Description:
Ausstattung: 18 Goldinitialen und Randleiste mit Deckfarben 3
ornamentale Initialen in Gold und Deckfarben 2 Miniaturen
BSB-Provenienz: Polling, Augustinerchorherren
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift
Datierte Handschrift
Albinus Lucanus Giovan Marco Cinico Giovanni Todeschino Extent:
I + 129 Bl. - Pergament Abstract:
Englische Version: Giovanni Marco Cinico from Parma wrote and
signed this manuscript for Alfonso II of Aragon, King of Naples, in
1494. The text comprises excerpts from Historiarum ab inclinatione
Romanorum imperii decades (Decades of history from the
deterioration of the Roman Empire) by Flavius Blondus, the
Latinized name of Flavio Biondo (1392-1463). Biondo was an early
Renaissance Italian historian and archeologist, who wrote several
books on the history of Rome. The excerpts were compiled by
Johannes Albinus (also called Giovanni Albino), an enthusiast for
the literature of antiquity and a statesman, counselor to Ferdinand
of Aragon, and historian who died in Rome circa 1496. The lavishly
ornate manuscript is especially remarkable for the illuminations on
the title pages displaying, in front of an architectural framework,
victorious Rome personified as a woman on the verso page, next to a
female personification of the defeated enemies of Rome on the
right-hand page, sitting amid her broken armor. The manuscript
contains gold and ornamental initials as well as edgings consisting
of foliage, vases, and pearls. The decorations are ascribed to the
Neapolitan painter Giovanni Todeschino (flourished 1482-1503), and
their high quality exemplifies the art of the Italian
Renaissance. Subjects:
Italy
Italien
1494 Publication Statement:
Neapel 1494
