Identity area
Reference code
Crewe MS/44
Title
Statutes of the Compagnia della Misericordia of Florence; ‘Diceria di Santa Nafissa’, by Annibale Caro; ‘Che non è ingiuria il dire “Tu se’ un Bue”’, by Giovanni Antonio Papini
Date(s)
- c. 1731 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (32 x 24 cm), containing 39 leaves. Bound in paper-covered boards with a parchment spine.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
The armorial bookplate of Robert, Earl of Crewe, is pasted inside the front cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
(1) ‘Capitoli della Compagnia della Miseria [sic].’ Copied from Antonio Maria Biscioni’s transcript of a MS of about 1478 (see f. 10v). (2) (ff. 1r–4r) ‘Diceria di Santa Nafissa Al Sesto Re della Virtu’, by Annibale Caro. Copied on 23 Nov. 1731 from a MS belonging to Gaetano Bernestat (see f. 4r). (ff. 5r–29v) ‘Che non è ingiuria il dire Tu se’ un Bue’, by Papini. All the items in are in Papini’s hand. The inscription on the spine is indistinct.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
A composite volume containing two MSS foliated respectively 1–10 and 1–29.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Italian