Thebais

Description

Title: Thebais
Creator: Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
Published / Created: 1406.
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Statius, Thebais
Description: In Latin.
Watermarks, obscured by text: similar in type to Piccard Horn VI.110-29.
Script: Written by several scribes in scripts ranging from calligraphic mercantesca to a more formal gothic bookhand.
One garishly painted initial, 16-line, red and blue divided with penwork designs in both colors. Spaces left for decorative initials at beginning of remaining books are unfilled. For ff. 1r-13r only: headings, paragraph marks, underlining of passages glossed in marginalia and running headlines, all in red; for ff. 1r-16v: first letter of each verse touched with yellow.
Binding: Twentieth century, England. Quarter bound in alum tawed pigskin, blind-tooled, over oak boards. Title, in ink, on head edge: "Statij. thebaidos". Title on spine: "Statii Thebais/ MS. 1406".
Provenance: Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1952 by Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. ii + 118 + ii : 298 x 217 (200 x 85) 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): Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
Subject (Topic): Epic poetry, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval
Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology)
Subjects: Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
Epic poetry, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology)
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Statius, Thebais. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.