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La giostra di Giuliano de' Medici (The Joust of Giuliano de' Medici)

Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Author: Angelo Poliziano (Italian, 1454–1494)
Printer: Antonio Tubini (Italian, 15th century)
Printer: Lorenzo de Alopa (Italian, active 1480–1500)
Printer: Andrea Ghirlandi (Italian, 15th century)
about 1500
Place of Publication: Florence, Italy

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with ten woodcuts
Dimensions Overall: 21.3 x 14.5 x 1 cm (8 3/8 x 5 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.391
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Florence: Antonio Tubini, Lorenzo de Alopa, and Andrea Ghirlandi [about 1500]

Catalogue Raisonné Goff P-889; BMC VI 693; Sander 5815; Kristeller 336a
Description(Florence: Antonio Tubini, Loronzo de Alopa, and Andrea Ghirlandi [about 1500]) Quarto; 30 leaves [last eight supplied in facsimile]; modern gilt-stamped green morocco.

Illustrations: knight in full armor on horseback (fol. a1r); Orpheus charming the animals (c6v)
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen (1882-1955), by whom bequeathed to MFA, April 8, 1964.