Stichus

Description

Title: Stichus
Creator: Plautus, Titus Maccius
Published / Created: [ca. 1510]
Publication Place: Italy (Venice ?)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254-184 B.C.), Stichus, in an Italian adaptation in verse
Description: In Italian.
Script: copied by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva.
Written in campo aperto in one narrow column of mostly seven 6-line strophes on the page.
No decoration. There are numerous pointing hands with exaggeratedly long forefingers, generally accompanied by the name of a character.
Binding: loose grey paper cover.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. 42 : 295 x 110 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Plautus, Titus Maccius.
Subject (Topic): Latin drama
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Plautus, Titus Maccius
Latin drama
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Plautus, Stichus. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.