Facsimiles

Ricc. 106

Paper; 15th century; cc. III + 82 + IV; 285 x 208 mm. Autograph of Piero della Francesca.

The manuscript, autograph of Piero della Francesca, contains approximately 200 drawings by the artist.

(L’Archimede di Piero. Florence: European center of fine art, 2007)
on line: L’Archimede di Piero della Francesca

Ricc. 323

Psalter
Membranaceous; 11th century; cc. I + 175 + I; 220 x 160 mm; miniature of the Sicilian school. 

According to Buchtal (Cfr. BUCHTAL, Miniature painting…, pp. 39-46) this codex was commissioned by Frederick II for his third wife Isabella of England.

(Libro dei Salmi di Federico II. Florence : Vallecchi, stampa 2006).
on line: Il Libro dei Salmi di Federico II

Ricc. 453

Membrane; 13th century, last quarter; cc.IV,61,III; 145×105 mm; last quarter; Bologna; workshop of the master of the Gerona Bible.

The codex is illustrated with 33 images that follow the text as a true visual commentary.

(Leggende di Santa Margherita e Sant’Agnese, Castelvetro di Modena : ArtCodex, 2009)
on line Le Leggende di S. Margherita e S. Agnese

Ricc. 483

Libro d’ore
Membranaceous; 15th century, end; cc. II + 226; 66 x 49 mm; illuminator Monte di Giovanni and workshop.

The codex was probably commissioned by the Capponi family as a gift from Niccola di Andrea di Niccola Capponi to his future wife Antonia di Battista di Luigi Ridolfi.

(Dono d’amore : le ore Capponi-Ridolfi – Florence: Vallecchi, 2007)

Ricc. 1005

Dante Alighieri, Comedy
Membranaceous; 14th century, second quarter; cc. II + 187 + II; 378 x 248 mm; illuminator Illustrator, identified as Tommaso, son of Galvano da Bologna.

Complete facsimile edition of manuscripts Ricc.1005 (Inferno and Purgatorio) in the Biblioteca Riccardiana and AG.12.2 (Paradiso) in the Biblioteca Braidense in Milan, known as the Riccardi-Braidense manuscript of the Commedia with commentary by Iacomo della Lana. (Rome: Salerno, 2007).

Ricc. 1774

Fior di virtù… 
Membranceo; 15th century (c. 1470/80); cc.V, 113, IV’; mm 215×140; Florence, Mariano del Buono.

The codex contains the celebrated Fior di virtù (cc.2r-72v) and, in the remaining papers, La sfera del Dati, both richly illustrated.

(Fior di virtù (ms. 1774) preserved in the Biblioteca Riccardiana in Florence. Castelvetro di Modena: ArtCodex, [s.d])

Ricc. 2110

Paolo Dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Della prospettiva
Paper; 15th cent.; cc. III, 45,IV; mm 428×280.

This treatise on perspective, preserved in this unique codex that belonged to Varchi, is a compendium of the science of optics in which the author draws inspiration from Brunelleschi’s principles.

(Paolo Dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Della prospettiva…Milano: Il polifilo, 1991)

Ricc. 2167

Piero Ubertino : da Brescia, Ricette per gli occhi
Paper; 14th-15th century; cc. III (new), 49, IV; 340X230 mm.

(Piero Ubertino: da Brescia, Ricettario… manuscript Riccardiano 2167, Florence: Zeta, printed 1993)

Ricc. 2669

Filippo Calandri, Trattato di matematica
Membranaceous; 15th cent., end; cc. III, 122 ,III; 170 x 117 mm; illuminated by the Florentine school.

The manuscript is dedicated to Giuliano de’ Medici, the future Duke of Nemours, as documented by the repetition in its papers of the Medici coat of arms and family emblems, such as the flaming broncon with roses, the diamond ring, the radiant sun and the laurel.

(Filippo Calandri, Tratado de Aritmética de Lorenzo el Magnifico, Valencia, España: Patrimonio, 2002)

Ricc. 3615

Francesco Ghisolfo, Atlante nautico
Membr.; 16th century (second half).

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Ricc. 3616

Francesco Ghisolfo, Atlante nautico
Membr.; 16th cent. (second half).

The nautical charts of the two codices Ricc. 3615 – 3616 are contained in splendid bindings; that of Ricc. 3615, in red morocco leather on boards, bears on the plates a very rich decoration embossed in gold and mosaic, depicting an architectural sculpture. In the guard paper appears the coat of arms of a Medici cardinal, probably Ferdinando. Ricc. 3616, bound in leather and yellow morocco on boards, with very rich ornaments stamped in gold with small guilloche irons, has the coat-of-arms of the Martelli family in the centre.

(Carte di mare. Codici riccardiani 3615 – 3616… Roma : Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 2008)