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Inexplicabilis mysterii gesta beatae Veronicae virginis


Beatae Veronicae monasterii
Author: Isidoro Isolani (Italian, about 1477–1528)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Attributed to: Cesare da Sesto (Italian, 1477–1523)
Attributed to: Marco d'Oggiono (Italian, about 1467–1524)
Printer: Gottardo da Ponte (Italian, active 1498–1549)
1518
Place of Publication: Milan, Italy

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 10 woodcuts
Dimensions Overall: 20.3 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm (8 x 6 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number63.137
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
Milan: Gottardo da Ponte, 1518

Catalogue Raisonné Sander 3531; Mortimer, Italian, 243; Kristeller, Lombardische, 196
Description(Milan: Gottardo da Ponte, 1518) Quarto; 144 leaves [NB: first two quires (aa-bb) bound at end]; nineteenth-century half gilt-stamped brown morocco, marbled paper boards (reddish-brown cloth box).

Illustrations: vision of St. Veronica being offered a wafer by Christ in a cloud of angels (title verso, repeated fol. o6v); eight smaller cuts of further miracles of Veronica

First edition of this “Life and Miracles of St. Veronica“ written by Frater Isidorus de Isolanis of the Monastery of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan. The woodcuts have been variously attributed to pupils or associates of Leonardo: Bernardo Luini (Passavant, now generally rejected), Cesare da Sesto (Kristeller) , and Marco d’Oggiono (Suida, Mortimer).
ProvenanceMarchese Girolamo d’Adda (b. 1815 - d. 1881), Milan; 1899, Marchese d'Adda library sold en bloc to Charles Fairfax Murray (b. 1849 - d. 1919), Florence [see note 1]. 1924, acquired by William M. Ivins, Jr. (b. 1881 - d. 1961), New York [see note 2]. 1963, sold by William H. Schab (dealer), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 13, 1963)

NOTES:
[1] Catalogo dei libri posseduti da Charles Fairfax Murray provenienti dalla biblioteca del Marchese Girolamo d'Adda, part 1 (London, 1899), pp. 181-182, cat. no. 1050. There are notes by d'Adda on the front free endpaper. [2] There are. notes by Ivins on the back pastedown.