Mores Italiae

Description

Title: Mores Italiae
Published / Created: 1575
Publication Place: Venice
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of an album of 105 water-color drawings of Italian costumes and scenes of daily life (some with titles), including two maps of Venice.
Description: Binding: Nineteenth century. Red, straight-grained goatskin, gold-tooled, with light blue, watered silk doublures and flyleaves. Possibly bound by one of the Bozerians (Paris, 1793-1817), but the foot of the spine where their signature usually appears was destroyed in rebacking. Gilt edges.
Drawings mounted, framed by narrow gold strips.
Extent: ff. 105 : paper ; 280 x 218 (drawings: 185 x 130) mm.
Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized
Language: Italian

Format: mixed material
Genre: Drawings
Illustrations
Miniatures (Illuminations)
Watercolors (Paintings)
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Venice (Italy)--Description and travel
Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

Access: Public
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Citation: Mores Italiae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. and Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 457.

Orbis Record: 9690673
OID: 2003570
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms457.htm