f. 60. Mobile.
f. 73. Indice della Prattica del Mobile.
/ 74. Blank (uncut).
f. 75. Procurator.
f. 106. Indice della prattica del Procurator.
f. IOO. Proprio.
f. 144. Indice della prattica del Proprio.
/ 148. Blank (uncut).
f. 149. Indice delli offV et Corti del Palazzo.
f. 150. Indice della Prattica delle corti del Palazzo di Venetia.
(This general index only goes through the letter B.)
ff. 152-160. Blank.
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Chez Richard Hubert i [reimpression] Paris, Pinard, i8ji.
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sides, a band of arabesque design between double
fillets, the whole enclosed by double fillets, the
band broken at the corners by lines connecting
the corners of the inside and outside fillets; in
the centre, the "arms" of Audenet; tooled back;
inside fillets; uncut edges. 7 x 4$.
BAUZONNET-TRAUTZ
La Pvce de Madame Des-Roches qvi est vn Recveil de
Divers Poemes . . . composez . . . avx Grans lours tenus a
Poitiers TAn M.D.LXXIX. Paris, 1582. I vol.
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BEDFORD, FRANCIS
Dante Alighieri. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fioren-
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with an arabesque ornament at the exterior cor-
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BEDFORD, FRANCIS (CONTINUED)
ners, succeeded again by the same fillets with fleur-
ons at the exterior corners and a small arabesque
at the interior corners; in each panel of the back,
a double fillet with an arabesque ornament in the
centre; inside fillets; gilt edges. i6H x n.
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Martialis. Venetiis. In Aedibvs Aldl, 1501. I vol.
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a chain of circular links between double fillets
which cross forming squares at the corners; in
each square is a quatrefoil ; the back entirely cov-
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simple scroll border between double fillets; gilt
edges. 7 A x 5!.
CHAMBOLLE-DURU
D'Urfe, Honor'e. Le Sireine. Jouxte la coppie imprimmee
A Paris, Chez lean Micard, 1618. I vol.
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three fillets and in the centre a dentelle lozenge;
tooled back; inside borders; gilt edges. 6 x 3^.
[Hamilton, Anto'me^ M'emoires de la Vie du Comte de
Grammont; con tenant particuli'erement Fhistoire amour euse
de la cour a" Angleterre, sous le regne de Charles II. A Co-
logne, Chez Pierre Marteau, IJIJ. I vol.
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of France on the sides ; inside border, a scroll be-
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Marot, Clement. Les (Evvres de Clement Marot. Paris,
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CHAMBOLLE-DURU (CONTINUED)
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Edward VPs copy, with his autograph.
Malvasia, Carlo Cesar e. Felsina Pittrice, Vite de Pittori
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Light brown calf with a double fillet at the edge
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The poet Gray's copy, with marginal notes by him.
DE COVERLY, ROGER
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design with detached rings of two alternating sizes
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leaves at the exterior corners of the inner fillet;
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11 A genuine Derome binding in a beautiful state of preser-
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centre; tooled back; inside borders; gilt edges.
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Marie Leczinska's copy. " Tres riche et charmante reliure,
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1^74. I vol.
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DUPR (CONTINUED)
the sides, a double fillet, succeeded by the same ;
in the panels of the back,.a double fillet with a half-
leaf in the corners, fleurons at the sides, and the
chiffre of Comte Riant in the centre ; inside bor-
ders; gilt edges. 6i x 4*.
DURU, H.
{Boucher, JeanJ\ Apologie povr lehan Chattel Parisien, ex-
ecute a mart. I. I vol.
Full red crushed levant morocco extra; sides plain;
fleurs-de-lys on the back; inside borders; gilt
edges. Duru, 1861. 6^5 x 3!.
Histoire prodigievse d'vn detestable parricide entrepris en
la personne du Roy [Henri 1V~\ par Pierre Barriere, dit
la Barre. 1594- I vol.
Full red crushed levant morocco, Janseniste style;
inside border; gilt edges. Duru, 1857. 6i a <r x 4.
La Rochefoucauld, Francois, due de. Reflexions ou Sen-
tences ft Maximes Morales. Paris, 1671. With his Nou-
velles reflexions. Paris, 1678. 2 vols. in I .
Full red crushed levant morocco extra, Janseniste
style. Duru, 1847. ^ x 3~ l36 "-
Firmin-Didoi 1 s copy with his ex-libris.
Marot, Ian, de Caen. Svr les devx heureux Voyages de
Genes & Venise, victorieusement mys a Jin, Par le treschres-
tien Roy Lays Douziesme de ce nom. 1532. I vol.
Full red crushed levant morocco extra, Janseniste
style: inside borders; gilt edges. 6i x 4.
60
DURU, H. (CONTINUED)
Ovidius NasO) Publlus. La Metamorphose a" 1 Ovide figv-
ree. Lyon, 1564.. I vol.
Full blue crushed levant morocco extra, Jansen-
iste style ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 6A x 4 A.
DURU & CHAMBOLLE
La Duchesse de Medo. Nouvelle Historique & Galante.
Paris, 1692. 2 vols.
Full green levant morocco extra, with fleurons at
the corners of the sides and a different fleuron in
the panels of the back ; inside borders ; gilt edges.
Duru et Chambolle, 1862. 5^ x ji.
See also CHAMBOLLE-DURU.
DU SEUIL, STYLE OF
Le Catechisme de la Penitence. Paris, l6jj. I vol.
Original binding of crimson morocco ; on the sides,
three fillets succeeded by the same with large fleur-
ons at the exterior corners; tooled back; narrow
inside border; gilt edges. 5-* x 3$.
See also THIBARON-ECHAUBARD.
DUTCH
Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament; Representee en
tallies douces . . . A-vec une explication . . . par Air. Basnage.
Amsterdam, 1704.. I vol.
Original gold-stamped calf binding; on the sides,
a narrow border succeeded by a double fillet, with
an arabesque at the exterior corners ; in the centre,
a large design stamped in gold, a sphere supported
by two angels, surmounted by Christ with the
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cross at the left, Moses with the tables of the law
at the right, between them a triangle enclosing
three flames and surrounded by rays ; below, a man
lying on stones, his ankles and right arm chained
to rocks, an angel holding two keys beckons him
upward, a devil threatens him with darts and cords;
scrolls at the sides. i6l x lol.
ENGLISH
Canterbury Ritual. 1474. MS.
Brown calf, monastic style; on the sides, between
fillets a band with a repeating design derived from
typographical ornament, succeeded by fillets with
a leaf at the exterior corners ; in the centre, two
acorns and two leaves. y x 6s.
Cfiarles I. Eikon Basilike. \_London\ , 164.9. I vol.
Black (?) calf, much worn ; on the sides, a double
fillet with a fleuron in the corners, and the initials
"EL" in the centre, separated by an ornament
consisting of two acorns and two fleurons; on
the back, which is without bands, a double fillet
with two vertical fleurons at top and bottom.
8i x 5*.
ENGLISH : BOUND FOR THE EARL OF BUTE
Swift) Jonathan. Works. London^ 17551768. 1 2 vols.
Green calf; on the sides, a triple fillet, and in the
centre the arms of John Stuart, 3d Earl of Bute;
simple inside border; modern morocco backs.
