Satirae

Description

Title: Satirae
Creator: Persius
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1500]
Publication Place: Northern Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Persius, Satirae
Description: In Latin.
Beinecke MS 897 and MS 898 are parts of the same manuscript.
Script: copied by one hand writing Gothico-Humanistica with single-compartment a. The majuscules, at the beginning of each verse, are Gothic.
Watermark: a Circle surmounted by a Cross. Parchment stays at the outer and at the inner sides of the quires, made from scraps of various manuscripts.
All headings are missing (one line is blank between the various satires). Red stroking of the majuscules on f. 1r only. 2-line red plain initials at the beginning of the satires, with guide letters. The Prologue opens with a 5-line plain initial with some decoration.
Binding: unbound.
Extent: ff. 12 : 285 x 200 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Persius.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Satire, Latin
Subjects: Persius
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Satire, Latin
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Persius, Satirae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.