Dialogue on Friendship

Description

Title: Dialogue on Friendship
Creator: Facino, Conte, ca. 1438-ca. 1485
Published / Created: [ca. 1470].
Publication Place: Padua, Northern Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on goatskin parchment of Contes Facinus (Conte Facino), Dialogus de amicitia (Dialogue on Friendship), with a dedicatory letter addressed to Francesco Molin (or Molino), dated Padua, 6 March 1470
Description: Script: Copied by a single hand in Humanistica Textualis. The text at the end of art. 1 is triangular shaped.
Decoration: Rich illumination in Paduan style. Pale red captions in the margins. Contains various images and figures, including putti, a griffon, an elaborate altar rendered in trompe-l'oeil, and candelabra. For more information see the detailed description filed in the collection.
Binding: Italian, from the first half of the 16th century, attributed to the Manutius bindery. Composed of dark brown leather over pasteboard; both covers are blind-tooled (or silver-tooled) with a frame enclosing at the top and bottom two horizontal strapwork friezes. Remnants of tow clasps attached to the front board are preserved. Gilded edges.
In Latin.
Provenance: Private collection, Switzerland. Antiquariat Jörn Günther Basel. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. 40 : 190 x 100 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Facino, Conte.
Subject (Topic): Friendship
Italian literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Facino, Conte
Friendship > Early works to 1800
Italian literature > 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Conte Facino, Praise of Friendship. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.