<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Armorial of the Doges of Venice</dc:title><dc:date>[between 1550 and 1600].</dc:date><dc:language>ita</dc:language><dc:description>Manuscript on paper of coats of arms of the Doges of Venice, on the verso pages, with biographical notes on the facing recto, two items per page; introduced by a short history of the founding of Venice, the beginning of which is missing</dc:description><dc:description>In Italian and Latin.</dc:description><dc:description>Script: The main scribe writes a careful Humanistica Cursiva. The additions on ff. 46r and 47r are written in a rapid Humanistica Cursiva.</dc:description><dc:description>Decoration: The biographical notes open with a large black initial in Capitalis. The coats of arms are largely drawn in brown ink and have red or yellow borders with colouring mainly in red, blue, and yellow.</dc:description><dc:description>Binding: 19th century parchment over cardboard, with a flat spine, and a gold-tooled title in Capitalis on the front cover.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>