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5372. Harley MS 3547
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3547
- Title:
- Statutes of the Compagnia di Santa Maria della Pietà di Firenze
- Scope & Content:
- Statutes of the Company of St Mary of the Pietà, a Florentine lay confraternity. Vertical catchwords. Ruled in hardpoint. Unfinished initials showing underdrawing (ff. 12r, 19v). Vestiges of a previous binding on f. [29]. Decoration: Full white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
5373. Harley MS 3549
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3549
- Title:
- History of Venice to 1439
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-123v: a history of Venice, up to the year 1439, in Italian, beginning, 'Segondo che trouo scripto in una et piu croniche dice &'. Decoration: Large initial in grey and red ink and 2 coloured initials in alternating red or grey (f. 1r). Spaces for initials left blank or...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
5374. Harley MS 3555
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3555
- Title:
- Petrarch, Rime
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1-120: Petrarch, Rime. Decoration: 1 puzzle initial in red and blue; coat of arms in brown and red ink in the lower margin (f. 1r). Alternating blue initials with red penwork and red initials with mauve penwork.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
5375. Harley MS 3558
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3558
- Title:
- Il Maggio: overo Il Palio Conquistato, A poem by Giovanni Camillo Peresio
- Scope & Content:
- Fairly written manuscript volume containing a poem by Giovanni Camillo Peresio, written in the Romanesco dialect of Italian. The volume is titled 'Il Maggio: overo Il Palio Conquistato, Poema Epicogiocoso Nel linguaggio del Volog di Roma di Giovanni Camillo Peresio, Dedicato al Serenissimo e Re...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century-Early 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
5376. Harley MS 3566
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3566
- Title:
- Italian translation of Alessandro Geraldini, Itinerario por las regiones subequinocciales; João Bermudes, description of Ethiopia; Life of Prospero Publicola Santacroce; history of the Confraternita della Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini e Convalescenti
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1*recto-3*verso: Index to Alessandro Geraldini's Itinerario por las regiones subequinocciales. ff. 4*recto-4*verso: Introduction by 'Il Cavalier Pompeo Mongallo da Lionessa della militia di Giesu Chr[ist]o'. ff. 1r-77v: Italian translation of Alessandro Geraldini, Itinerario por...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
5377. Harley MS 3567
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3567
- Title:
- Petrarch, Il Canzoniere and I Trionfi
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1*r-v: pen-trialling and ownership inscriptions. ff. 1r-8r: index of poems. ff. 9r-148v: Petrarch, Il Canzoniere (The Songbook). ff. 149r-189r: Petrarch, I Trionfi (The Triumphs). ff. 8v, 175v, 189v are blank. Written by Matteo Contugi of Volterra: colophon, 'Manu Matthaei ol...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- c 1465
- Extent:
- 1 volume
5378. Harley MS 3571
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3571
- Title:
- A Life of the Virgin Mary and Christ, in Italian
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript features an Italian text that can be described as a vita of the Virgin Mary and Christ, although it also highlights the role of St Joseph after Christ's death. The narrative starts with the Virgin's birth and childhood and ends with her assumption into heaven. Perhaps another ver...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 15th century
- Extent:
- Parchment codex
5379. Harley MS 3573
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3573
- Title:
- Giovanni Boccaccio, Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-94r: Giovanni Boccaccio, Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta. Decoration: A drawing of a human face in the lower margin of f. 12r.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
5380. Harley MS 3576
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3576
- Title:
- Account of the families in Messina
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-26r: Alphabetical index of family names. ff. 27r-228v: Account of the families in Messina; according to Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts (1808), III, p. 43, the manuscript is entitled: 'Il Libro Famiglie degli de Messine'. This title was probably legible on the manuscrip...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume