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Record Id:
032-002029070
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029070
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 6417
Title:

TRACTS, ETC., CONCERNING THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE: composed in or soon after 1453; late 15th cent. (1453- circa 1480). Origin: Italy. Latin. See Bibliotheca Manuscripta ad S. Marci Venetiarum, Codices MSS. Latini, vi (1873), Cod. 336, where the first two tracts occur. Owned, late 15th-early 16th cent., by Antonio Pizamano, Venetian humanist, Bishop of Feltre 1504-1512, see f. 37v, 'Domini Antonii Pizamani Doctoris'. Purchased according to Departmental records, from whom, and at what date, not specified.

Vellum; ff. 37. The figure '36' probably a reference to foliation, is written in a 17th? cent. hand, f. 37 recto, and also inside the back board. Early 19th cent. foliation, possibly carried out in the British Museum. Sec. fol. 'et pro demeritis meis'. 213 x 140mm. Gatherings: i-ii12, iii10 (lacks 8-10), iv12 (lacks 1-5, 12). Lacks end papers and fly-leaves. Single columns. Two humanist cursive scripts, probably Venetian: A. articles 1 and 2; B. art. 3. Art. 2 begins on quire iii (f. 25); art. 3 begins in middle of quire iv (f. 32) following five stubbs. Headings and capitals in red. Historiated initials, ff. 1, 25. Contemporary blind-stamped brown leather binding on boards, originally with metal studs and clasps, of which only the back clasp and two small studs on the front cover remain.

Contents:

1. ff. 1-24. 'De urbis Constantinopoleos iactura captivitateque ad sanctissimum domini Nicolaus summum pontificem', by Leonardo of Chios, Archbishop of Mitylene; Chios, 16 Aug. 1453 (f. 24). Beg. 'Flere michi magis licet'. Printed in Latin in Migne, Patrologia Graeca, 159 (1866), 923-944.

2. ff. 25-31v. Address of Lauro Quirini, Venetian philosopher, to Pope Nicholas V on the fall of Constantinople; Crete, 15 July 1453. Beg. 'Quamque ingenium meum par materie'. Printed in G. degli Agostini, Notizie Istorico-Critiche intorno la Vita e le Opera degli Scrittori Viniziani (1752), i, pp. 216-222, where the item is dated.

3. ff. 32-37v. Mass for divine aid against the Turks, composed by Bernard of Venice, Bishop of Cattaro in Dalmatia; 1453. Bernard was Bishop of Cattaro from Nov. 1453-1457. Colophon: 'Orate pro Bernardo ellecto Catharenij qui devote composuit' (f. 37v).

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Brown leather, blind-stamped: late 15th cent.

City of Constantinople: Tracts, etc., rel. to the fall of Constantinople: circa 1453: Lat.

includes:

  • ff. 1, 25 Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Tracts rel. to the fall of Constantinople: initials: late 15th cent.
  • ff. 1-24 Leonardo, of Chios; Archbishop of Mitylene: Tract on the fall of Constantinople: 1453: Lat.
  • ff. 25-31v Lauro Quirini, Venetian philosopher; fl. 1453: Tract rel. to the fall of Constantinople: 1453: Lat.
  • ff. 32-37v Liturgies LATIN: Bernard, of Venice; Bishop of Cattaro: Mass composed by Bernard of Venice, Bishop of Cattaro, for divine aid against the Turks: 1453: Lat.
  • f. 37v Antonio Pizamano, Bishop of Feltre: Signature: late 15th - early 16th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-002029070
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1453
End Date:
1485
Date Range:
1453-c 1480
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Antonio Pizamano, Bishop of Feltre: Owned, late 15th - early 16th cent.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bernard, of Venice, Bishop of Cattaro
Leonardo, of Chios, Archbishop of Mitylene
Pizamano, Antonio, Catholic priest, 1462-1512
Quirini, Lauro, Venetian philosopher, fl 1453
Places:
Constantinople, Europe/Asia