Ms. codex.; Lorenzo Spirito (real name, Lorenzo Gualtieri) was secretary of Niccolo Piccinino (contemporary note, front flyleaf i recto).; Title from heading (f. 1r).; Incipit: Lume del ciel che l'universo vedi, / robando sempre lo stellato chiostro / ... (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 80 + i (contemporary paper); 1-80; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 18 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script, in the hand of Carlo Lippi (f. 75v).; Binding: Contemporary limp vellum with remnants of leather ties; spine reads Lorenzo Spirito.; Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Italian.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 263
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