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Manuscript/Mixed Material An exact and compendious discourse concerning the arte of miniatura or limning, the names, nature and properties of the collo

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Title

  • An exact and compendious discourse concerning the arte of miniatura or limning, the names, nature and properties of the collo:⁸, the order to be obserued in the preparing and vseing them both for pictures by the life, landscape and histories.

Names

  • Norgate, Edward, -1650.
  • Fane, Mildmay, Earl of Westmorland, 1602-1666, former owner, attributed name.
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner.
  • Wellesley, Francis, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [16--].

Headings

  • -  Miniature painting--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Described in M. Hardie's introduction to his edition of Norgate's Miniatura, Oxford, 1919, p. xxii.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1551
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Mildmay Fane, Earl of Westmorland? (his coat of arms, perhaps from original cover, mounted on modern binding), Francis Wellesley, Howard C. Levis (bookplate).
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-07 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • [63] p. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Rosenwald ms. no. 24

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021657774

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Norgate, Edward, -1650, Mildmay Fane, Howard Coppuck Levis, Francis Wellesley, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. An Exact and Compendious Discourse Concerning the Arte of Miniatura or Limning, the Names, Nature and Properties of the Collo:⁸, the Order to Be Obserued in the Preparing and Vseing Them Both for Pictures by the Life, Landscape and Histories. [16, 1600] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021657774/.

APA citation style:

Norgate, E., Fane, M., Levis, H. C., Wellesley, F. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1600) An Exact and Compendious Discourse Concerning the Arte of Miniatura or Limning, the Names, Nature and Properties of the Collo:⁸, the Order to Be Obserued in the Preparing and Vseing Them Both for Pictures by the Life, Landscape and Histories. [16] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021657774/.

MLA citation style:

Norgate, Edward, -1650, et al. An Exact and Compendious Discourse Concerning the Arte of Miniatura or Limning, the Names, Nature and Properties of the Collo:⁸, the Order to Be Obserued in the Preparing and Vseing Them Both for Pictures by the Life, Landscape and Histories. [16, 1600] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021657774/>.