![]() Young Ottley, is as follows "It would be difficult to speak too highly of the beauty of the 3 following specimens which appear to have belonged to a Vol written for Cardinal Giulio de Medici and are decorated with almost inconceivable diligence by the hand of the celebrated Girolamo de Libri the Master of Giulio Clovio. Celotti, written by that eminent connoisseur Wm. May 1855 £ / In the Catalogue of the magnificent miniatures from the Vatican, said to have been taken by the French & collected by the A. May' and 'From the Celotti Ottley & Rogers Collections. to which, it appears, was done for Cardinal Julius de Medici 1523. The miniature of the "Elevation of the Host" within the letter T is from the same grand M. before 1898), English collector: inscribed on the verso 'This fine border is undoubtedly by the great Miniature painter Girolamo dai Libri of whom Vasari says "he would imitate small cameos and other engraved jewells and precious stones in such a manner that nothing could possibly be more similar" (Vol 3 p 448 Bohns edition). 1855), poet: said to be from his collection (see below), but not identifiable in his sale, 28 April 1856. 1836), writer on art and collector: said to be from his collection (see below), but not identifiable in his sale. 29, 1825) or by Rogers according to Lord Northwick's annotated copy of the sale catalogue (see Reiss 1991, p. 1843), Italian dealer: the inscribed cartouche was added by him his sale,, lot 54 purchased for £16 16s by Ottley, according to an annotated copy of the sale catalogue (Christie's Archives, cat. 36 of a Missal (A.II.18) described in a 1714 inventory of the Sistine Sacristy (Rome, Archivio di Stato, Camerale I, vol. ![]() 1523-1534) and patron: his arms surmounted by a cardinal's hat and de' Medici device (in border) the present cuttings were excised from f. Giulio de' Medici, Italian cardinal (1513-1523 later pope Clement VII, r. Mounted parchment cutting kept in a box with other cuttings and leaves. Parchment cuttings in a window mount, foliated as 'I'. ![]() 1 cartouche of colours and gold inscribed 'Julius de Medicis, Cardin. 1 historiated initial 'T' in colours and gold, of the Elevation of the Host before an altar table with an image of Anthony Abbot, introducing the Te igitur of the Canon of the Mass. ![]() 1525).ġ historiated full-page border in colours and gold with the text excised, of the arms (flanked by two hybrid creatures) of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', a half-length figure of Peter in a roundel, a cameo of the Flagellation of Christ, flowers, strawberries, birds, pearls, snail shells, and medallions inscribed in capital letters 'Christus Deus Omniptens' and 'Deus in nomine tuo salvus me fac' on a gold-flecked black background. Cuttings from a Missal of Cardinal Giulio de' MediciĪttributed to Matteo da Milano (documented 1502- c. ![]()
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