Cento Imprese

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Ms. emblem book, with drawings in sepia and gold ink depicting a falling or fallen cypress tree in the garden of Vittorio Prioli of Leccio, Italy, on 2 March 1615. Most of the mottoes, in Italian or Latin, are taken or adapted from Petrarch or Virgil. Contains two laudatory poems: "Valerio de Palma à Frà Fran.co Cuomo." (fol. 2) and "In Lode dell'Autore frà Gioanne Sezzo. Francescano." (fol. 103) For complete contents, see Thomas McGeary, "Manuscript Emblem Books at the University of Illinois,"

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in Emblematica 2 (1987): esp. 361-366 Ms. codex Collation: Paper, fol. i (pastedown) + 104 (foliated 1-101) Binding: Contemporary limp vellum; gilt edges; "Fran:co Cuomo" in ink on spine Provenance: "Henri Stegemeier" embossed on front pastedown and fol. 1 -- Purchased from Prof. Henri Stegemeier, 23 April 1982 Former shelfmark: Emblems MS 704.946 C92c (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois McGeary, Thomas. "Manuscript Emblem Books at the University of Illinois." In Emblematica Sider & Obrist. Bibliography of Emblematic Manuscripts (1997)

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