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| Keywords: Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta 2.jpg 30 Giovanni Boccaccio Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta Manuscript on vellum in Italian illuminated by Attavante degli Attavanti Italy Florence c 1480 267 x 183 mm 128 leaves text complete I-XII10 XIII10-1 Catchwords throughout “ Written space 183 x 90 mm 27 lines per page Text in Italian in a neat humanistic script in dark brown ink 133 two-line initials in gold on blue ground with white penwork decoration and filled with pink and green with yellow penwork 8 five- to six-line vine-stem initials Title page with full border and historiated initial “ Some rubbing to the title page the right lower corner of fol 103 replaced otherwise in fine condition Final leaf of the last quire pasted onto the back cover “ Contemporary binding Northern Italian probably Venetian not later than 1510 cf De Marinis 1960 vol 2 p 1616 pl CCLXXV and De Marinis 1966 p 118 blind-tooled brown calf over wooden boards using four different tools four raised bands gilt edges One vellum flyleaf at the front clasps missing ends of spine expertly restored http //guenther-rarebooks com/catalog-online/30 php ~ 1480 Attavante degli Attavant PD-old-100 Fiammetta Renaissance illuminated manuscripts from Italy Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Historiated initials from illuminated manuscripts | ||||
