Fondatione della città di Lucca et altre memorie sino al anno 1370

Date:

1600

Description:

Chronicle of the history of Lucca, in Italy. Part II, from p. 242, continues the chronicle from 1370 to 1609. The last page contains a few notes from the 18th century.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by La Medicea (Florence), 1956.

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); chronicles; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

202 leaves : paper; 210 x 147 (183 x 120) mm bound to 225 x 160 mm

Geographic Subject:

Lucca (Italy) -- History

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (p. 1); title written on lower part of spine: Croniche lucchesi (badly worn, hard to read).; Pagination: Paper, i + 202 + ii; 1, [i], 2-368, [ii], 369-399, [ii]; contemporary or slightly later pagination in ink, upper outer corner.; Script: Written in cursive script by several hands.; Binding: Blind-stamped leather, possibly 18th century. The leaves are of several sizes, suggesting that the volume was written in segments and then gathered and bound.; Origin: Written in Lucca[?] in the 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch), with a few 18th century additions.; There is one leaf laid in between p. 77-78.; Leather of cover crumbling in places. Back spine splitting. Many stains and smudges. Some leaves splitting and fraying at the edges. Some leaves have lost small amounts of text due to trimming.; Typed transcription of first eight pages on file in the Library.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 264