Commission of Doge Nicolò da Ponte to Antonio Bragadin as Podesta of Noale
author
Nicolò da Ponte
(Venice, 1491 - 1585, Venice)
Date26 August 1578
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumInk on vellum
Dimensions23 x 17 cm (9 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.c.2.1
eMuseum ID720832
EmbARK ObjectID17663
TMS Source ID5917
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 vol., (182 leaves, 23 lines) : vellum ; ill. ; 23 cmStatus
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), pp. 37-38.
Seymour De Ricci and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. 1 (New York,1935), p. 933, no. 19.
Helena Szépe. "Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venetian manuscripts" in Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), p. 235.
Anne-Marie Eze. "Italian Illuminated Manuscripts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Rivista di Storia della Miniatura (2012), pp. 91, 94.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, no. 42824, accessed 4 November 2016.
Seymour De Ricci and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. 1 (New York,1935), p. 933, no. 19.
Helena Szépe. "Isabella Stewart Gardner's Venetian manuscripts" in Elizabeth Anne McCauley et al. Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Venice: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 2004), p. 235.
Anne-Marie Eze. "Italian Illuminated Manuscripts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Rivista di Storia della Miniatura (2012), pp. 91, 94.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, no. 42824, accessed 4 November 2016.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (inside, front cover): "Probably Anton Bragadin, son of Marcantonio the hero and martyr of Famagosta in 1571 (cf. c. 160 b). The shield on the cover is that of the Bragadini." [hand of Charles Eliot Norton]
Marked in relief (on binding, front cover): Lion of Saint Mark
Marked in relief (on binding, back cover): Bragadini family coat of arms
Marked in relief (on binding, front cover): Lion of Saint Mark
Marked in relief (on binding, back cover): Bragadini family coat of arms
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 3 July 1903 for $2,500. (with 18 other Venetian manuscripts)
Francesco Donato
17 July 1547
