Shelfmark
MS 85
Author
Title
Leonis Baptistae Alberti breue compendium de componenda statua : manuscript.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Breve compendium de componenda statua
Publication, distribution, etc.
Padua, 1544.
Physical description
1 volume (11, [3] leaves) : paper : illustrations ; 27 x 19 cm.
Note
Title transcribed from title-page.
Note
Place and date of production taken from statement on fol. 11r: Transcripti patauij a[n]no D[omi]ni current .M.D.XXXXiiij.
Note
Includes pen illustrations of measuring implements and a table of measurements of a man's body.
Note
Two quires, one of 8 leaves and one of 6.
Note
The final 3 pages of the second quire have been ruled but left blank.
Note
In italic script.
Note
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Note
Possibly donated to Eton College by Henry Wotton (1568-1639, Provost of Eton College 1624-1639).
Note
Previous shelfmarks: Bo.6.14, Bk.6.12.
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, Eton 1803/5.
Citation/references note
M.R. James, 85
Binding
16th or 17th century stiff parchment case; title inked onto spine.
Subject
Sculpture Technique Early works to 1800.
Subject
Sculpture Handbooks, manuals, etc. Early works to 1800.
Subject
Proportion (Art) Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Padua.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B46486