Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

MS. 48
Conspiracy against the Genoese nobility
Contents:
  1. Congiura vacchera contro la nobilità di Genova l'anno 1627
Date of origin:After 1627.
Place of origin: Rome, Italy

Support: Paper codex with watermark: bird on a mountain similar to Briquet 12250.
Foliation: Foliation appears to be in the same hand as the manuscript.
Dimensions:200mm x 135mm (leaves), 165mm x 90mm (ruled space)
Collation:1-148 156 Catchwords written horizontally on the lower right corner of every verso.
Script:Text in a single hand in an informal humanist cursive.

Binding:Bound in limp parchment and decorated with gold and the Barberini crest with title on the spine. There are three main ribbon-like threads to go with the inner threads and two ribbons emanating from the ends to tie the book together.