The Montagu collection was bequeathed to the Library by Captain
Montagu Montagu, Royal Navy, after his death in 1863. The collection of
manuscripts, largely autographs acquired from the Upcott and Wilson sales, and
about 600 printed volumes were received by the Library chiefly in April
1864.
| Shelfmark |
MS. Montagu d. 32 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
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25401 |
| Summary of contents |
Leonardo Bruni, Life of
Petrarch. Petrarch, Il Canzoniere;
Trionfi.
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| Language |
Latin and Italian |
| Origin |
Italian Florence |
| Date |
c. 1470-1480
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| Material |
parchment |
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| Decoration |
| Fine historiated and other borders and initials. Humanistic script
attributable to Bartolomeo Fonzio. Indian miniature made for Sir Elijah Impey,
1775, inserted on fol. 5. (P&A ii. 315, pl. XXIX)
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| fol. 5v |
| Type |
miniature
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| Subject |
Inserted Indian miniature with a young man in long
tunic and headdress, holding a gold staff, with his hand over the shoulders of
a young woman in long dress, cloak and veil.
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| fol. 7r |
| Type |
initial F(rancesco)
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| Subject |
Gold 4-line initial with vine-stem decoration on a
multicoloured ground.
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| Type |
border, upper, left and lower
margin
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| Subject |
The border is formed by double gold bars and vine-stem
decoration on a multicoloured ground, with an owl, peacock (?) and gold disks.
At the bottom of the page two winged putti support a laurel wreath with the
coat of arms of Francesco Sassetti.
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| 3- to 4-line gold initials and borders in left and upper margins,
formed by sprays of flowers, leaves, fruit and gold disks, on fols. 14r, 138r,
190r. Border on fol. 14r includes an elaborate urn.
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| Images |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 5, p. 113 |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 5, p. 114 |
| Manuscript image |
fol. 7r Gold 4-line initial F(rancesco) with vine-stem decoration on
a multicoloured ground extending into border on three sides, with birds, putti
and arms framed by a laurel wreath. Pen drawing of a laurel wreath, tied with ribbons, with
initials 'F P', in the right margin on fol. 199r.
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| Shelfmark |
MS. Montagu d. 33 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
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25402 |
| Summary of contents |
Petrarch, Il Canzoniere;
Trionfi.
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| Language |
Italian |
| Origin |
Italian Florence |
| Date |
15th century, third quarter |
| Material |
parchment |
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| Decoration |
| Fine historiated and other borders, historiated and other
initials. Humanistic script. (P&A ii. 290, pl. XXVI)
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| fol. 9r |
| Type |
initial V
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| Subject |
Half-figure of the author holding a
book.
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| Type |
border, upper, left and lower
margins
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| Subject |
Vine-stem decoration, birds. In the lower margin two
putti support a medallion left blank to be filled with a coat of
arms.
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| Images |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 5, p. 114 |
| Manuscript image |
fol. 9r Author portrait of Petrarch.
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| Shelfmark |
MS. Montagu e. 1 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
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25403 |
| Summary of contents |
Petrarch, Trionfi.
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| Language |
Italian |
| Origin |
Italian Florence |
| Date |
15th century, third quarter |
| Material |
parchment |
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| Decoration |
| Fine historiated border, initials. In the style of Francesco
d'Antonio del Cherico. Humanistic script. (P&A ii. 295, pl. XXVII)
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| Gold 2- to 3-line initials on multi-coloured ground at the
begining of sections of text.
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| fol. 1r |
| Type |
full border
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| Subject |
Winged putti and birds against background of
interlaced white stems with folliage and flowers; gold disks. Seven panels with
miniatures: Love as blindfold winged putto with bow and arrow; two panels with
half-figues of a young man and a woman in conversation or embracing; profile
head of the author with laurel wreath; a lion; a stag; a red lily of Florence.
At the bottom of the page two winged putti support a diamond ring (a Medici
emblem) with a coat of arms (azure a castle argent surmounting three mounts
or).
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| fol. 21r |
| Type |
initial Q(vando)
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| Subject |
Gold 2-line initial with a figure of Pudicitia as a
young woman (rubed).
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| Type |
border, left margin
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| Subject |
Interlaced white stems with folliage and flowers; gold
disks.
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| fol. 26r |
| Type |
initial Q(vesta)
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| Subject |
Gold 2-line initial with Death, holding a
scroll.
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| Type |
border, left margin
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| Subject |
Interlaced white stems with folliage and flowers; gold
disks.
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| fol. 30r |
| Type |
initial L(a)
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| Subject |
Gold 2-line initial with Death, holding a
scythe.
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| Type |
border, left margin
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| Subject |
Interlaced white stems with folliage and flowers; gold
disks.