62
ENGLISH (CONTINUED)
BOUND FOR CHARLES I
The Holy Bible, containing The Old Testament and The
New. London, 1629. I vol.
Brown calf; on the sides, a narrow border, ara-
besques in the corners, the arms of Charles I in
the centre surrounded by a semis of small leaves ;
the back tooled, and much worn; clasps missing.
6\ x 4 I.
In a brown crushed levant morocco case.
BOUND FOR CHARLES II
Ristretto del Discorso Fatto sopra la Causa del Monf errata.
In Torino, 1618. With Replica per parte del Dvca di
Savoia alia Riposta fatta per parte del Duca di Mantoua.
In Torino, 1614. 2 vols. in I.
Light brown morocco; on the sides, a double
fillet; in the centre, a panel framed by a single with
a double fillet, with the king's crowned chiffre be-
tween palm leaves at the corners ; the same chiffre,
but smaller, in the panels of the back; gilt edges.
nix 8.
BOUND FOR EDWARD VI
Form and Manner of Keeping the Parliament of England.
MS.
Old red morocco, with a single broad gold fillet
on the sides; meander border inside. 9^ x 6.
In a brown crushed levant morocco, chamois-lined case.
BOUND FOR GEORGE I
A Form of Prayer to be used in all Churches and Chapels . . .
63
ENGLISH (CONTINUED)
on Friday the Sixteenth Day of December. London, if 20.
I vol.
Black morocco, elaborately tooled in blind tool-
ing, with the arms of George I in the central panel
and his crowned monogram above, below, at the
sides, and also in the corners ; narrow blind inside
border; gilt edges. 9x7.
BOUND FOR JAMES I
James I. Opera. Londini, 1619. I vol.
Citron morocco; on the sides, a wide border made
up of several elements; in the centre, the arms of
James I surrounded by a semis of two alternating
fleurons; tooled back; gilt edges. 13 1 x 9.
One of the finest royal bindings in existence.
Bacon, Sir Francis. The Essaies of S r Francis Bacon
Knight, the Kings Solliciter Generall. London, 1612. I vol.
Vellum; on the sides, a gold fillet, succeeded by
a gold fillet forming a panel with fleurons at the
exterior corners and the arms of James I in the
centre; tooled back; uncut edges. The ribbon ties
are gone. 6 x 4-4.
James Ps copy, with MS. notes. Probably from the king's
travelling library.
EVE, CLOVIS
Gerardo, Pietro. Vita di Ezzellino Terzo da Romano. Vene-
tia, 1560. I vol.
Olive morocco; on the sides, a single and a double
fillet, a fanfare in each corner surrounding a cher-
6 4
EVE, CLOVIS (CONTINUED)
ub's head; the arms of Henri III in the centre,
surrounded by a semis of fleurs-de-lys ; the back,
which is without bands, is seme with fleur-de-lys ;
gilt edges. 5* x 3*.
Henri Ill's copy. A matchless example of Eve s skill.
Prophetie de Daniel saincte & admirable, interpretee du
regne ff de la mart du Chef des heretiques qui se pretend Roy
de Nauarre, ff veut enuahir la Couronne de France. Tholose,
1591. i vol.
Crimson morocco ; on the sides, within a narrow
border and a double fillet is a design of eight
medallions in two columns, each filled with a poin-
tille figure, the ground around the medallions en-
tirely covered with pointille half-leaves and dots ;
tooled back; narrow inside border; gilt edges.
7 x 4-
I Salmi di David. Tradotti dalla lingva Hebrea nella
Italiana. Parigi, 1588. I vol.
Crimson morocco; the sides and back, which is
without bands, covered by a design of oval wreaths
in each of which is a flower surrounded by tiny
stars ; on the sides there are five rows of wreaths,
four in a row, except that the middle row has only
three, the central one being double and contain-
ing, on the front cover, the arms of Marguerite
de Valois, and on the reverse cover, her motto,
"SPES MEA." ^Vxjii.
Marguerite de Alois's copy.
EVE, CLOVIS, STYLE OF
&OMtUuHUUi M. Fabius. Institvtionvm Oratoriarvm libr'i
XII. Lvgdvni, 1544. With his Declamationes. Lvgdvni,
1544. 2 vols. in i.
Brown morocco; on the sides, a very delicate bor-
der, the space within which is filled by a semis of
fleurs-de-lys ; repetition of a simple scroll on the
back; gilt edges. 61 x 4!.
Henri IP's copy.
FRENCH
Dibdin, Thomas Frognali. The Bibliographical Decameron.
London, 1817. 3 vols.
Straight-grained crimson morocco; on the sides,
a fillet and a handsome border of two alternating
motifs, succeeded by four narrow straps, the third
interlaced with the first and second at the corners,
succeeded again by blind fillets and a narrow blind
border; tooled backs, inside fillets, gilt edges.
x 6i.
Hours, Book of. Les presentes heures a lusaige de Rouan au
long sans requerir. Paris, [7506*] . I vol.
Light olive calf, with blind tooling ; on the sides,
two bands marked ofF by triple fillets which cross
at the corners, the outer series broken on each
side by a reentrant double fillet; in the outer
band, crosses flory alternate with stars, with a geo-
metric figure in the squares at the corners ; in the
second band, ringlets, the squares at the corners
blank; the central panel has a blank label at top
and bottom ; the rest of the space marked off into
squares on the diagonal, each square containing
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FRENCH (CONTINUED)
a cross flory or a related geometric figure, but not
arranged in regular alternation ; gilt edges. 10 x 6i.
Hours, Book of. Les presentes heures a lusaige de Rome,
toutes au long sans reqrir. Pans, [757^] . I vol.
Original brown calf binding, monastic style ; on
the sides, a scroll band, double at the sides, the
central panel filled with columns of rosettes sepa-
rated by double fillets ; back repaired ; gilt edges.
y x 4*.
This volume belonged to Catherine de Medicis, Francois II
(her son), Marie R. ()ueen of Scots'), Cardinal de Lor-
raine (her uncle), and has their autographs.
Lemaire de Beiges, Jean. Le Promptvaire des Candles de
Leglise Catholique, Lyon, /5JJ. I vol.
Original black morocco binding ; on the sides, a
fillet with twisted knots; in the centre, the mono-
gram H) with the figure & above, below, and on
the sides ; tooled back ; gilt edges. 5^x3*.
From the library of Diane de Poitiers (?) .
Les Pseaumes de David, en Vers Francois. Geneve, 1720.
i vol.
Original crimson morocco binding; on the sides,
a fillet edged by tiny triangles, succeeded by a
rope entwined by a garland made of a five-petalled
flower, opposed by minute rings on the outside
and flowers inside ; open flower with two leaves in
each corner; the back, which is without bands, is
marked off by triple fillets into panels tooled a
petits fers; gilt edges. 6i x 3^.
67
FRENCH : BOUND FOR THE MAROJJIS D'ENTRAGUES
Ovidius Naso, Publius. Les Epistres d" Ovide tradvittes en
vers franfois avec des commentaires fort curieux. Bovrg en
Bresse, 1626. I vol. bound in 3 vols.
