Rime, calligraphic manuscript on vellum

Item author: Cardinal Pietro Bembo
Item date: 1539-43
Grant Value: 350
Item cost pre-decimal: 1750
Item date acquired: 1957
Item institution: Victoria & Albert Museum
Town/City: London

Sir Eric Miller gave 250 of the FONL grant. This exquisite example of fine italic script was bought with 3 other calligraphic manuscripts: J Ragona De artificiali memoria 1465; a miscellany of grammatical tracts, c.1480 and M Gualterius De re militari, late 15th century.

Item Provenance
Purchased from Sir Sydney Cockerell