De animalibus
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10171423
Description
- Title
- De animalibus
- Creator
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
- Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Publication Place
- Germany
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper, with parchment bifolios at beginning and end of each gathering, of Albertus Magnus, De animalibus
- Description
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In Latin.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Lettre P 8606 and 8625.
Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat running script for the text and a more formal style for rubrics.
First initial on f. 1r, 10-line, painted blue, on red and green ground, yellow highlights. Many small plain initials in red and/or blue. Major headings lacking; minor rubrics and red initial strokes throughout.
Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Sewn and wound on five slit, tawed straps laced into oak boards and pegged or nailed. Kermes pink, braided endbands attached to primary ones sewn on hempen (?) cores laced into boards. Covered in brown calf, blind-stamped in a diamond pattern filled in with roses, fleurs-de-lis, eagles, and lions (?). Traces of five round bosses on each board and of three nails to attach a chain at the head of the lower board. Tongue-turn-ins. Two clasps on the upper board and stubs of pink, tawed straps held to the lower with metal plates. Remains of a title on parchment on the upper board. Numerous place markers, some vermilion leather, some very small Turk's head knots of leather or tawed skin. Rebacked. - Provenance
- Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 2234). Acquired from Goldschmidt's by David Wagstaff; gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Wagstaff in 1949.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 388 : 285 x 209 (180 x 137) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 77
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Classification
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.
- Subject (Topic)
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Animals
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholasticism - Subjects
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Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
Animals > Classification
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholasticism
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Albertus Magnus, De Animalibus. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9800367
- Object ID (OID)
- 10171423
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