Della vera nobilità.Cornazzano, Antonio, 1429-1484[between 1470 and 1475].itaManuscript on goatskin parchment of Antonio Cornazzano, Della vera nobilità, a poem in terzine in honor of the condottiere Antonio Martinengo (d. 1473, Brescia). This is probably the presentation copy of the poemScript: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Textualis; the first majuscule of each terzine placed between the double bounding-lines at left of the text.Decoration: The Latin headings in front of each of the seven sections of the poem seem to have been deleted. Each section opens with a 2-line gold initial on a square coloured background heightened with white, yellow or gold penwork. The initial is accompanied by three gold balls in black penwork flourishes in the margin. Marginal annotations throughout appear in pale red ink.Binding: The original parchment covers and spine are pasted onto new boards; the covers are gold-tooled with a fillet and a floweret in each corner.In Italian.