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Title

Discrittione delle cose di Cipro, con le ragioni in favore, ò contra diverse openioni sic, et delle provisioni, che erano necessarie per quel Regno

Authors

• Savorgnano, Ascanio

Other related names

• Marcaldi, Francesco, scribe
• Pio, Giovan' Battista, dedicatee

Call number

Ms. Codex 327
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9915809553503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122470340
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580955

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1573

Place

Ferrara

Summary

Description of the island of Cyprus in the 16th century, written by Ascanio Savorgnano, who was sent to Cyprus for this purpose by the Venetian Signoria. Much of the information it contains is designed to estimate the island's military capabilities. Dedicated to Giovan' Battista Pio by a certain Francesco Marcaldi, possibly the scribe (f. 3r).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title and attribution from title page (f. 2r).
   
• Incipit (f. 5r): In altre è stato esposto in quai termini, et esser si trovava il Regno di Cipro ...
   
• Bookseller's description (Laurence Witten) on file in the Library.
   

Extent

62 leaves : 177 x 134 (127 x 73) mm. bound to 182 x 136 mm

Foliation

Paper, 62; [1-62]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary morocco, with gilt and blind stamped decorations. Head and foot of spine repaired. Remains of red silk ties. Cover wearing at spine. A few leaves slightly loose. Various light stains.

Layout

Written in 15 long lines.

Script

Written in a humanistic cursive script in the hand of Francesco Marcaldi (f. 4r).

Provenance

• Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1959.
   

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Paper

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