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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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