Old dark green morocco, with the chiffre of the
Marquis d'Entragues on the back; inside bor-
ders; gilt edges. 7 A x 4$.
BOUND FOR HENRI II
Ovidius Naso, Publius. Amatoria. Lvgdvni, 1555* I vol.
Brown calf; on the sides, a gold fillet; inthe centre,
a raised and gilded medallion of the king's head
with the inscription ".HEN. n . R"; tooled back;
gilt edges. 5 xj.
BOUND FOR JAMES II
[Du Prat.~\ Le Portrait dv Maresclial de Gassion. Paris,
1664. I vol.
Original crimson morocco binding entirely cov-
ered with semis of fleurs-de-lys stamped in gold;
gilt edges; holes for ties. 6i x 3$.
Copy presented to the Duke of York, afterwards Barnes II.
BOUND FOR Louis XIII
yaubert de Barrault, 'Jean. Homelies de I* excellence, ne-
cessit'e et diver site des Croix et Afflictions. Paris, i6j6.
i vol.
Citron morocco ; the sides and back covered with
a semis of alternating fleurs-de-lys and crowned
L's, with the royal arms in the centre of the
sides; gilt edges. 7} x 4$.
A superb binding, probably by Ruette.
68
FRENCH (CONTINUED)
BOUND FOR Louis XV
Histoire de t Ordre du S. Esprit. \After 1740.] I vol.
Olive morocco with a rich dentelle border on the
sides and the arms of Louis XV in the centre ;
tooled back; inside border; gilt edges. 7! x fi.
Louis XV s copy. Probably bound by Derome.
Legendre, Louis. Vie du Cardinal a" Amboise. Rouen,
1724. I vol.
Original brown morocco; on the sides, a border
of alternating fleurs-de-lys and acanthus; in the
centre, the royal arms, with the insignia of the
order of the St. Esprit; fleufs-de-lys in the panels
of the back; in one panel, the central fleur-de-lys
has been replaced by the Gulston arms, pi x 7$.
From the collection of Elize Gulston, with her ex-libris.
BOUND FOR Louis XVI
For mule de Ceremonies et Prieres pour le Sacre de sa Majest'e
Louis XVI. Paris, 1775. I vol.
Crimson morocco; on the sides, a triple fillet with
fleurs-de-lys in the corners and the arms of Louis
XVI in the centre; tooled back, with a fleur-
de-lys in each panel; narrow inside border; gilt
edges. 81 x 5!.
BOUND FOR Louis- JOSEPH, LE DAUPHIN, FILS DE Louis
XVI
Hesiod. Les (Euvres a" H'esiode, traduction nouvelle, d'edi'ee
au Rot. Paris, 1785. I vol.
Crimson morocco; on the sides, a triple fillet with
the arms of the Dauphin in the centre; tooled
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FRENCH (CONTINUED)
back, with a fleuron in the centre of each panel;
simple inside border; gilt edges. 61 x 4!.
BOUND FOR MADAME DE MAINTENON
Acis et Galat'ee, Pastorale keroiqve en musique. Paris, 1686.
I vol.
Crimson morocco; on the sides, a single with
a double fillet, fleurs-de-lys in the corners, the
arms of Madame de Maintenon in the centre;
fleurs-de-lys in the panels of the back; gilt edges.
9! x 7*.
BOUND FOR MARIE AMELIE DE SAXE, WIFE OF DON
CARLOS, KING OF THE Two SICILIES
Almanack Royal. Paris, i?54> I vol.
Crimson morocco; on the sides, a wide border of
naturalistic forms, palms (?), birds, butterflies, and
flowers, with the arms of Marie Amelie de Saxe
in the centre surrounded by a sunburst; tooled
back; simple inside border; gilt edges. 7! x 5^.
BOUND FOR MARIE ANTOINETTE
L' Office de la Semaine Saint e . . . a F usage de Madame la
Dauphine & de sa Maison. Paris, /7/J. I vol.
Old crimson morocco; on the sides, a border of
scrolls, succeeded by a band between double fillets,
the enclosed panel decorated with arabesques with
the coat of arms in the centre ; tooled back, with
fleurs-de-lys and dolphins alternating in the cen-
tre of the panels; gilt edges. 81 x 5*.
70
FRENCH (CONTINUED)
BOUND FOR CARDINAL MAZARIN
Vites Virorvm Illvstrivm. Bast lees, 1563. I vol.
Citron morocco; on the sides, an intricate band a
petits fers between double fillets, succeeded by a
dentelle border and another double fillet; in the
middle of the remaining panel," the Cardinal's
arms within an oval fillet; the rest of the panel is
covered with a semis of the Cardinal's monogram
surmounted by his hat, this stamp alternating with
a star; tooled back with the monogram and hat in
each panel; gilt edges. I2ix 8i.
BOUND FOR NAPOLEON I
Recueil methodique des lots, d'ecrets, r'eglemens, instructions et
decisions sur le Cadastre de la France. A Paris, Del'lmprime-
rie Imperiale. 1811. I vol.
Full crimson straight-grained morocco; on the
sides, a band consisting of intertwined vines be-
tween double fillets which cross, forming squares
at the corners, in each of which is an eagle; be-
tween the outer pair of fillets is a simple border;
this band is edged on the inside by a severe de-
sign of pointed leaves, and is succeeded by a deli-
cate arabesque; in the centre, the arms of Napo-
leon ; the back, which is without bands, is divided
into compartments by fillets and simple orna-
ments; in these compartments, from top to bot-
tom, are crowned N, the title, crowned eagle, bee,
crowned eagle, crowned N; inside borders; gilt
edges. iyi x nl.
FRENCH (CONTINUED)
BOUND FOR MADAME DE POMPADOUR
Rabelais, Francois. Les ceuvres. [Elzevir] , l66j. 2 vols.
Brown calf with the arms of Madame de Pom-
padour on the sides; the backs, which are with-
out bands, are divided into panels by pairs of
fillets; between the fillets a swan, in each panel a
fleuron with small laurel branches at the corners.
5 x 2*.
BOUND FOR CARDINAL RICHELIEU
PetaU) Denis. Rationarivm Temporvm. Parisiis, l6jj. 2
vols. in i.
Crimson morocco; on the sides, a single and a
double fillet, succeeded by the same with fleurons
at the exterior corners; in the centre the arms of
Cardinal Richelieu in an oval, with his motto,
"HIS FVLTA MANEBVNT"; tooled back, with the
arms in each panel; gilt edges. 6 x 3$.
BOUND FOR JACQJJES AUGUSTS DE THOU
[Van der Burch^ Lambert.~\ Sabavdi<e Respvblica et Histo-
ria. Lvgd. Batav. Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1634.. I vol.
Light brown calf; on the sides, a double fillet, and
in the centre, De Thou's arms. 4! x 2iK
GERMAN
Diirer, Albrecht. Passio Chris ti (The Little Passion).
[75/0.] I vol.
Original hogskin binding, monastic style; the
sides are stamped with elaborate designs made up
of a great variety of motifs. 81 x 6i.
72
GERMAN (CONTINUED)
Ovidius Naso, Publius. Metamorphoseon libri XV. Fran-
coforti ad Moenvm, 1567. I vol.
