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Diploma of herbarist (Privilegium in arte aromataria), conferred to Giuseppe Cavalcaselle

author College of Apothecaries (Italian, founded 1565)

DateJanuary 1757

Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

MediumInk on vellum

Dimensions21 x 14 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number2.b.3.1

eMuseum ID719428

EmbARK ObjectID20781

Previous Number25F27e42-s

TMS Source ID7379

Last Updated8/9/24

Description1 vol. (6 leaves, 28 lines) ; vellum : 21 cm.

Status

Not on view

Web 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. 47-48.
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. 934, no. 28.
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.

MarksNotesInscribed (first flyleaf): "C. E. Norton"

ProvenanceNotesGift from the College of Apothecaries, Venice to the herbarist Giuseppe Cavalcaselle, January 1757.
Collection 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)