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PREVIOUS Comment on this Record    NEXT New York, New York Public Library, Spencer Collection,  NYPL Spencer 082 Description: ff. 93 + ii - Bound in full levant morocco with shell and sun devices, gilt. On front cover: H Albani et Amicorum. - Hieronymus Albani (1504-91; became cardinal in 1570). Bought for Spencer from Georges Heilbrun, 1954. - Dictionary Catalog, Spencer Collection, 903. Tammaro de Marinis, Appunti e ricerche bibliografiche (Milan, 1940), no. 36, plate 234. Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 0 Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/NYPLSpencer082_ Language: Latin; Greek Country: France Century: 16th Part 1: ff. 1-93v Description: - Parchment - 149 x 93 mm - Emblem on the verso of every vellum sheet. Country: France Cardinal point: Region: City: Paris? Assigned Date: s. XVI2 Searchable Date Range: 1550 - 1599 Dated by scribe: No Inscribed Date: Document: No Number of Scribes: ; Script: Capitals Artist(s): S with diagonal stroke Figurative Decoration: 93 emblems, including human and animal figures. Other Decoration: Emblems in pen and ink, with occasional touches of red. Notes: Dated to before 1570, because Hieronymus Albani became a cardinal that year, but the device on the binding does not include a cardinal's hat. Illuminator's mark?: "S" with diagonal stroke through initial, ff. 82, 84. Latin Number of Texts: 1 Text 1: ff. 1v-93v Title: Emblemata Language(s): Latin; Greek Incipit: Nunc haeret qui levis olim Explicit: Meus tempora vincit amor. Status of text: Some of the emblems' banners are left blank.

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