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Notitia dignitatum imperii romani and De gradibus cognationum

Manuscript
1540-1550 (written), 1928 (bookbinding)
Artist/Maker
Douglas Cockerell (bookbinder)
Place of origin
Italy (written)
Letchworth (bookbinding)

Manuscript comprising 102 leaves, with illustrations in ink and coloured washes.
Binding: 20th century, half bound in calf, boards covered with contemporary marbled paper. Inscribed on pastedown of lower board 'Bound at Letchworth by D. Cockerell & Son, May 1928'.

Object details

Categories
National Art Library
Books
Manuscripts
Object type
Manuscript
TitleNotitia dignitatum imperii romani and De gradibus cognationum
Materials and techniques
Paper
Ink
Calf
Writing
Watercolour
Brief description
Manuscript, The Notitia dignitatum imperii romani, with descriptions of Rome and Constantinople, and the De gradibus cognationum; also a single leaf with an illustration from the De rebus bellicis, Italy, 1540-1550.
Physical description
Manuscript comprising 102 leaves, with illustrations in ink and coloured washes.
Binding: 20th century, half bound in calf, boards covered with contemporary marbled paper. Inscribed on pastedown of lower board 'Bound at Letchworth by D. Cockerell & Son, May 1928'.
Dimensions
  • Length: 295mm (closed book) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Width: 204mm (closed book) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Depth: 27mm (closed book) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
open dimensions approx: D:295 x W:365 x H:130mm - no upstand
Production typeUnique
Object history
Bought by Sydney Cockerell ca. 1928 (inscription on f. 1r: Cambridge, 10 December 1928). Given by Sydney Cockerell to the Museum in 1957.
Bibliographic references
  • De Hamel, C., 'Medieval and renaissance manuscripts from the library of Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962)', in The British Library Journal 13 (1987), pp. 186-210.
  • Watson, R. Western Illuminated Manuscripts.Victoria and Albert Museum. A catalogue of works in the National Art Library from the eleventh to the early twentieth century, with a complete account of the George Reid Collection. London, 2011. Vol. 2, no. 166.
  • Wiewiorowski, J., 'Kolumny w insygniach Notitia dignitatum? [The columns in the insignia of the ‘Notitia dignitatum’?]', in Zeszyty Prawnicze [UKSW Warsaw] 22.2 (2022), pp. 203-239.
  • Wiewiorowski, J., 'Stanowienie prawa w świetle insygniów quaestor sacri palatii [Legislation in the light of the insignia of quaestor sacri palatii]', in Stanowienie prawa w przeszłości. Zbiór studiów [Lawmaking in the past. Collection of studies], ed. by P. Górecki, D. Makiłła, Warsaw: Akademia Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna w Warszawie, 2022, pp. 39-59.
  • Wiewiorowski, J., 'The Insigne of the Proconsul of Africa. Maritime Shipping Depictions in the Notitia Dignitatum', in Convivium Volume 9, Issue 2 (2022), pp. 14-25.
Other numbers
  • KRP.F.6 - NAL Pressmark
  • 38041800599490 - NAL barcode
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
MSL/1957/2668

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Record createdApril 12, 2019
Record URL
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