Original hogskin binding, dated 1568 ; on the front
cover, a border of scrolls between fillets; in the
label at the top of the central panel, the initials
" EAA," and in the label at the bottom, the date
"1568"; between the labels the arms of the Kur-
fursthum of Saxony; on the reverse cover, a simi-
lar design, but the labels have rosettes separated
by leaf-forms, and in the central panel is a cathe-
dral above which hovers an angel with a scroll, on
which are the words "INSIGNIA VRBIS WITEBER";
below the cathedral are the arms of the Erzmar-
shall of Saxony and of the kingdom of Saxony,
and below them is the inscription, "NIL VALIDJE
IVVERE ARCES AVT ROBORA BELLI SED MERITO
PIETAS POPVLIS FORTISSIMA TVRRIS. H. CANTZ." J
brass catches, the clasps gone. 7 x 4^.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm Dictorvmque memorabilivm
libri novem. Morgvntiae, ijjo. I vol.
Original hogskin binding; on the sides a band of
half-length female figures, Venus, Casta Lucretia,
Jocasta, and one other, succeeded by a triple fillet
connected at the corners with a succeeding triple
fillet; in the space between these fillets, roses, one
at the top and bottom, two on each side; the cen-
tral panel contains two columns of a repeated con-
ventionalized flower, with roses down the centre
between the flowers; original clasps. 62 x 5!.
73
GERMAN (CONTINUED)
Folio binding. Thick boards covered with hog-
skin, with four brass corners on each side and a
brass medallion in the centre; each corner has fleur-
de-lys finials and a high octagonal boss; in the field
are cut a lion and another animal supportinga cross,
the ground filled in with red enamel, much of which
has been worn off"; the centre medallion is edged
with six fleurs-de-lys, has the octagonal boss, the
animals and cross repeated once, the ground filled
with red enamel; two leather straps at the side,
those at the top and bottom missing. 2oi x 14^.
HAMMOND
Holbein, Hans. Les Images de la Mort. Lyon, 1562. I vol.
Full red crushed levant morocco; on the sides,
a blind double fillet, succeeded by the same with
gold fleurons at the exterior corners, the same
fleuron repeated in the panels of the back ; inside
borders; gilt edges. 5$ x 3^.
From the library of Edward Cheney, with his ex-libris.
HARDY
Plutarch. Epitome, ou Abrege des uies de cinquante et quatre
notables, et excellens personnaiges. Paris, 1558. I vol.
Dark blue crushed levant morocco extra, Jan-
seniste style ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 6 A x 4-*.
HARDY-MENNIL
Ariosto, Lodovico. Comedia intitolata Cassaria. Vinegia,
1525. I vol.
Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra; on
the sides, a blind double fillet, succeeded by the
74
HARDY-MENNIL (CONTINUED)
same with a gold fleuron at the exterior corners;
a scroll ornament in the centre; a single gold fig-
ure in each panel of the back; inside borders; gilt
edges. 6i x 4.
HARDY-MICHEL
Desportes, Philippes. Les Premieres (Evvres. Paris, 1600.
I vol.
Binding by Hardy, gilding by Marius Michel.
Full red crushed levant morocco; on the sides,
a narrow border succeeded by a fillet, succeeded
by a double fillet and a second narrow border;
dentelle corners and in the centre a dentelle
lozenge around a small blank oval; tooled back;
gilt edges. 6s x 3!.
From the library of E. M. Bancel, with his ex-libris.
Ronsard, Pierre. Les Amovrs. Paris, 7J5J. Le cinqieme
des odes. Paris, /55J. Le Bocage. Paris, 1554. Les Mes-
langes. Paris, 1555. 4 vols. in I.
Binding by Hardy, gilding by Marius Michel.
Full red crushed levant morocco extra; on the
sides a lozenge-shaped medallion of interlacing
straps, combined with laurel branches and fleur-
ons; in each corner a section of the central orna-
ment slightly modified, the whole enclosed by
three fillets; in the panels of the back a fine,
corresponding design; inside borders; gilt edges.
6^x4.
75
HORN BOOK
The Alphabet, the vow eh, etc., and the Lord's Prayer.
Leather back, stamped with an eagle carrying off
an infant wrapped in swaddling-clothes. 3! x 2t.
ITALIAN
About, Edmond. Tolla. Paris, 1892. I vol.
In an old Italian binding. Crimson morocco; on
the sides, a heavy fillet with squares marked off
in the corners, which form stops for a charming
renaissance scroll band; in each square, a geomet-
rical ornament; the inner corners of the squares
are connected by a quadruple fillet forming a panel
with ornaments in the corners and a cardinal's
arms in the centre; the back, which is without
bands, is tooled with a combination of repeating
figures. 8x5.
Beatee Maria Virginia Officium. Venetiis, If 4.0.
Original binding of crimson morocco; on the
sides, a band and a central medallion of black (?)
morocco inlaid, tooled with a delightful design
of scrolls and flowers; tooled back; gilt edges.
5*3*-
Calderino, Domizio. Commentarii in M. Valerivm Afar-
tialem cum Defensione. f^enetiis, 1474.. With his Cometa-
rioli i Ibin Ouidii. I vol.
Straight-grained, faded crimson morocco; triple
fillet on the sides ; tooled back with a covered urn
in the centre of each panel; simple inside border;
gilt edges, nix 7!.
76
ITALIAN (CONTINUED)
Callimachus of Gyrene. Le Poesie, volgarizzate da Giu-
seppe Maria Pagnini Carmelitano. Parma, 1798. I vol.
Original binding of crimson morocco; on the
sides, a twisted ribbon, succeeded by two fillets en-
closing a graceful, vigorous arabesque design; in
the centre is an inlaid oval medallion of dark green
morocco, crisscrossed by diagonal bead chains
and surrounded by arabesques; tooled back; gilt
edges. 5 x 3!.
Catherine of Siena, Saint. Epistole Devotissime. Stampato
in la Inclita Cita de Venetia in Casa de Aldo Manutio Ro-
mano a di XV. Septembrio. 1500. I vol.
Light brown calf; on the sides, a narrow renais-
sance border with graceful scrolls in the corners
and a figure in the centre made up of two orna-
ments used in the corners; richly tooled back.
Choir Book, 7/JJ. MS.
Original binding; brown leather over thick boards,
with large pierced brass corners and central me-
dallions on the sides ; Madonna and Child in the
medallion on the front cover, coat of arms of St.
Dominic in the medallion on the reverse cover.
27! x iyl.
Degree of Doctor of Laws conferred on Carlo Vicentini by
the University of Padua, 1690. MS.
Reddish brown morocco, covered with tooling;
on the sides, a wide border succeeded by a band
77
ITALIAN (CONTINUED)
of arabesques between fillets succeeded by a nar-
row border of flower forms; in the centre, a large
sunburst with an arabesque at top and bottom;
in the corners, a figure derived from the sunburst.
With the seal of Cardinal Barbarigo in a tin case,
attached by a silk cord. 9! x yi.
\_Ferrini, Giovanni Battista.~\ Regale da osservarsi nel
Sacro, ed Apostolico Archiospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia di
Roma. Roma, \ij$i?~\ . I vol.
