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Compendium with Designs for Coats of Arms and (Islamic) Geometric Patterns

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Compendium with Designs for Coats of Arms and (Islamic) Geometric Patterns

Anonymous, Italian or Spanish, late 15th to early 16th century 

Artist:
Giovanni Battista di Jacopo Cennini (Italian, active 1597 - 1630)
Artist:
Previously connected to Master f (North Italian, active ca. 1525–40)
Date:
1450–1550
Medium:
Pen and brown ink designs in a paper binding; most drawings are carefully done over stylus ruled and compass construction.
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 in. (20.5 x 14.4 x 2.6 cm)
Classification:
Albums
Credit Line:
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number:
49.64.5(1-98)

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  • Description

    Patternbook (compendium) with various basic designs for coats of arms, followed by a section with (Islamic) geometric patterns, some of them inscribed with directions and most of them pounced. The book was most likely used in an inlayers or bookbinders workshop in the late 16th or 17th century.

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: 'Di Gio: batta Cenni' (p. 17)

    Inscription: Various designs are inscribed with instructions in Medieval-Renaissance Spanish (a few words are in old Valencian dialect) in pen and brown ink of similar color as the drawings.

    Marking: Watermarks: crowned eagle with spread wings

  • References

    Mindell Dubansky "A Selection of Bookbindings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." in Gazette of the Grolier Club. n.s., vol. 46, New York, 1994, cat. no. 46, fig. no. 4, p. 82.

    Janet S. Byrne "Patterns by Master f." in The Metropolitan Museum Journal. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 14, New York, 1979, fig. no. 25-26, p. 116.

    Victor Méndez Pascual "El manuscrito de The Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York. Nuevas aportaciones al estudio de la lacería en la encuadernación mudejar." in Encuadernación de Arte. vol. 13, Madrid, 1999, cat. no. 13, fig. no. 1–27, pp. 26–55, ill.



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