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Add MS 5305
- Record Id:
- 032-003895195
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003895195
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121991616.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5305
- Title:
- Watercolours of stones and marble samples, attributed to Bruno Tozzi
- Scope & Content:
- Watercolours of samples of stones and marbles attributed to Bruno Tozzi, with their name inscribed in pen and ink in Italian. The drawings are executed directly on the folios of the manuscript, mostly both recto and verso. On f. 3 is a full-page watercolour of a mountainous landscape with the title 'Cava delle Pietre' ( i.e. stone quarry) inscribed in the upper margin.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003895195", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 5305: Watercolours of stones and marble samples, attributed to Bruno Tozzi" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003895195
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003895195
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (263 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- early 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 210 x 160 mm.
Material: paper.
Medium: ink, watercolour, gouache.
Foliation: 259 numbered folios, plus 4 unnumbered folios, making a total of 263 folios.
- Custodial History:
- The manuscripts of Sir Hans Sloane were purchased at his death from his executors by the Act of Parliament which established the British Museum in 1753.
- Former External References:
- Min. 150 (crossed out)
Min. 214
XLI.B - Source of Acquisition:
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The Sloane Manuscripts were held by the British Museum Department of Manuscripts until 1973 after which they were transferred to the British Library.
- Finding Aids:
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Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts Vol. 21 (1832), available in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: 'Drawings of Stones and calcareous earths in their natural colors, with their names in Italian; from the library of Bruno Tozzi, who probably executed them. Small Quarto. pp. 509.'
'Min. 150 (crossed out), 214' in the catalogue of Sir Hans Sloane's Library, Sloane MS 3972 C.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959
Tozzi, Bruno, abbot and naturalist, 1656-1743