Mercantile statutes of Florence

Description

Title: Mercantile statutes of Florence
Published / Created: [ca. 1575]
Publication Place: Florence
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of mercantile statutes of Florence in three Books, revised by a committee of experts and promulgated by Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici of Tuscany (1574-1587); the basis for the revision were the statutes of 1393 ("statuto vecchio") and those of 1496 ("statuto nuovo").
Description: In Italian.
Script: Copied by one scribe in sloping calligraphic Humanistica Cursiva.
On the frontispiece f. r, a woodcut title-page with spaces for text (a handwritten title) left blank. The full-page woodcut represents the ruins and symbols of Rome with the god of the Tibre under a portico with five allegorical female figures.
The paper of most pages is damaged by the corrosive ink.
Binding (repaired): ca. 1700. White parchment over pasteboard. Spine with four raised bands and handwritten title in ink: "Statut. / Florent. / M.S.". Bordeaux edges.
Provenance: Purchased from Laurence Witten on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. ii + 191 + i : 335 x 225 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Florence (Italy)
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Statutes
Politics and government
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Statutes
Florence (Italy) > Politics and government > 1421-1737
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Mercantile Statutes of Florence. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.