An illustrated Album Amicorum of Paul van Dale, written in about A.D. 1569-1578
Consisting of mounted paintings, chiefly of Italian magnates, lay and ecclesiastical, types of Italian ladies, etc., done to the order of van Dale's friends, chiefly at Rome or Bologna: the friends usually write their names and the date (1569-78), with motto.
Fols. 1-3 are occupied by paintings of a young man, 'ætatis suæ 17', '... 18', '... 19', but all dated 1569: his arms are, Quarterly 1st and 4th argent an eagle rising sable on a hillock vert, 2nd and 3rd azure four bars humetty or.
Dates
- Creation: written in about A.D. 1569-1578
Extent
47 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
- Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Douce d. 11
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21987
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
9 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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