Manuscript containing a disputation between three gentlewomen-- a virgin, a matron and a widow--as to which state is the most dignified: the virginal, the married or the widowed. Italian, after 1481. 56 leaves of text, 4 blank. The argument, an apology for the virginal state, is imagined as taking place in Verona in 1481. The language shows Venetian provinance.
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