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Add MS 21413
- Record Id:
- 032-002033804
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002033804
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000043.0x000216
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 21413
- Title:
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Marriage grant from Ludovico il Moro to Beatrice d'Este
- Scope & Content:
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A marriage grant from Ludovico Maria Sforza ('il Moro'), duke of Milan, to his wife, Beatrice d'Este, daughter of Ercole I, duke of Ferrara, of lands in the territories of Novara, Pavia, and Milan, incipit: 'In nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi anno natalis eius millesimo quatringentesimo nonagesimo quarto die martis vigesimo octavo Ianuarii'.
Decoration:
Partial border in colours and gold with motifs all'antica and portraits of Ludovico il Moro and his wife, Beatrice d'Este, with their arms impaled and supported by two putti, badges and mottoes.
The illumination is attributed to Giovan Pietro Birago.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002033804", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 21413: Marriage grant from Ludovico il Moro to Beatrice d'Este" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002033804
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002033804
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_21413 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1494
- End Date:
- 1494
- Date Range:
- 1494
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
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Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 610 x 550 mm
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Humanistic. Written by Stephanus Guspertus of Cremona, notary and ducal chancellor, his colophon: 'Ego Stephanus Guspertus cremonensis D. Pauli civis mediolanensis ill[ustrissi]morum et ex[cellentissi]morum principum D. Ioannis Galeaz Marie Sfortie Vicecomitis Mediolani Ducis ac p[rincip]i domini Ludovici eius patri uti patris cancellarius ac publicus imperatoria auctoritate notarius (...) instrumentum confeci et scripsi in hancq[ue] publicam formam redegi. Et qui diligenter collatum originali sceda concordare inveni. Ideo etiam propria manu mea scripsi signumque mei notariatus apposui consuetum in fidem et testimonium omnium premissorum'.
Binding: Cardboard mount.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Milan, Italy.
Provenance:
Ludovico Maria Sforza 'il Moro' (b. 1452, d. 1508), duke of Bari and subsequently Milan (from 1495): includes a marriage grant from him to his wife (married in 1491) Beatrice d'Este (b. 1475, d. 1497), duchess of Bari and subsequently Milan, dated 28 January 1494, and signed by the duke.
William Young Ottley (b. 1771, d. 1836), writer on art and collector, keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum: acquired from him by Samuel Rogers (see Catalogue of the Very Celebrated Collection of Works of Art: The Property of Samuel Rogers Esq. (London: Christie and Mason, 1856), p. 95)
Samuel Rogers (b. 1763, d. 1855), poet, purchased by the British Museum at his sale at Christie's on 6 May 1856 lot 1014: see note on the verso and his sale catalogue of 1856.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of the Very Celebrated Collection of Works of Art: The Property of Samuel Rogers Esq. (London: Christie and Mason, 1856), p. 95.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1860 (London: British Museum, 1875), p. 378.
John William Bradley, A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1889), III, p. 230.
George F. Warner, Miniatures and Borders from the Book of Hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan, in the British Museum (London: Trustees, 1894), pp. xxxii-xxxiii.
John A. Herbert, Illuminated Manuscripts (London: Methuen, 1911), p. 300.
Élisabeth Pellegrin, La bibliothèque des Visconti et des Sforza ducs de Milan, au XVe siècle, Publications de l’Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, 5 (Paris: Centre de documentation du C.N.R.S., 1955), p. 364.
Mark L. Evans, ‘New Light on the ‘Sforziada’ Frontispieces of Giovan Pietro Birago’, British Library Journal (1987), 232-47 (p. 246, n. 15).
The Painted Page: Italian Renaissance Book Illumination 1450-1550, ed. by Jonathan J. G. Alexander (London: Prestel, 1994), p. 32.
Cristina Quattrini, 'Maestro delle Ore di Sforza' in Dizionario Biografico di Miniatura: Secoli IX-XVI, ed. by Milva Bollati (Milan: Sylvestre Bonnard, 2004), pp. 575-76 (p. 576).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)