Simoneta, Johannes:
Commentarii rerum gestarum Francisci Sfortiae [Italian] La Sforziada. With additions by Franciscus Puteolanus and Franciscus Philelphus. Tr: Christophorus Landinus
ISTC No.is00534000
AuthorSimoneta, Johannes
TitleCommentarii rerum gestarum Francisci Sfortiae [Italian] La Sforziada. With additions by Franciscus Puteolanus and Franciscus Philelphus. Tr: Christophorus Landinus
ImprintMilan : Antonius Zarotus, 1490
Formatf°
NotesThe vellum copies at Paris BN and Warsaw N have, as does the BL's Grenville copy, frontispieces illuminated by Giovan Pietro Birago. Fragments from the frontispiece of a fourth copy (perhaps the imperfect copy in the Vatican) are at Florence, Uffizi. The Paris copy belonged to Giangaleazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, and the Warsaw copy probably to Galeazzo de Sanseverino, son-in-law of Lodovico il Moro. See T. Kren, ed., Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts: Treasures from the British Library (New York and London, 1983) no.14, and M.L. Evans in the British Library Journal 13 (1987), pp.232-247
Language of itemita
Reference worksGoff S534; HC 14756; Pell Ms 10560; CIBN S-280; Hillard 1857; IDL 4131; IBE 5268; IGI 9015; IBP 5044 & Tab. I; Šimáková-Vrchotka 1807; Voull(B) 3046; Bod-inc S-215; Sheppard 4874; Pr 5828; BMC VI 721; GW M42290
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1994 & 2011. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 4 - Chronicles and Historiography Part I, CH 89; Unit 91 - Printing in Milan Part II, ML186
IISTC. Copy: London BL, 167.e.9 and G.7251
Holdings
Czech RepublicMladá Vožice ZámKn (imperfect)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (2, 1 vellum, 1 imperfect)
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine (imperfect)
GermanyBerlin, Staatsbibliothek (copy lost)
Halle, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Mainz, Gutenberg-Museum (2 leaves only, GM-Ink.662a+b)
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (1 leaf only)
IrelandDublin, Chester Beatty Library
ItalyBergamo, Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai
Bologna, Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio (colophon as in BMC)
Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria (3)
Cosenza, Biblioteca Civica
Ferrara, Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea
Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (2: Magl. E.4.14, Pal. D.7.2.8)
Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana
Genova, Biblioteca Durazzo *BP
Genova, Biblioteca Universitaria
Lodi, Biblioteca comunale Laudense
Lucca, Statale (imperfect)
Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana
Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Milano, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense (imperfect)
Milano, Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana (2, 1 ASC imperfect)
Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria
Monza, Biblioteca Civica
Napoli, Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III
Novara, Biblioteca civica Carlo Negroni
Novara, Biblioteca Seminario vescovile S. Gaudenzio
Padova, Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile
Palermo, Biblioteca Centrale della Regione Siciliana Alberto Bombace
Parma, Biblioteca Palatina
Piacenza, Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (imperfect, wanting f.1)
Roma, La Biblioteca del Senato della Repubblica Giovanni Spadolini
Roma, Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina (INC. 600)
Savigliano C
Torino, Biblioteca Reale (2)
Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (imperfect, wanting f.a1-5)
Padova, Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile
The NetherlandsDen Haag, Huis van het Boek (004 D 013)
PolandWarszawa, Biblioteka Narodowa (vellum)
SpainZaragoza, Real Seminario Sacerdotal de San Carlos
SwitzerlandZürich, Zentralbibliothek
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandManchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (945.05 S 22)
Oxford, Bodleian Library
London, British Library (167.e.9 = IB.26058)
London, British Library (G.7251 = IB.26059) (On vellum, and belonged to Lodovico il Moro, son of Duke Francesco Sforza. Border illuminated by Giovan Pietro Birago at beginning of text (7a) with portraits of Francesco Sforza and Lodovico il Moro. Bound in velvet with eight silver-gilt bosses with niello work decorations of devices of the Sforza family)
United States of AmericaWashington DC, Folger Shakespeare Library
San Marino CA, Huntington Library
Claremont CA, Claremont Colleges, Honnold Library, Bodman Collection
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division
Chicago IL, University of Chicago Libraries, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
Ann Arbor MI, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Stephen Spaulding Collection (2)
Baltimore MD, The Walters Art Museum Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library
Donald H. Williams, Kensington MD
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (2: Stamp.Barb.BBB.V.25, Stamp.Ross.93)
Number of holding institutions57
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