Shelfmark
MS 363
Author
Title
Monumenta qu[a]e visuntur Capuae & alibi. XVIII. Pictura expressa ab Antonio Morillonio e familia Cardinalis Granvellani. E bibliotheca Abr. Ortelij p.m.
Varying form of title
Cover title: Monumenta quæ visuntur Capuæ, et alibi, Ab Ant.. Morillonio delineata. Ex Bibliotheca. Abr. Ortelij.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Rome, 1551-1553]
Physical description
19 leaves : ill. ; 27 cm.
Note
18 drawings by Antoine Morillon of ancient ruins in Capua and elsewhere. The drawings are in pen and ink with grey wash. Morillon was in Italy between 1551 and 1553, when he returned to the Netherlands (Grove Dictionary of Art).
Note
A pencil ms. note at the front of the volume describes these drawings as copies of drawings by Pirro Ligorio (ca. 1513-1583), noting the similarity between no. XVII and Bn10.53, drawn by Ligorio.
Note
For full description of each sketch, see Jean Sampson's catalogue of the Topham drawings. These 18 were removed from album Bm9, and are listed as the first items in that album. Each drawing has a 17th century caption, some of which have been trimmed off by the binder.
Citation/references note
Sampson, Topham, Bm9.1
Provenance
Previously owned by, and probably originally drawn for, Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, a Burgundian politican and Morillon's employer.
Provenance
Inscription on t.p.: E bibliotheca Abr. Ortelij p.m.
Provenance
Inscription on first numbered leaf in 16th century hand: Possidet Philippus van Brughe[?].
Provenance
Topham stamp on each drawing: bequeathed to Eton College by Richard Topham in 1736.
Binding
18th century paper cover; dark blue black paper with gold circles and crosses.
Copy-specific note
Bound with four other items, within a late nineteenth century half parchment binding, with boards covered in cream paper.
Copy-specific note
Previously catalogued by Jean Sampson as part of the Topham collection of drawings as Bm.9.1/1 to 18.
Subject
Rome (Italy) Antiquities Pictorial works.
Subject
Capua (Italy) Antiquities Pictorial works.
Added entry--name
Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de, 1517 - 1586 former owner.
Added entry--name
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527 - 1598 former owner.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Rome.
Identifier
B29148