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Collection Name
Italian
Renaissance
Manuscript
Collection
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http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/irm
Description
The
Bodman
Collection
of
Italian
Renaissance
Manuscripts
is
but a
small
part
of the
splendid
collection
of
books
,
incunabula
, and
manuscripts
assembled
and
given
to
Honnold/Mudd
Library
from
1956
to
1960
, by
Mr
.
Harold
C
.
Bodman
. On
view
in this
digital
collection
are
eleven
autograph
,
signed
letters
written
between
members
of the
Medici
family
of
Florence
and
others
in their
social
and
political
circles
,
including
Angelo
Poliziano
, the
Sforza
family
,
Palla
Strozzi
, and
Francesco
Guicciardini
.
Written
between
1426
and
1522
, the
letters
touch
on a
number
of
issues
urgent
to the
House
of
Medici
,
including
military
campaigns
,
political
associations
, and the
trials
of
family
life
.
Both
recto
and
verso
sides
of
each
letter
are
presented
to
give
an
intimate
view
of the
script
of
each
author
as
well
as
visual
evidence
of
fifteenth-
and
sixteenth-century
practices
regarding
the
secure
delivery
of
private
correspondence
.
Students
and
scholars
of
early
modern
Italian
paleography
will
find
a
compelling
array
of
writings
styles
,
punctuation
,
compositional
devices
, and
formatting
. Those
interested
in
ink
,
paper
,
watermarks
,
wax
seals
, and
letter
construction
will
find
a
surprising
variety
of
folding
styles
,
paper
sizes
, and
surfaces
as
well
as
innovative
solutions
for the
fastening
and
sealing
of
letters
. Of
special
note
is
the
intact
red
wax
seal
on the
1521
letter
from
Cardinal
Giulio
de
'
Medici
to
Paolo
Vettori
,
which
prominently
displays
the
Medici
emblem
of
palle
. For
scholars
interested
in the
history
of
paper
, the
1513
letter
from
Giuliano
di
Lorenzo
de
'
Medici
to
Francesco
de
'
Medici
clearly
displays
the
watermark
of an
anchor
inscribed
within
a
circle
with a
star
above
,
indicative
of
Florentine
importation
practices
of
paper
from
Venice
.
Interested
art
historians
as
well
as
historians
of
collectors
and
collecting
practices
will
find
noteworthy
three
small
,
printed
portraits
of
related
figures
,
which
were
stored
with their
respective
letter
files
by
Bodman
. The
portraits
include
one
of
Bianca
Maria
Visconti
Sforza
after
a
painting
by
Bonifacio
Bembo
,
one
of
Pope
Leo
X
(Giovanni
de
'
Medici)
after
a
painted
portrait
by
Peter
Paul
Rubens
, and
one
of
Galeazzo
Maria
Sforza
. In
1483
,
Lorenzo
de
'
Medici
gave
his
Villa
Diana
to the
poet
and then
tutor
of the
Medici
children
,
Angelo
Poliziano
. In the
twentieth
century
,
Harold
C
.
Bodman
(1886-1960)
and his
wife
Ysabel
acquired
the
Villa
Diana
,
making
it
their
home
of
some
years
.
Poliziano's
villa
sparked
the
Bodman's
interest
in
collecting
the
works
of
Poliziano
and those
works
produced
at the
time
by the
Medici's
"
think
tank
" of
humanist
scholars
,
philosophers
,
artists
, and
writers
.
Bodman's
studies
in this
area
led
him to
assemble
the
eleven
letters
now
on
view
in the
CCDL
as
well
as the
books
and
manuscripts
now
known
as the
Bodman
Italian
Renaissance
Collection
in
Special
Collections
,
Honnold/Mudd
Library
.
Translations
and
transcriptions
of
letters
in the
Bodman
Italian
Renaissance
Collection
were
made
by
Janet
Ross
(London
,
1910)
,
Rosa
Guidoni
(Florence
,
1958)
,
William
H.J
.
Kennedy
(1960)
,
Carlo
Pedretti
, and
Salih
Hadzialich
.
Topics Included
Letters
;
Italy
;
Popes
;
Aristocracy
(Social
class)
;
Medici
,
House
of;
Sforza
Family-Correspondence
Organization
Claremont University Consortium
Type of Organization
Academic Consortium
City
Claremont
State
California
Country
United States
Language
ita
Primary Sources
Letters
Format of Digital Files
jp2
Date Published
2009-04-24
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