Rudimenta grammatices; Disticha Catonis
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Description
- Title
- Rudimenta grammatices; Disticha Catonis
- Contributor
- Cato, Marcus Porcius, 95 B.C.-46 B.C.
- Published / Created
- [between 1375 and 1400]
- Publication Place
- Northeastern Italy
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Rudimenta grammatices (Grammatica latina secundum Donatum). 2) Disticha Catonis
- Description
-
In Latin.
Script: Written in round gothic bookhand by a single scribe.
Historiated initial, f. 1r, 11-line, pink against blue ground with a half-length portrait in profile of the author, dressed in red and green robes and a red hat against parchment ground with brown penwork. Foliage serifs, green, blue and red extending into inner and upper margin to form partial border. In center of lower margin, blank shield for coat of arms, flanked by stylized foliage, blue and red. In outer margin, small patch of green with boy or man sitting under a tree (visible under ultra-violet light). One illuminated initial on f. 11r, 8-line, pink against blue ground filled with stylized foliage, blue, green and red. Plain initials in red. Small initials touched with yellow.
The entire manuscript is well worn, affecting the text; f. 1r is badly rubbed and stained.
Binding: Twentieth century, England (?). Quarter bound in brown, blind-tooled calf over wooden boards. - Provenance
- Purchased from H. P. Kraus in 1955 by Thomas E. Marston.
- Extent
- ff. i + 16 + i : 256 x 181 (192 x ca. 128) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Marston MS 70
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Donatus, Aelius.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin language
Grammar
Manuscripts, Medieval
Stoics - Subjects
-
Donatus, Aelius
Catonis disticha
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin language > Grammar
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Stoics
Italy > 14th 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
- Rudimenta Grammatices; Disticha Catonis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9807378
- Object ID (OID)
- 11403201
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