An illustrated Album Amicorum of Paul van Dale, written in about A.D. 1569-1578
File
MS. Douce d. 11
Held at the Weston Library
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.
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
- 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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