Ms. Codex 71 Iuramentum capitulare, advocatorum per offitia rivoalti
Title
Iuramentum capitulare, advocatorum per offitia rivoaltiAuthors
- Venice (Italy)
- Contarini, Francesco, -1558
- Zeni, Marco
Call number
Ms. Codex 71(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9915806193503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122528280
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580619
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
Some items in Latin, some in ItalianOrigin
Written in Venice, 1526 or later; latest date given in the text is 18 July 1526 (f. 14v), but this is probably the date of the authorship of this section rather than the date of the copy.
- Date
- after 1526
- Place
-
Venice?
Summary
Collection of oaths, duties, obligations, details of fees, periods of service, etc., of the four Advocati Rivoalti. The regulations are arranged chronologically, so as to give a historical picture of the development of the office.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from upper cover and caption title (f. 1r).
- Incipit and explicit: (f. 1r) Iuro Ego Advocator offitiorum rivoalti, ad sancti dei ... (f. 15r) de ovibus supra et in expensis: [followed by colophon].
- Colophon (f. 15r): Marco Zeni provedador de [comuni?] [suprascripsi?]. Francesco Contarini provedador de [comuni?] [suprascripsi?].
Extent
15 leaves : 205 x 142 (142 x 92) mm. bound to 212 x 153 mmCollation
Parchment, ii (contemporary paper) + 15 + ii (contemporary paper); [i]¹, 1-3², 4²(-1), [i]¹; [1-15]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.Support
ParchmentBinding
Limp vellum, with title in red on front. Medallion on front cover decorated with lion of St. Mark, in blue and red. The cover also contains a small leaf design in green and gold, and an inscription in red giving the title. Venice, ca. 1526 or later; inscription on cover written in same hand as the text.Decoration
Illuminated inital "I" on blue background with white highlights (f. 1r); illuminated border with green vines gold leaves, with four coats of arms in lower margin (f. 1r); these might be the coats of arms of the four holders of the office at the date of the writing of the manuscript, though none appears to be the coat of arms of the Zeni or Contarini families. Red is used throughout the text for section headings and initials; blue is used throughout for initials. There are several small colored flourishes and leaf designs in the margins throughout.
Script
Colophon
Colophon (f. 15r): Marco Zeni provedador de [comuni?] [suprascripsi?]. Francesco Contarini provedador de [comuni?] [suprascripsi?].Provenance
- Sold by Davis and Orioli (Cat. 159, no. 94), 1958.
Subjects topical
- Venice (Italy).--Advocati rivoalti--Obligations (Law)
- Venice (Italy)--Oaths
- Venice (Italy)--Law and legislation
Genres
- Codices
- Illuminations
- Oaths
- Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
- Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
Keywords
- 16th century
- Illumination
- Legal
- Italian
- Italy
Licenses
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Decorations
- Front cover — Illustration, Lion of St. Mark, Front cover
- Front cover — Illuminated illustration, Foliate design, Front cover
- fol. 1r — Illuminated border, Coats of arms, f. 1r
- fol. 1r — Illuminated initial, Initial I, f. 1r
- fol. 6r — Manicule, f. 6r
- fol. 7r — Decorated descender, f. 7r
- fol. 12v — Decorated descender, f. 12v
- fol. 13v — Decorated descender, f. 13v
Images
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Decoration: Illustration, Lion of St. Mark, Front cover
Decoration: Illuminated illustration, Foliate design, Front cover
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Decoration: Illuminated border, Coats of arms, f. 1r
Decoration: Illuminated initial, Initial I, f. 1r
fol. 6r1538_0016.tif (71.5 MB)
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Decoration: Manicule, f. 6r
fol. 7r1538_0018.tif (71.5 MB)
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Decoration: Decorated descender, f. 7r
fol. 12v1538_0029.tif (71.5 MB)
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Decoration: Decorated descender, f. 12v
fol. 13v1538_0031.tif (71.5 MB)
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Decoration: Decorated descender, f. 13v
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