Manuscript

Houghton Library, MS Typ 150
(Fiore di virtù)

Codicology

Produced: Italy, 1450
Current Location: Houghton Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Manuscript Type: Single-author
Language: Italian
Folios: 52
Illustrated: Yes
Dimensions: Height: 22 cm
Sample page - Houghton Library MS Typ 0150
Folio 38r

Description

The Fiore di virtù (Flowers of virtue), variously attributed to Ghuidotto da Bologna, Tommaso Gozzadini and others. It is an Italian moralized bestiary.

There are 36 drawings in ink, watercolor and tempera, mainly animals from a bestiary.

Other Fiore di virtù manuscripts:

Additional Descriptions

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Editions and Facsimiles

Digital facsimiles

Houghton Library (partial)