De bello Gallico

Description

Title: De bello Gallico
Creator: Caesar, Julius
Published / Created: 1458-1463.
Publication Place: Salzburg, Austria (?)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.), Commentarii de bello Gallico; with flyleaf notarial documents
Description: Script: Copied by one hand (scribe named John for unknown commissioner), writing Gothica Hybrida Libraria and using some Capitalis majuscules (especially "a"); while the flyleaves are written in documentary Gothica Semihybrida.
Decoration: Headings and explicit formula in purplish red, generally in imitation Capitalis; 3- (once 4-) line initials in the same colour, mostly in imitation Capitalis; running headlines in red on the recto pages, containing the number of the book in Roman numerals.
Binding: Blind-tooled red leather over wooden boards, sewn on four double cords; both covers are decorated with frames of fillets; the central panel is decorated in Lederschnitt; plaited headbands; and two brass clasps attached to the rear board.
In Latin.
Provenance: Ex libris Joseph Jacob Heinrich de Battis, canon of the cathedral of St. Willibald in Eichstätt (d. 1786), and Count Oswald Seilern (1900-1967). Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. 84 : 290 x 215 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Austria 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: Paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Rome
Subject (Name): Caesar, Julius.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
History, Military
Subjects: Caesar, Julius
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Rome > History, Military > 265-30 B.C.
Austria > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
de Battis, Joseph Jacob Heinrich, Canon of Cathedral of St. Willibald in Eichstätt d. 1786 > Bookplate
Seilern, Oswald, Count 1900-1967 > Bookplate

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Citation: Julius Caesar, Commentaria de Bellis Gallias. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.