Letter to Antonius de Priolis from Venice

Letter to Antonius de Priolis from Venice

correspondent Cristoforo Moro (Venice, 1390 - 1471, Venice)

Date25 October 1470

Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

MediumInk on vellum

Dimensions28 cm (11 in.)

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number2.a.2.3.1

eMuseum ID723375

Previous Number49F27e42-s

EmbARK ObjectID23728

TMS Source ID8625

Last Updated8/9/24

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.

BibliographyNotesSeymour de Ricci and W.J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. I (New York, 1935), p. 936, no. 38.

MarksNotesAnnotation in pencil in Charles Eliot Norton's hand (top of p. 1): Il Lorenzi [illegible] Palazzo Ducale. Doc. 843 / 798 concerning the loss of papers of State

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)