Book/Printed Material [Ducale containing instructions to Giovanni Suriano for administration of Veglia]

Title

• [Ducale containing instructions to Giovanni Suriano for administration of Veglia]

Names

• Venice (Republic : to 1797). Doge (1570-1577 : Mocenigo)
• Mocenigo, Alvise I, 1507-1577
• Suriano, Giovanni, active 1571

Created / Published

• 1571.

Headings

• -  Law--Croatia--Krk Island--Sources
• -  Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Washington (D.C.)
• -  Manuscripts, Italian--Washington (D.C.)
• -  Krk Island (Croatia)--History--Sources
• -  Krk Island (Croatia)--Politics and government--Sources

Notes

• -  Ms.
• -  Title taken from clipping from sale catalog attached to pastedown of upper cover. Original title missing; the first line on leaf 1a, "Statuta et ordines in quibus eris dubius," could be mistaken for title but more likely it was the last line of a lost chapter; the first preserved chapter begins "Praeterea ..." (foliation, found only on leaves 1-4, is in modern pencil).
• -  Judging from similar Venetian documents, the lost first leaf is likely to have included the name of the doge of the period, as the issuing authority; in this case, Alvise Mocenigo I.
• -  In central medallion on upper cover of original binding: Ioannis Suriano.
• -  The instructions which address the recipient in 2nd person singular are in Latin, with extensive quotations of Venetian laws and regulations in the Venetian dialect of Italian. Leaves [52a-106a] are entirely in vernacular; they contain chronologically arranged decisions, dated 1534-1568, of the Venetian Republic.
• -  Preserved are 117 (unnumbered) chapters. On leaf [106]a, in the ducal secretary's hand: Dattu[m] in n[ost]ro ducalj palatio die xxviij Aprilis ... MDLXXI. Signed: Aloy[sius] Zamb[ertus], Secre[tarius]. On [106]b, information concerning the recipient's compensation and reporting duties, signed by Agustino Spinelli.
• -  Accessioned in LC Feb. 22, 1943 (LL 6428B5).
• -  Written in Venice, all by one professional scribe, on parchment of good quality, in humanistic italics; first letter or word of each chapter in humanistic roman majuscule, red; captions in red. Contemporary red morocco binding, covers tooled in gilt.
• -  LC label on pastedown of upper cover carries an old shelfmark: Law office, Mss, .V48.
• -  Cataloged as manuscript. vj04 23jan95

Medium

• [108] leaves (the last 2 leaves blank), bound : parchment ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• DR1637.K75 V46 1571

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/llmedmss.95106950

Library of Congress Control Number

• 95106950

Online Format

• pdf
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LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/95106950

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