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Detailed record for King's 322
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| Title |
49 love sonnets |
| Origin |
Italy, N. (probably Milan) |
| Date |
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
Italian |
| Script |
Humanistic |
| Artists |
Perhaps by the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum or someone in his circle. |
| Decoration |
1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small initials in gold with red or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red or purple pen-flourishing or in silver with purple pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in gold with a woman's face, surrounded by gold stars (f. 18v). Small red hearts, some flamming, replacing the word ‘cuoere’ ('heart') throughout the text. |
| Dimensions in mm |
232 x 165 (145 x 85) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 28 (+ 1 paper flyleaf at the beginning, and 1 at the end) |
| Collation |
i-iii8 (ff. 1-24), iv4 (ff. 25-28). |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Parchment with stamped insignia of King George III, 18th century. |
| Provenance |
Mirabel Zucharia/ Zucharina, addressee of the poems: monogram (f. 1, overpainted).
? Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, Duke of Atri (b. 1457, d. 1528), or Andrea Manfredini: monograms 'AM', and overpainted arms of ? or a lion rampant (sable?) azure (Acquaviva and Manfredini) but the field possibly per pale (? Azure, a chief or and or a base azure) with a bordure azure, charged with a scourge of three cords, a lamb in upper right and a leading chain with swivel and tassel (f. 1).
King George III (b. 1738, d. 1820): his armorial stamp on the upper and lower covers.
Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. |
| Select bibliography |
George F. Warner and Julius P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King’s Collections, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1921), III: Description of the King’s Manuscripts and Indexes to both Collections, p. 58.
Pamela Porter, Courtly Love in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2003), p. 64 and back cover. |
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f. 1
Presentation of verses |
f. 1
Presentation of verses |
f. 1
Shield |
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f. 1
Heart |
f. 1v
Lion |
f. 6v
Hearts |
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f. 6v
Hearts |
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