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| fol. 35r |
| Type |
border, left margin
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| Subject |
Interlaced white stems with folliage and flowers; gold
disks; panel a seated figure, holding sword and scales. Gold 2-line initial
N(el).
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| fol. 49r |
| Type |
initial N(el)
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| Subject |
Gold 2-line initial with a winged figure representing
Time.
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| Type |
border, left margin
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| Subject |
Interlaced white stems with folliage and flowers; gold
disks; panel with sand clock.
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| fol. 52v |
| Type |
border, left margin
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| Subject |
Interlaced white stems with folliage and flowers; gold
disks; panel with a half-figure of a bearded man (rubbed).
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| Images |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 5, p. 114 |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 5, p. 115 |
| Manuscript image |
fol. 4r Vine-stem border with putti, birds and framed vignettes with
a bust of Petrarch, blindfold love, pairs of lovers, the lily of Florence, a
stag and a lion. Arms set in a diamond ring (a Medici emblem).
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| Shelfmark |
MS. Montagu e. 6 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
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25398 |
| Summary of contents |
Juvenal, Satires.
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| Language |
Latin |
| Origin |
Italian, Rome |
| Date |
15th century, third quarter |
| Material |
parchment |
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| Decoration |
| Fine border, initials. (P&A ii. 348, pl. XXXII) |
| fol. 2r |
| Type |
initial S(emper)
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| Subject |
Gold 6-line initial with white vine-stem decoration on
multicoloured ground.
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| Type |
full border
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| Subject |
Gold bars and white vine-stem decoration on
multicoloured ground; birds; medallion with laurel wreath and arms of
Castracani degli Antelminelli of Fano.
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| 4- to 7-line gold initials with white vine-stem decoration on
multicoloured ground at the beginning of books (fols. 25r, 40r, 55v and
71v).
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| 2- to 3-line plain blue initials at the begining of satires. |
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| Images |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 5, p. 112 |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 5, p. 113 |
| Shelfmark |
MS. Montagu e. 9 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
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25400 |
| Summary of contents |
Psalter. |
| Language |
Latin |
| Origin |
Italian Florence or Rome |
| Date |
after 1515 |
| Material |
parchment |
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| Decoration |
| Fine borders, historiated initial, other initials. (P&A ii.
995, pl. LXXXI)
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| fol. 4r |
| Type |
initial B(eatus)
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| Subject |
4-line gold initial, decorated with floral, zoomorphic
and anthropomorphic designs, on blue background in rectangular frame; infilled
with a figure of nimbed King David, kneeling in prayer with landscape in the
background.
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| Type |
full border
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| Subject |
Rectangular border with gold floral, zoomorphic and
anthropomorphic designs, including beasts, birds, grotesques, masks, human
figures and coiled tendrils with leaves, on red, green and blue background.
Eight medallions, seven formed by gemmed rings and one, in the lower margin,
supported by two putti. Two of the medallions (left and right margins) are
infilled with the arms of the Medici; six are infilled with the emblems of the
Medici: three ostrich feathers with ‘semper’ written on a white scroll and
double yoke, surmounted by N, with ‘svave’ written on a white
scroll.
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| 2- to 3-line gold initials with floral, zoomorphic and
anthropomorphic designs, in rectangular frames, on red, blue and green
background with gold dots and arabesque designs, decorated with coats of arms
and emblems of the Medici (gemmed ring, double yoke, sometimes surmounted by N,
three ostrich feathers); borders in left margins formed by strips with emblems
of the Medici (gemmed ring, double yoke, sometimes surmounted by N, three
ostrich feathers, lion masks, staff raguly, silver scroll sometimes with
lettering ‘semper’) on white background, often with silver dots, or on red and
blue background, often with gold dots and arabesque designs, at the beginning
of psalms 11 (fol. 14v), 21 (fol. 26r), 36 (fol. 45v), 46 (fol. 61r), 56 (fol.
73v), 66 (fol. 84v), 86 (fol. 115v), 96 (fol. 128v), 111 (fol. 151r), 121 (fol.
169r), 131 (fol. 174v), 141 (fol. 184v), the beginning of the canticles (fol.
194r) and prayers before mass (fol. 211v). 3-line initial, without border is at
the start of daily canticles, fol. 205r.
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| 2-line gold initials with floral, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic
designs, in square frames, on red, blue and green background, sometimes with
gold dots and arabesque designs, decorated with various devices and emblems of
the Medici (gemmed ring, staff raguly, silver scroll, double yoke sometimes
surmounted by N) at the beginning of prayers, psalms and canticles. Guide
letters occasionally preserved in the margins.
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| Plain gold initials on alternating red, blue and green background
at the beginning of verses and periods.
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| Images |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 5, p. 113 |
| Manuscript image |
fol. 127v Early humanistic script with decorated initials S(alutare)
and C(antate).
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