Rhomitypion
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10947073
Description
- Title
- Rhomitypion
- Creator
- Ponti, Antonino
- Contributor
- Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C.
- Published / Created
- 1523.
- Publication Place
- Italy (Cosenza [Calabria]?)
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on paper of Antoninus Pontus (Antonino Ponti from Cosenza, ca. 1600-1650), Rhomitypion. An allegorical treatise in three parts on the past and present state of Rome and Italy, topography, cosmography, geography, etc. Includes a dream vision of heaven and a dialogue between the author and Cato the Censor. Ends with a panegyric in praise of Giovanni Ruffo de' Teodoli, Archbishop of Cosenza (1511-1527), the author's patron. The manuscript is apparently unique and probably an autograph fair copy
- Description
-
In Latin.
Script: Copied by one hand in a slightly uneven upright Humanistica Cursiva Formata. Headings and explicit-incipit formulas in capitals.
On f. 2v, painted coat of arms of Giovanni Ruffo de' Teodoli, Archbishop of Cosenza, surmounted by a cross and placed in a floral wreath, above two distychs. At the head of each part a 6-line silver initial (Capitalis), outlined with black ink, on a square red or blue background with silver foliate decoration. A small purple initial in the space for a 4-line initial on f. 4r.
At many places the paper is damaged and the reading impaired by the acidity of the ink.
Binding: Original presentation binding: light brown leather over pasteboard. Spine with three raised bands, gauffered and gilt edges. Both covers are decorated with two frames of blind-tooled quadruple fillets surrounding rich gold-tooled frames with in the centre on the front cover the coat of arms of the dedicatee (with six-spoked wheel), on the rear cover a large rosette. Remainders of two pairs of ties. - Provenance
- Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps, MS 887. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. 58 : 210 x 145 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 791
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
Rome (Italy) - Subject (Name)
- Ponti, Antonino.
- Subject (Topic)
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Allegory
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Laudatory poetry, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval
Visions
Description and travel - Subjects
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Ponti, Antonino
Allegory
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Laudatory poetry, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Visions
Rome (Italy) > Description and travel
Italy > 16th 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
- Antonino Ponti, Rhomitypion. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9869150
- Object ID (OID)
- 10947073
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