Filename:
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cc_108981_boccaccio
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Identifier:
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cc_108981_boccaccio
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Title:
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Il Decameron
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Creator:
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
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Subject:
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Manuscripts - 16th century
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Subject:
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Decorated initials
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Subject:
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Vellum
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Subject:
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Chancery italic
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Subject:
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Calligraphy
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Summary:
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Manuscript from unknown calligrapher of Boccaccio's Decameron with chapter titles and initials left incomplete and presumably unpainted.
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Summary:
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Bound in cream-colored leather. Dark red label with gold-tooled titling across spine along with gilt-tooled accent lines along raised bindings. Slipcase covered in white and green paper with hand-painted black and white dotted pattern.
Includes facsimile and 1969 letter from Bruce Barker-Benfield, Bodleian Libary, Oxford, requesting information from Paul Standard regarding manuscript in addition to another hand-written half-sheet in Italian.
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Digital Publisher:
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Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Contributor:
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Standard, Paul, 1896-1992, collector
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Date of Original:
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1550 approximate
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Date of Digitization:
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2021
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Broad Type:
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still image
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Specific Type:
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manuscripts
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Digital File Format:
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jpeg
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Physical Format:
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books
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Language:
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Italian
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Original Item Location:
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108981
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Library Collection:
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Paul Standad Graphic Arts Collection
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Digital Project:
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2021_0074_boccaccio
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Catalog Record:
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https://albert.rit.edu/record=b4233379~S3
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Place:
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Italy
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Rights:
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