Object details
Accession number
2.a.2.2.3
Creators
Full title
Commission Appointment to Raimondo Lavagnol
Creation Date
1 March 1662
Object Case
Dante Case
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Venice
Description
Folio "1880"
16 in. x 22 1/4 in
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 sets of Venetian manuscripts)
Dimensions
35.6 x 38.1 cm (14 x 15 in.)
Display Media
Ink on vellum with lead seal and silk chord
Dimension Notes
Seal: 3.5 x 3.5 x 0.3 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
Seal chord: 12.7 cm (5 in.) long
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
Anne-Marie Eze. "'Safe from Destruction by Fire': Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venetian Manuscripts." Journal for Manuscript Studies (Fall 2017), p. 190.
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