Brown morocco; on the sides, a fillet succeeded
by a scroll band succeeded by a light twisted rope,
succeeded by a bold border of scrolls with a double
cross in the centre of each corner; in the centre, a
cardinal's arms ; tooled back with the double cross
in the centre of each panel; gilt edges. 81 x 5!.
Fonte, Moderata. II Merita delle Donne, scritto da Mo-
derata Fonte in due giornate. Venetia, 1600. I vol.
Original binding of crimson morocco; on the sides,
a narrow border, with the Foscarini arms in the
centre surrounded by bold foliated scrolls and sur-
mounted by two angels supporting a coronet;
tooled back; gilt edges. 8 x 54.
The Order of the Administration of the Lord's Supper.
MS. Copied and illuminated by Andreas Andersen.
Old morocco binding, elaborately tooled; on the
sides, a narrow border with fans in the corners,
succeeded by a geometrical strap design forming
a large central medallion in which is a coat of arms
and the initials "S R." 6i x 4*.
78
ITALIAN (CONTINUED)
Poliphili Hypnerotomachia vbi hvmana omn'ia non nisi
Somnivm esse docet. Fenetiis, M.ID. in adibus Aldi Manu-
tii, accuratissime. I vol.
Old light brown calf; on the sides, between gold
fillets, a wide band of blind tooling consisting of a
simple diaper pattern of small lozenges with a ring-
let in the centre of each and stars at the angles ;
this pattern is repeated on the back which is with-
out bands but marked off into panels by fillets;
gilt edges. 1 2! x 8i.
ITALIAN : TIME OF BENEDICT XIII
Collection of Italian autographs of the XV century.
Old brown morocco binding; on the sides, a band
of renaissance ornament, scrolls with large flowers
springing from amphoras in the corners, the papal
arms in the centre of the front cover, and the
arms of Cardinal Spinola on the reverse cover.
Duplicate of the binding with the arms of Pope
Innocent XIII. iilxS*.
TIME OF CLEMENT XII
Crimson morocco, with wide borders on the sides
and the arms of Clement XII in the centre.
I2x8i
BOUND FOR CLEMENT XIII
Ragguaglio della vita, virtu, e miracoli del B. Gregorio
Barbarigo, Vescvuo di Padova e della Santa Romano Chiesa
Cardinale . . . alia Santita di nostro Signore PP. Clement e
XIII. dedicato. Roma, l/'di. I vol.
Crimson morocco richly tooled; on the sides, a
79
ITALIAN (CONTINUED)
renaissance border succeeded by three fillets and
a narrow border, within which is a bold design of
scrolls and six-pointed stars, with urns in the cor-
ners; in the centre, the arms of Clement XIII;
tooled back; gilt edges. 1 1 x 8.
Copy presented to Pope Clement XIII. From the Rezzonico
Library and the collection of Edward Cheney.
BOUND FOR GREGORY XIII
Missale Romanvm, ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilij Triden-
tini restitutum. Pit V. Pont. Max. iussu editum. Parisiis,
1578. I vol.
Olive morocco ; on the sides, a fillet with a double
fillet; in the centre, an oval medallion, containing,
on the front cover, a representation of the Cruci-
fixion with the Virgin and St. John, the sun, moon,
and stars, and Jerusalem in the background; on the
reverse cover, the arms of Pope Gregory XIII;
the rest of the sides and the back, which is with-
out bands, are marked off by fillets into lozenges
with a tiny quatrefoil at each angle and a twisted
knot in the middle of each side; in each lozenge
are crossed keys with a flame above and below;
gilt edges. 14^ x 10.
TIME OF INNOCENT XIII
Holograph letter from Vittoria Colonna^ Marchesa di Pes-
cara, to Pietro Aretino.
In an old brown morocco binding; on the sides,
a band of renaissance ornament, scrolls with large
flowers springing from amphoras in the corners,
the papal arms in the centre of the front cover, and
80
ITALIAN (CONTINUED)
the arms of Cardinal Spinola on the reverse cover.
Duplicate of the binding with the arms of Pope
Benedict XIII. nix8*.
BOUND FOR JULIUS III
FraccAiy Ambrogio, of Ferentini. Sacrorum Fastorum Libri
XII. Rom&, 1547' J v k
Brown morocco; on the sides, blind fillets suc-
ceeded by an arabesque band between triple fillets,
with an acorn at the exterior corners ; the enclosed
space has a label containing flames at top and bot-
tom, leaving a panel with arabesques in the corners
and the arms of Pope Julius III in the centre;
simple geometrical blind tooling on the back ; gilt
gauffred edges. 9 x 5$.
TIME OF Pius VI
Collection of Italian autograph lettersof the XV and XVI cen-
turies.
Brown calf; on the sides, three fillets, the middle
one entwined by a double garland, succeeded by
a wide band with a handsome renaissance scroll
springing from a cornucopia on either side of a
circular medallion in each corner, urns at the
centre of the band, top and bottom, bells at the
centre on the sides ; in the central panel, the arms
of Pius VI; on the back, the fillet entwined by a
double garland, i it x 8i.
LE GASCON
La Chambre, Mar in Cureau, Sieur de. Trait'e de la Connois-
sance des Animavx. Parity 164.8. I vol.
81
LE GASCON (CONTINUED)
Original crimson morocco; on the sides, dentelle
borders, succeeded by a geometrical panel with
large pointille fleurons at the four main exterior
and interior corners, and smaller ornaments at all
other corners; within the panel an elaborate de-
sign of pointille figures with a square in the cen-
tre, the sides broken by semi-circles, containing a
crowned monogram; tooled back; narrow inside
border; gilt edges. 94 x 7.
L' Office de la Semaine Sainte. Paris , [.*/.]. I vol.
Full crimson morocco; on the sides, a pattern
of intertwined bands forming a series of com-
partments filled with pointille tooling; in the
central compartment, the arms of the Grand
Dauphin, and in the compartments above and
below, a crowned dolphin; the back is tooled
similarly with a small fleur-de-lys in the centre
of each panel; narrow inside border; gilt edges.
7* x 5-
Bound for Le Grand Dauphin, fih de Louis XIV.
Vigenere, Blaise de. Les Chroniqves & Annales de Po-
loigne. Paris, /J/J. I vol.
Full dark green (?) morocco with a typical Le Gas-
con design in pointille tooling; on the sides, a
single with a double fillet, rosettes at the corners,
succeeded by a large panel made by a single and
a double fillet, each side broken in the middle by
an ogival extension, with fleurons or fleurs-de-lys
at each angle ; in the centre a small panel contain-
ing three fleurs-de-lys, and surrounded by a beau-
82
LE GASCON (CONTINUED)
tiful pointille design ; tooled back ; narrow inside
border; gilt edges. 9^ x 61.
Bound for Louis XIII and Anne d* Autriche. A truly mag-
nificent binding.
From the collections of )uentin Bauchart and La Roche La-
carelle, with their ex-libris.
LE GASCON, STYLE OF
Novum Missale Romanum, ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilii
Tridentini restitutum . . . Urbani PP. VIII. auctoritate
recognitum. Augusta Vindelicorum, IJIJ. I vol.
