Manuscript Writing Book

Item author: Francesco Moro of Padua
Item date: 1570
(this is an approximate date)
Grant Value: 200
Item cost pre-decimal: 550
Item date acquired: 1946
Item institution: Victoria & Albert Museum
Town/City: London

All the scripts of Renaissance Italy are represented in this sample book of calligraphy; 28 vellum leaves written on both sides, in original crimson satin binding. Illustrated as plate II of AR