Manuscript It. VII, 519 (= 8438) from Marciana National Library and its Spurious Author, Nicolò Trevisan
Manuscript It. VII, 519 (= 8438) from Marciana National Library and its Spurious Author, Nicolò Trevisan

Summary/Abstract: Named as “Nicolò Trevisan. Cronaca di Venezia, continuata da altro Autore sino all’anno 1585, nel mese di Luglio, cioè sino alla morte del Doge Niccolò da Ponte” in the former catalogue of Marciana National Library, this manuscript is dated in the 16th century. It originates in Giacomo Morelli donation (no 55). It is about a codex of 405x275 mm, numbering 352 leaves, written from the beginning to the end by one and the same hand2 or at least one could speak about a tendency towards an orthographic unification . Its numbering is due to both the original version – with Latin figures – and the modern one4 . The text is disposed on two columns, while the main data and facts are emphasized in red ink . F. Thiriet considered that the first 15 leaves include a table of matters that facilitates the lecture and use , but I have personally noted that it covers only pages 1a-13a and is entitled “Tavola delle Rubriche de tutta la presente cronica de Venetia” .

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