Crimson morocco ; on the sides, a band consisting
of a repeated ornament between double fillets,
with the date 1 7 1 9 in the centre at the top of the
front cover ; the large central panel is divided into
regular compartments by an interlacing strap ; the
oblong compartment in the centre being half-re-
peated at the sides, top, and bottom, and quarter-
repeated in the corners ; the design for these com-
partments is an intricate pattern a petits fers, with
scrolls, pomegranates, stars, etc.; in the four in-
tervening spaces is a bolder design of plant forms
and stars, with a small urn of flowers at the base ;
tooled back; gilt edges; silver clasps. 132^ x 9^.
A superb dated binding in the style of Le Gascon.
L' Office de la Semaine Sainte a F usage dela Maison du Roy.
Par is ) 1732. i vol.
Crimson morocco ; on the sides, a border of scrolls
and flowers framing a panel divided into com-
partments by intertwined straps; in the centre, the
arms of Louis XV, his chiffre in the compart-
83
LE GASCON (CONTINUED)
ments above and below; the remaining compart-
ments are filled with pointille tooling; tooled back;
very simple inside border; gilt edges. 83 x 5$.
Louis Xf^s copy.
LORTIC FRERES
Gautier, Theophile. Emaux et Cam'ees. Paris, i88f. I vol.
Blue half morocco with dark blue marbled paper;
double fillet at the edge of the leather; tooled
back with a fleuron in the centre of each panel.
6 x 4!.
MENNIL
See HARDY-MENNIL.
MICHEL, MARIUS
See HARDY-MICHEL.
MOUILLIE
Les Pourtraicts de la Courpour le present. Cologne, 1667. 1 vol.
Old red morocco, with three fillets on the sides,
united at the corners by daisies in circles; the back,
which is without bands, is divided into panels by
fillets with a daisy in each panel; gilt edges. With
the ticket, "Relie par Mouillie, Rue S. Jacques,
Hotel de la Couture, N? 69." 5 x 2*.
From the Hamilton Palace Library, with a MS. note by
Beckford.
NIEDRfiE
Meliadus. Gli egregi fatt'i del gran Re Meliadvs, Con al-
tre rare prodezze del Re Artu, di Palamides, Amorault
84
NIEDREE (CONTINUED)
a" ' Irlanda, il buono Caualiere senza paura, Gallehault il
Bruno, Segurades, Galaad, ff altri ualorosi caualieri di quel
tempo. Historia bellissima, non piu ueduta, Aldus. In Vene-
tla, 1560 (in fine 1558). vol. I.
Full blue crushed levant morocco extra, Jansen-
iste style ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 6 x 3$.
PADELOUP
L' Alcoran des Cordeliers tant en Latin quen Francois. A
Geneve, 1578. I vol.
Citron morocco ; on the sides, three fillets with a
small rosette at the joint in the corners, the arms
of Comte de Hoym in the centre; the back is cov-
ered with a repetition of a scroll ; narrow inside
border ; gilt edges. 5? x 3.
From the library of Comte de Hoym.
Martial de Paris. Les Arrets d* Amours, avec t Amant
rendu Cordelier, a F Observance a" Amours. Paris, //J/.
I vol.
Crimson morocco; triple fillet on the sides; on
the back, which is without bands, a semis of cres-
cents, the tips connected by small azured trian-
gles, a gold dot in the centre of each crescent;
gilt edges. With the ticket, "Relie par Padeloup
le jeune. place Sorbonne a Paris." 6 A x
Petronius. Satyricon. Lvgd. Batav. 164.5. I vol.
Citron morocco; the sides inlaid with small crim-
son morocco medallions, which contain in alter-
nating rows a daisy surrounded by six dots and
85
PADELOUP (CONTINUED)
a fleuron with six dots; between the medallions,
gold circles within rings; the rest of the space is
sprinkled with stars and dots; the back, which is
without bands, is divided into panels by a chain
between fillets; in these panels are inlaid crimson
circles or ovals, each one containing a daisy sur-
rounded by dots, or by stars and dots alternating ;
narrow inside borders; gilt edges. 4! x 2J.
Exquisite mosaic , about 1720.
[Saint-Real, Cesar Vichard^\ Dom Carlos, nouvelle his-
torique. louxte la Copie imprim'ee a Amsterdam. Chez Gas-
par d Commelin, 1673. * vo ^
Crimson morocco, double with crimson morocco;
on the sides, a single and a double fillet, succeeded
by the same, forming a panel with fleurs-de-lys at
the exterior corners; fleurs-de-lys in the panels
of the back ; inside, narrow border with a double
and a pointille fillet, with a panel in the centre
duplicating the one on the outside; gilt edges.
6 x 3!.
PRINCE, THOMAS
Neal, Daniel. History of the Puritans. Newbury port, Mass.,
1816-1817. 5 v k'
Light brown mottled calf; tooled back. With the
ticket, "Thomas Prince, Binder, Salem
Mass." 8 x 5*.
RIVIERE
Dante Alighieri. Comedia del Divino Poeta Fiorentino
Danthe Aleghieri, col comento di Christophforo Landino. Im-
86
RIVIERE (CONTINUED)
presso in Bressa per Boninvm de Boninis di Ragvxi, 14.87.
I vol.
Full brown crushed levant morocco extra; on the
sides, a fillet, succeeded by a double fillet, the
enclosed space filled by a complicated design of
interlacing scrolls and straps of different widths
on a ground of gold dots, with a blank medallion
in the centre; in the panels of the back, a pierced
escutcheon on a dotted ground ; inside fillets ; gilt
edges. 14! x 9.
This copy belonged to Ruskin and has his autograph.
Paccioli, Luca. Diuina proportione, Opera a tutti glinge-
gnl perspicaci e curiosi necessaria. Venetiis, Impressum per
. . . Paganinum de paganinis de Brixia. i$oq. I vol.
Full brown crushed levant morocco; on the sides,
a blind fillet; each band of the back is marked off
by blind fillets which are prolonged to meet in
points on the sides, with a trefoil at each point;
chain border inside; gilt edges. I ii x 8.
Spence, Joseph. A Parallel; in the manner of Plutarch:
Between a most celebrated Man of Florence [Signor Maglia-
becht] ; and One, scarce ever heard of, in England [Robert
Hill"] . Printed at Strawberry- Hill, 1758. I vol.
Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra; on
the sides, a double fillet, succeeded by a double
and a single fillet with large fleurons at the ex-
terior corners and very small ones at the interior
corners; tooled back; inside borders; gilt edges.
7* x 4 I.
RIVIERE & SON
Cruikshank , George. Points of Humour. London, 1823. I vol.
Full blue crushed levant morocco extra; on the
sides, a double fillet succeeded by a double and a
single fillet with fleurons at the exterior corners;
tooled back; inside borders; gilt top. 9* x 6i.
ROUSSELLE, EMILE
Peter Lombard. De incarnatione verbi. Libri Hi et iv. Parrhi-
sijs, 1510. I vol.
Dark brown crushed levant morocco, Janseniste
style; inside borders; gilt edges. 5$ x 4!.
RUBAN, P.
Shakespeare, William. Poems : written by Wil. Shakespeare.
Gent. London, 164.0. I vol.
Crimson crushed levant morocco, double with
pearl blue crushed levant morocco tooled with
fillets and a flowering vine border; on the covers,
three fillets; tooled back; gilt edges. 51^ x 3!.
