COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Back cover, 182271.
view_description
Back cover, 182271.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
A Roman binding with the Barberini arms, ca. 1635. Red goatskin over stiff pasteboards with gilt and blind decoration. Repaired (19th century).
general_description
A Roman binding with the Barberini arms, ca. 1635. Red goatskin over stiff pasteboards with gilt and blind decoration. Repaired (19th century).
General Description
false
Country / Style:
Italy, Rome
country_style
Italy, Rome
Country / Style
false
Period:
ca. 1635
style_period
ca. 1635
Period
false
Call Number:
182271
classification
182271
Call Number
false
Provenance:
The arms on both covers are those of Barberini impaling Magalotti, for Costanza Magalotti, of a Florentine patrician family, widow of Carlo Barberini, Duke of Monterotondo (d. 1630), the brother of Maffeo Barberini, Pope Urban VIII (r. 1623-1644); Monastery of the Incarnation, Rome, inscription on title page; purchased in 1961 from Leo S. Olschki, Florence.
provenance
The arms on both covers are those of Barberini impaling Magalotti, for Costanza Magalotti, of a Florentine patrician family, widow of Carlo Barberini, Duke of Monterotondo (d. 1630), the brother of Maffeo Barberini, Pope Urban VIII (r. 1623-1644); Monastery of the Incarnation, Rome, inscription on title page; purchased in 1961 from Leo S. Olschki, Florence.
Provenance
false
Author:
STROZZI, Giovanni Battista
author
STROZZI, Giovanni Battista
Author
false
Title:
ORAZIONI ET ALTRE PROSE.
title
ORAZIONI ET ALTRE PROSE.
Title
false
Created / Published:
Rome Lodovico Grignani 1635
created_published
Rome Lodovico Grignani 1635
Created / Published
false
Technical Description:
Sewn on four recessed cords. New single endpaper and pastedown at the front of the text; original pastedown and evidence of endpapers at the back. Rounded and backed spine. Gilt edges. Contemporary tailband worked in blue and gold silk over leather (?) core. (Gold headband is new.) Lap corners. Evidence of two pink textile fore-edge ties.
technical_description
Sewn on four recessed cords. New single endpaper and pastedown at the front of the text; original pastedown and evidence of endpapers at the back. Rounded and backed spine. Gilt edges. Contemporary tailband worked in blue and gold silk over leather (?) core. (Gold headband is new.) Lap corners. Evidence of two pink textile fore-edge ties.
Technical Description
false
Dimensions:
270 x 197 x 33 mm.
display_dimensions
270 x 197 x 33 mm.
Dimensions
false
Decorative Description:
Large gilt panel design, comprising two-line stopped fillets and a fleuron tool outer border with two inner borders of roll work. A one-line pallet intersects each border at the corners and links up with the corner ornaments of volutes and a laurel spray. Gilt two-line gouge, pallet, and fillet work form a central space, outlined in blind by a small three-line tool (see note). In the center a gilt crown with cherub supporters and the Barberini arms are surrounded by a cherub and winged female figures with other baroque motifs. The smooth spine bears a two-line fillet panel divided into three compartments by the use of a floral tool and two-line pallet. Each compartment is decorated with volutes and fleurons with a group of three flaming crescents stamped in the center.
decorative_description
Large gilt panel design, comprising two-line stopped fillets and a fleuron tool outer border with two inner borders of roll work. A one-line pallet intersects each border at the corners and links up with the corner ornaments of volutes and a laurel spray. Gilt two-line gouge, pallet, and fillet work form a central space, outlined in blind by a small three-line tool (see note). In the center a gilt crown with cherub supporters and the Barberini arms are surrounded by a cherub and winged female figures with other baroque motifs. The smooth spine bears a two-line fillet panel divided into three compartments by the use of a floral tool and two-line pallet. Each compartment is decorated with volutes and fleurons with a group of three flaming crescents stamped in the center.
Decorative Description
false
Other Details:
The three crescents of the Strozzi arms on the spine suggest that the book was bound for presentation to the Duchess of Monterotondo by the deceased author's family. (We are grateful to Dr. Guido Vianini Tolomei for his help in identifying the arms on this binding.) The creases to the blind semicircular work on the covers suggest the use of a small hand tool other than a fillet, roll, or pallet.
other_details
The three crescents of the Strozzi arms on the spine suggest that the book was bound for presentation to the Duchess of Monterotondo by the deceased author's family. (We are grateful to Dr. Guido Vianini Tolomei for his help in identifying the arms on this binding.) The creases to the blind semicircular work on the covers suggest the use of a small hand tool other than a fillet, roll, or pallet.
Other Details
false
Literature:
Folger 12:7 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
references
Folger 12:7 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
Literature
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Armorial bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Armorial bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Blind tooled bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Blind tooled bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- Italy -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Fillet tools -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Goatskin bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Goatskin bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Pallet tools -- Italy -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Pallet tools -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Ties -- Italy -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Ties -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false