ALTERNATIVE TITLES – Taccuino di Disegni di Giovannino de’ Grassi – Model Book of Giovannino de’ Grassi – Libro de Muestras de Giovannino de’ Grassi – Musterbuch des Giovannino de’ Grassi.
FEATURES – Codex on parchment, 260 x 186 mm, 62 pp.
ORIGIN – Italy: Milan.
CHRONOLOGY – 14th century – 15th century: made between 1390 and 1405.
GENRE – Treatises / Secular books; Art / Drawing.
LANGUAGE – Latin.
DECORATION – 77 drawings, 24 historiated letters.
ARTIST – Giovannino de’ Grassi and his workshop.
STYLE – Gothic.
EXTERNAL LINKS – Biblioteca Digitale Lombarda (digitized manuscript).

Data sheet: Illuminated Facsimiles

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FACSIMILE EDITION

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.

Publisher – Il Bulino edizioni d’arte (Modena, 1998).
Limited edition – 999 copies.
Binding – Stiff cardboard.
Commentary (Italian) – Bravi, Giulio Orazio; Recanati, Maria Grazia; Vaccari, Maria Grazia; Montalbano, Letizia.
Slipcase – Facsimile and commentary are presented in a leather box.
ISBN – 88-86251-30-0.

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