"Qui seguita la cronica del origine delle famegie nobile venute abitar in Venetia et ecian d’citadini, con altre cose degne de memoria", 16th-17th century
A collection of materials relative to the history of Venice and its patrician families, in two divisions; the first written in the 16th cent., apparently about 1584 (fols. 1b-67), and the second (fols. 70-190), copied in the 17th cent.
Dates
- Creation: 16th-17th century
Extent
190 leaves, of which fols. 39-41 and 103-4 are blank
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 598
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 598.
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. III, no. 13371.
Custodial History
Olim in quadam bibliotheca (forsan baronis Somers), "Press I, shelf C, No. 4;" et in quodam catalogo venali "10."
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio; stamped on each side of the old leather binding is a coat of arms; quarterly 1 and 4, two swords in saltire between four crescents 2 and 3, four crescents, two and two; supporters, two greyhounds, collared.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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