In a chamois-lined slip case, and a green morocco, silk-lined
and padded solander case.
RUETTE, ANTOINE
Proserpine, Tr age die, en Mvsiqve. Represent ee devant Sa
Majest'e a Saint Germain en Laye le de Fevrter 1680.
Paris, 1680. I vol.
Citron morocco; on the sides, a semis of fleurs-
de-lys enclosed by a narrow border; in the pan-
els of the back, smaller fleurs-de-lys ; gilt edges.
10 x yl.
Louis XIV s copy.
88
SANFORD, P. B.
\_Alemano Mateo.~^ Histoire de T Admirable Don Guzman
d Alfarache. Paris (volj, Amsterdam), 1695. 3 vols.
Full red levant morocco extra; on the sides, a
triple fillet with fan ornaments in the corners;
tooled backs; inside border, a daisy between fillets,
edged with crescents and dots; gilt tops. 6 x 3 ft.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Poems on Various Subjects. Lon-
don, 1796. I vol.
Very dark brown crushed levant morocco extra,
Janseniste style; simple inside border; gilt top.
6 x 4!.
Du Bellay, 'Joachim. Les Oevvres Francoises de Joachim
Dv-Bellay, Gentil-homme Angeuin, & Poete excellent de ce
temps. Paris, 1569. 2 vols.
Full red levant morocco extra; on the sides, a
waved line and a double fillet, succeeded by two
sets of triple fillets interlocking at the centre of
the four sides; between this figure and the outer
fillets are daisies at the corners and at the centre
of the sides; backs tooled a petits fers; inside bor-
ders ; gilt tops. 6 A x 4 A.
Du Eellay, Martin. Les Memoir es de Mess. Martin Dv
Be/lay. Paris, 1571. I vol.
Full red crushed levant morocco extra; on the
sides, a waved line and a double fillet, succeeded
by two sets of triple fillets interlocking at the cen-
tre of the four sides, forming circles each of which
encloses a small fleuron ; back tooled a petits fers ;
inside borders ; gilt top. 6 x 4!.
89
SANFORD, P. B. (CONTINUED)
Guillaume de Lorris. Le rommant de la Rose, nouuelle-
ment reueu ft corrige oultre les precedentes Impressions. Paris,
iJjS. I vol.
Full red crushed levant morocco extra; the sides
tooled with a simple pattern of interlacing straps
and a graceful scroll ; in the centre, an ellipse of
stars; on the back, a scroll makes a continuous
design through all the panels, interrupted by the
title; simple inside border; gilt edges. 6$ x 3!.
Marguerite de Navarre. Heptameron Francois. Berne,
1780-1781. 3 vols.
Full red crushed levant morocco extra; on the
sides, a dentelle border, with a little bird intro-
duced in imitation of the dentelles of Derome le
jeune, "dites a 1'oiseau"; tooled backs; inside
borders with a graceful vine and leaf design at the
corners ; gilt edges, yi x 4*.
Rabelais, Francois. Les Oevvres. Lyon, 1588. I vol.
Full red levant morocco ; on the sides, a fillet suc-
ceeded by three fillets forming a panel with rec-
tangular indentation in each side and a daisy in the
centre of each indentation, a vine and leaf design
springing from each corner of the panel; back
elaborately tooled au pointille ; inside borders ; gilt
top. 5*i x 3tV.
Swift, Jonathan. Travels into several Remote Nations of
the World; in four parts, by Lemuel Gulliver. London, 1726.
2 vols.
Full red crushed levant morocco; on the sides,
90
SANFORD, P. B. (CONTINUED)
between triple fillets, a succession of daisy-like
flowers, fleurons at the interior corners; in the
centre, a sunburst with added ornaments at top
and bottom and an added fleuron at the sides;
tooled backs ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 7$ x 4$.
SEARS, MARY CREASE
Contemporary Autographs.
Full brown crushed levant morocco ; square silver
corners, suggesting quatrefoils with a boss in the
centre ; similar, but larger silver plaques set diago-
nally in the middle of the sides, the one on the
front cover set with a cabochon emerald, the one
on the back with a boss like the corners; blind
tooling on the sides and panels of the back; silver
clasps. 9x6.
Made in
SHAW, MRS. GEORGE
Du Maurier, George. Trilby. First edition, Harper's
Monthly Magazine, 1894. I vol.
Full brown morocco, with a large medallion and
the words "Trilby, Du Maurier," in relief on the
front cover. ioi x 7.
SIMIER
Livius, Titus. Historiarum quod extat. Amstelodami, Apud
Danielem Elzevirium, A". 1678. I vol.
Full blue straight-grained morocco ; on the sides,
a narrow blind-tooled border between gold fillets
with a simple edging on the inner side; blind and
9 1
SIMIER (CONTINUED)
gold tooling on the back; inside border of quatre-
foils and dots; gilt edges. 61 x 3!.
STORR, R.
Virgilius Maro, Publius. Virgilius. Venetiis in Aedibvs Aldl
et Andreae Soceri, 1514- I vol.
Full citron straight-grained morocco with dou-
blure of green moire; on the sides, a triple fillet
succeeded by a border consisting of two alternat-
ing elements; in the centre, dolphin and anchor
entwined with a rope stamped in gold; tooled
back; inside border; gilt edges. With the ticket,
"Bound by R.Storr, Grantham." 6i x 3*.
From the Syston Park Collection.
STORR, R. (?)
Marchesino, Francesco. Copia de Una Lettera di Napoli che
contiene li stupendi, & g ran prodigij apparsi sopra a Pozzolo.
Napoli, 1538. With Pallavicino, Cosimo (compiler). Versi,
et regale de la nvova poesia toscana. Roma, f^J9' I vo ^
Full citron morocco; on the sides, a triple fillet,
and in the centre, dolphin and anchor entwined
with a rope stamped in gold; triple fillet around
panels of the back; narrow inside borders; gilt
edges. 8i x 5*.
From the Syston Park Collection.
Musaus fcf Orpheus. Musai opusculum de Her one &
Leandro. Orphei argonautica. Eiusdem hymni. Orpheus de
lapidibus. Venetiis in aedibvs Aldi et Andreae Soceri, 1517.
I vol.
Full crimson morocco; on the sides, a fillet, and
92
STORR, R. (?) (CONTINUED)
in the centre, dolphin and anchor entwined with
a rope stamped in gold; gilt edges. 6i x 3!.
From the Syston Park Collection.
SWEDISH: BOUND FOR GUSTAVUS III
Du Peril de la Balance Politique de t Europe. Stockholm,
1790. i vol.
Crimson morocco; on the sides, a meander be-
tween fillets edged with a wavy line, in each corner
three crowns, in the centre, the crowned chiffre of
Gustavus III; the back, which is without bands,
has alternating diagonal fillets and waves, inter-
rupted by horizontal fillets; gilt edges. 5! x 3$.
THIBARON
[Bussy-Rabutin, Roger, comte <&.] Histoire Amoureuse des
Gaules. Liege, [n.d.~\ . I vol.
Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra; on
the sides, three fillets ; tooled back; inside dentelle
borders ; gilt edges. 51^ x ail.
