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Institution:

HMML

HMML Project Number:

3228

Country:

Austria

City:

Herzogenburg

Repository:

Stiftsbibliothek

ShelfMark:

Codex Herzogenburgensis 302

Folio:

56 ff.

Bibliography:

H. Mayo. Descriptive Inventories, Austrian Libraries, vol. 3 (Collegeville, 1985)

Notes:

The collection was apparently compiled for archduke Ferdinand Karl, who ruled in the Tirol 1646-1662. This MS belonged to the Coutns colloredo (f. 1r), and according to the inventory of 1949, came to Herzogenburg from Bibliothek Walpersdorf.

Provenance:

stamped in the lower margin Colloredo.

Physical Issues:

Quarto

Revisit:

1

City Authority URI_LC:

http://lccn.loc.gov/n89119004

City Authority URI_VIAF:

http://viaf.org/viaf/167636195

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Manuscript Part I

Folio:

56 ff.

Country:

Austria

Date:

(?)

Support:

Paper

Other Decoration:

Six pen-drawn emblems on each page.

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

1r

Supplied Title:

Emblem consisting of a lozenge surmounted by a crown and containing the initials FC. Underneath, the caption Marchio del serenissimo Prencipe [!] Perdinando Carlo Archiduca di Austria.

Language(s):

Latin

Notes To Text:

1v blank.

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Manuscript Text

Folio:

2r-56v

Supplied Title:

Emblems numbered 1 - 650 and bearing captions in Italian identifying the possessors, mostly Italian, who are arranged approximately in order of social precedence from the rank of duke downwards. Many of the devices are accompanied by comments. . .

Language(s):

Latin