Iulia gens ab dis [?] est a Venere, item a regibus Anco silicet Martio Martii Trahere originem perhibuntur

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Title:
Iulia gens ab dis [?] est a Venere, item a regibus Anco silicet Martio Martii Trahere originem perhibuntur
Title (alt.):
Ivlia gens ab dis [?] est a Venere, item a regibvs Anco silicet Martio Martii Trahere originem perhibvntvr
Julia gens ab dis [?] est a Venere
Description:
Manuscript scroll containing a family tree of the Julii Caesares and tracing the emperors of Rome through Constantine.
Former owner:
Zanichelli, Mauro
Former owner:
Pettini Libraria di Antonio Pettini
Former owner:
Alberto Govi (Firm)
Date:
[1450?–1550?]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Scrolls (Information artifacts)
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Julii family
Emperors--Rome--Biography
Rome--History--Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.
Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Caesar, Julius
Places:
Italy
Extent:
1 roll : 4 membranes ; 2550 x 510 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vq285m73q
Terms of Use:
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No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Italy]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Ms roll.
Title from caption.
Origin: Based on paleographical evidence, written in Italy, perhaps during the late 15th or early 16th centuries.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: With bookseller Mauro Zanichelli until approximately 2003, thereafter purchased by Pettini Libraria di Antonio Pettini, in Rome.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Libreria Alberto Govi, Modena, Italy, in May, 2024.
Purchase; Libreria Alberto Govi; 20240515; 2024.38.
Notes (object):
Collation: Parchment, vertical scroll in 4 sheets pasted together with approximately 10 to 30 mm overlap. 2550 x 510 mm.
Layout: Each membrane ruled in a grid pattern with pricking to lay out portions of the diagram; lineages descend through the length of the scroll, with historical notes running both perpendicular and parallel to the length of the scroll.
Script: Written in a humanistic cursiva in brown ink.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_019582
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pf Med.300
Barcode:
39999092194586