L'Escole d'Amovr, ov les Heros Doctevrs. Par M. D. L. C.
Grenoble, 166$. I vol.
Full blue crushed levant morocco; on the sides,
an exquisite laurel wreath tipped with flowers ; the
same flower in each panel of the back; inside bor-
ders; gilt edges. 5?- x 3!.
THIBARON-ECHAUBARD
Joinville, yean de. L'histoire & Croniqve dv treschrestien
Roy S. Lays, IX. du nom, & XLIIII. Roy de France. Poi-
tiers, [/5<5/]. i vol.
93
THIBARON-ECHAUBARD (CONTINUED)
Bound in the Du Seuil style. Full light brown
crushed levant morocco; on the sides, a blind
with a gold fillet, succeeded by two gold fillets
connected at the corners between double blind
fillets forming a panel with fleurs-de-lys at the
exterior corners and the arms of France in the
centre ; on the back, a semis of fleurs-de-lys ; in-
side borders; gilt edges. 7^ x 5*.
From the Library of E. M. Bancel, with hisex-fibrii.
THOMPSON
Rosario della gfiosa vgine Maria. Venetia, Marchio Sessa
& Piero de la Serena compagni, 1524.. I vol.
Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra ; Jan-
seniste style ; inside borders ; gilt edges. 6i x 4*.
TIFFANY
Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia. Firenze, iSjty- 1 vol.
Two editions of different sizes interleaved^ each leaf of the
smaller edition inlaid.
Full green crushed levant morocco with doublure
of the same; four silver corners of Gothic design
with five detached silver rosettes completing the
outline of a square in each corner, and the words
"hie incipit vita nova" distributed in the four cor-
ners; inside tooled in gold, overlaid with a silver
scroll with numerous rosettes; silver clasps; gilt
edges. 7^ x 4$.
TOUT
Burns, Robert. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edin-
burgh, 178 J. I vol.
94
Tour (CONTINUED)
Full brown crushed levant morocco extra ; on the
sides, a double and a single fillet succeeded by the
same with elaborate fleurons at the exterior cor-
ners connected by a pointille fillet; tooled back;
inside borders; gilt edges. 81 x 5!.
TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET
Bude, Afaistre Guillaume. Summalre ou Epitome du liure
de Asse fait par le commandement du Roy. Paris, 1529.
I vol.
Full brown crushed levant morocco, with the chifFre
of Comte Edouard Roger in the corners of the
sides and on the back ; inside borders ; gilt edges.
x *.
[/) Guet, 'Jacques Joseph.~\ Lettre aune Religleuse Car-
melite a une Personne engagee dansF Heresie, touchantla Com-
munion sous les deux esp'eces. Paris, 1749. I vol.
Full brown crushed levant morocco, with the
chifFre of Comte Edouard Roger in the corners
of the sides and on the back; inside borders; gilt
edges. 5tt x
Meschinot, Jehan. Les lunettes des princes auec aulcues
balades et additions nouuellement coposees. Imprimees a parts
par philippe pigochet Lan mil. CCCC. quatre vingts et dix-
neuf. Pour Symon vostre. I vol.
Full purple levant morocco; triple fillet on the
sides ; back tooled a petits fers ; inside borders ;
gilt edges. 6H x 4.
Cardinal Temeniz's copy, with his book-plate.
95
TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET (CONTINUED)
Les Plaisantes lovrnees dv S r Favoral. Ou sont plusieurs
rencontres subfiles pour rire en toutes compagnies. Paris, l6jf.
I vol.
Full green levant morocco; triple fillet on the
sides; tooled back; inside borders; gilt edges.
5^x3.
Sevigngj Marie Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de. Lettres a
Madame la Comtessede Grignan, safille, 1726. 2 vols. in I .
Full green crushed levant morocco, with the chiffre
of Comte Edouard Roger in the corners of the
sides and on the back; inside borders; gilt edges.
6i x 3*.
Villon, Francois. Les Oevres Maistre Francoys Villon.
Paris, 1533. I vol.
Full citron levant morocco; on the sides, a double
fillet succeeded by a narrow dentelle border with
fleurons at the corners; tooled back; inside bor-
ders; gilt edges. 4% x 2i.
VENETIAN
Dante Alighieri. Lo'nferno e'l Pvrgatorio e'l Paradiso di
Dante Alaghieri. Venetiis in Aedib. Aldi. I$O2. I vol.
Original binding of crimson morocco; in the cor-
ners, a diaper of overlapping scallops with a leaf
in each scallop and between the scallops on the
edge, each of which is tipped by a larger pointed
leaf; tooled back ; narrow inside border; gilt edges.
From the collection of Edward Cheney.
9 6
VENETIAN (CONTINUED)
Dante Alighieri. Venezia, 1784.. 3 vols in I.
Crimson morocco, with clasps; eight metal corners
with scalloped edge, a large boss in the corner and
nine small bosses, one in each of the six scallops,
and three between these and the large boss; on
the sides, a narrow chain between fillets, with a
sparse edging of leaves ; in the centre, an ogival
elliptical sunken panel, with a smaller one at top
and bottom, the whole figure suggesting an Arabic
design; the central panel is stained dark with little
bosses at the points around the edge; simple ge-
ometrical design on the back; gilt gauffred top.
61 x 4*.
Dante Alighieri. La Vita Nuova, i trattati De Vulgari
Eloquio, De Monarchia, e la questione De Aqua e Terra,
con traduztone italiana delle opere scritte latinamente. Terza
edizione. Firenze, 1873- I vol.
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off corners, a fleuron at each interior corner, and
a coat of arms in the centre ; tooled back ; gilt top.
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Officivm B. Maria Virg. Venetiis. 1663. I vol.
Openwork silver binding with silver clasps; in a
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ing a cornucopia. 2 x ii.
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Peter Chrysologus, Saint. Sermones. t.-p.w. I vol.
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stars ; in each panel of the back is an arabesque
figure; gilt edges. 6 x 5!.
Commissione Ducale. Commission appointing Antonio Geor-
gia Podesta of Oderzo, 1536. MS.
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within the circle on the front cover, "ANTONII
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Commissione Ducale. Commission appointing Girolamo Mo-
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Privilegium Aromatariorum. Diploma of Dona to Dardi,
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metal case attached by a silk cord (the cover of the
case missing). 93 x 7^.
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middle of the long sides ; succeeded by an orna-
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of the long sides, and the rest of the band scrolls;
this band succeeded by a pair of fillets with stars
at the corners and the middle of the long sides and
"mounts" at the interior corners; in the centre,
the arms of a bishop of the Peretti family, to which
Sixtus V belonged. 9! x 61.
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back. 7* x 4$.
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cover, the Lion of St. Mark; of the reverse cover,
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Aucassin & Nicolete. Done into English by Andrew Lang.
London, i88j. I vol.
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stars; inside border of vine and leaves; gilt top.
61 X4.
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Browning, Robert. The Inn Alburn. London, 1875. 1 vol.
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leaves tooled in gold; a fleuron in each panel of
the back with a tulip inlaid in red ; inside bor-
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Calderon de la Barca, Pedro. Six dramas of Calderon, freely
translated by Edward Fitzgerald. London, 1853. I vol.
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borders ; gilt top. 61 X 4$.
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