Liber Physiognomiae

CURRENT LOCATION
Italy, Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Ms. Lat. 697 = α.W.8.20.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Liber Physiognomiae: Il Bulino edizioni d’arte (Modena, 2000). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 999 copies. Commentary (by Bini Daniele, Di Pietro Lombardi Paola, Ventura Leandro). Slipcase.
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Liber Physiognomiae

CURRENT LOCATION
Italy, Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Ms. Lat. 697 = α.W.8.20.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Liber Physiognomiae: Il Bulino edizioni d’arte (Modena, 2000). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 999 copies. Commentary (by Bini Daniele, Di Pietro Lombardi Paola, Ventura Leandro). Slipcase.
Copyright photos: Il Bulino edizioni d’arte, Illuminated Facsimiles

Category:
FEATURES – Codex on paper, 290 x 211 mm, 77 pp.
ORIGIN – Italy.
CHRONOLOGY – First half of the 15th century.
PATRONAGE – Leonello d’Este (uncertain).
FORMER OWNERS – Tommaso degli Obizzi (1750-1803).
GENRE – Treatises / Secular books; Astronomy / Astrology; Medicine / Botany.
CONTENTS – Astrological and medical treatises dating back to the Middle Ages, collected in a heterogeneous way and revisited by an unknown author in the Renaissance period.
LANGUAGE – Latin.
SCRIPT – Gothic.
SCRIBE – Three different scribes (ff. 1r-29r; ff. 29v-30v; ff. 31r-34r).
DECORATION – 12 pages with watercolors representing the zodiac signs and the influence of stars on human beings.
ARTIST – School of Antonio di Puccio Pisano, commonly known as Pisanello.
STYLE – Renaissance.


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