Object details
Accession number
2.b.3.6
Creators
Full title
Diploma, Doctor of laws conferred by the University of Padua to Carlo Vicentini
Creation Date
1690
Object Case
Dante Case
Publication Place
Padua
Binding Description
Old morocco binding with elaborate gold tooling; tin case attached by silk cord (17th century)
Description
1 vol., (8 leaves, 37 lines) : vellum ; ill. ; 24 cm.
Provenance
Awarded to the doctor of law Carlo Vicentini by the University of Padua, October 1660.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Inscribed (on tin case attached to binding): seal of Cardinal Barbarigo [probably Gregorio Barbarigo, 1625-1697]
Dimensions
24 x 17 cm (9 7/16 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. 44-45, 77.
Seymour De Ricci and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. 1 (New York,1935-40), p. 934, no. 26.
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