[A collection of Italian poetical broadsides on silk composed to celebrate Count Agostino Scotti dei Duglassi's graduation from the University of Padua with a law degree.]
Scotti dei Duglassi, Agostino,1776?-
Friulano, Pellegrin Pasqualigo,former owner.StEdNL
Padua : [various,
1800?]
The Scotti dei Duglassi were a branch of the Scottish Douglas family who settled in northern Italy in the 16th-century. The poems are printed on coloured silk (three on ivory-coloured silk, one on pink, two on light blue, one on light green, and one on yellow), four of them have woodcut headpieces. The texts of all 8 poems are different. The Count was born ca. 1776 and presumably graduated in his early 20s, so these broadsides were most likely printed ca. 1800. Graduation ceremonies in Padua were important and solemn events often involving all the citizens of the city. After the ceremony a banquet took place and the graduates celebrated together with their family and friends. In many cases, the graduates' relatives arranged for the publication of sonnets, poems and songs to announce their graduation. These publications were typically written by friends or parents of the graduates and praised their intellectual abilities and moral strength. It is rare for such poems to have survived, let alone ones printed in silk in such fine condition.
Manuscript signature on one of the blue silk broadsides "del Nobile [???] Pellegrin Pasqualigo Friulano".
Università di Padova
Universities and colleges
Italy Padua.