Collection ID: 0001 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• Joni, Icilio Federico

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 6073441
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6073441

Publisher

Origin

Date

between 1885 and 1889?

Place

Siena

Summary

19th-century reproduction of the wooden covers used in the 15th century on the tavolette della biccerna (tax account books) in the Archivio di Stato of Siena, comprising two painted wooden panels joined by a leather spine. The center of the upper cover depicts the parable of the laborers in the vineyard; the center of the lower cover has a central coat of arms flanked by four smaller coats of arms; both have gilt dividing lines patterned with repeated small punches or impressions. Worm damage visible on the inner surfaces of the covers.

Extent

Provenance

• Sold at auction at Christie's, 7 November 1988, lot 47, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.
   

Subjects topical

• Bookbinding--Forgeries
• Bookbinding--Italy
• Laborers in the vineyard (Parable)

Genres

• Covers (gathered matter components)
• Coats of arms
• Facsimiles
• Manuscripts, Digital

Licenses

• Text

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  URL

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• Text

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  URL

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Decorations

• Front cover — Illustration, Parable of laborers in vineyard, Front cover
• Back cover — Illustration, Coats of arms, Back cover