Object details
Accession number
2.a.2.3.1
Primary Creator
Cristoforo Moro
(Venice, 1390 - 1471, Venice)
Full title
Letter to Antonius de Priolis from the Doge's Palace, Venice
Creation Date
25 October 1470
Object Case
Dante Case
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Venice
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
Annotation in pencil in Charles Eliot Norton's hand (top of p. 1): Il Lorenzi [illegible] Palazzo Ducale. Doc. 843 / 798 concerning the loss of papers of State
Dimensions
28 cm (11 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
Seymour de Ricci and W.J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. I (New York, 1935), p. 936, no. 38.
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