Object details
Accession number
2.c.2.1
Primary Creator
Nicolò da Ponte
(Venice, 1491 - 1585, Venice)
Full title
Commission of Doge Nicolò da Ponte to Antonio Bragadin as Podesta of Noale
Creation Date
26 August 1578
Object Case
Dante Case
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Venice
Binding Description
Morocco binding with gold tooling (Venetian, 16th century)
Description
1 vol., (182 leaves, 23 lines) : vellum ; ill. ; 23 cm
Provenance
Collection of the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (inside, front cover): "Probably Anton Bragadin, son of Marcantonio the hero and martyr of Famagosta in 1571 (cf. c. 160 b). The shield on the cover is that of the Bragadini." [hand of Charles Eliot Norton]
Marked in relief (on binding, front cover): Lion of Saint Mark
Marked in relief (on binding, back cover): Bragadini family coat of arms
Dimensions
23 x 17 cm (9 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Display Media
Ink on vellum
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), pp. 37-38.
Seymour De Ricci and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. 1 (New York,1935), p. 933, no. 19.
Helena Szépe. "Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venetian manuscripts" in Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), p. 235.
Anne-Marie Eze. "Italian Illuminated Manuscripts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Rivista di Storia della Miniatura (2012), pp. 91, 94.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, no. 42824, accessed 4 November 2016.
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