Giovanni Boccaccio, Life of Dante, with other works. Ff 102 + ii. Sotheby's sale catalogue, 30 Nov 1965, lot 32. Phillipps MS 8451 Creation dates: Circa 1450 - 1475
Various copy manuscripts from Sotheby's sale, 25 June 1968, Phillipps manuscripts, New Series, Fourth Part Creation dates: Third quarter of 15th century - Circa 1702
Portolano de Venezia, or navigator's guide. 56 folios (1-58, missing 6 and 7). Article 2 corresponds fairly closely with Vat cod lat chart 5300. The other items differ from the printed editions and MSS in Konrad Kretschmer, Die italienischen Portolane des Mittelalters, 1909. Formerly owned by Ab...
Letter of Benvenuto Cellini to Vincenzo Borghini, Prior of the Ospedale degli Innocenti of Florence and Lieutenant of the Academy of Design, concerning his withdrawal from the decoration of Michelangelo's catafalque. From the Alfred Morrison collection. Sotheby's sale catalogue, 3-4 Mar 1969, lo...
Papers of Cyril Lucaris, Patriarch of Alexandria (1602-1631) and Constantinople (1621-1638). Formerly Phillipps MS 7844. Sotheby's, 15 June 1970, lot 1226 Creation dates: 1602 - 1638
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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