Epistolae, etc
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Description
- Title
- Epistolae, etc
- Creator
- Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, 6th cent. B.C.
- Contributor
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Aurispa, Giovanni, ca. 1376-1459.
Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.
Griffolini, Francesco, 1418-1483.
Plutarch.
Tibullus. - Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Publication Place
- Milan
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of 1) Phalaris, Epistolae, translated into Latin by Francesco Griffolini of Arezzo and dedicated to Malatesta Novella of Cesena. 2) Unidentified couplet. 3) Ps.-Brutus, Epistolae, translated by Rinuccio Aretino and dedicated to Pope Nicholas V. 4) Ps.-Plutarch, Epistola ad Traianum. 5) Ps.-Philip of Macedon, Epistola ad Aristotelem. 6) Plutarch, Pyrrhus (extract), Lat. tr. of Leonardo Bruni. 7) Ps.-Caesar, Epistola ad Ciceronem. Arts. 8-11 are excerpts from an 11th- or early 12th-century supplement to Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni. 12) Ps.-Phalaris, Epistula ad Demotelem, Lat. tr. Giovanni Aurispa. 13) Tibullus (attributed), Priapea I.
- Description
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In Latin.
Watermarks: similar in design to Briquet Fleur 6597, 6601.
Script: Arts. 1 and 3-12 written in humanistic cursive by a single scribe, above top line; arts. 2 and 13 added in a more flamboyant style of humanistic cursive.
Two illuminated initials, 4-line, gold against blue, green and dark red grounds with white vine-stem ornament and white dots. From the corners issue penwork inkspray with leaves, green with yellow or gold highlights, and blue or red blossoms, extending into margins to form partial border. Plain initials alternate in blue and red. Headings in pale red.
Binding: Date? Italy (?). Sewn through pieces of vellum. Limp vellum case with title in ink on spine: "Phalaridis Epistole". Badly worm eaten. - Provenance
- Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1955 by Thomas E. Marston.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 104 + ii : 200 x 144 (130 x 78) 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
- Marston MS 100
- Related Resource Online
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.
Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, 6th cent. B.C. - Subject (Topic)
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin letters
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.
Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, 6th cent. B.C.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin letters
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Phalaris, Epistolae, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9808509
- Object ID (OID)
- 11403227
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