Epigrams

Description

Title: Epigrams
Creator: Martial
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of Martial, Epigrams. Apparently written in some haste. Lines were frequently omitted (then added in the margins) and poor planning resulted in a big blank space on f. 186r-v; some rubrication bled from one folio to the next
Description: In Latin.
Watermarks: several unidentified in gutter, including the letter R.
Script: Written in informal humanistic scripts by multiple scribes. Each made notes in the margins for the rubricator (at least two distinct hands that alternate through the manuscript; some rubrics are illegible).
Plain initials in red; rubrics stop on f. 220r.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (established ca. 1842) in half green goatskin with green cloth sides.
Provenance: Presented to Yale by Thomas E. Marston in 1936.
Extent: ff. iii + 238 + iii : 217 x 143 (131 x 80) 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): Martial.
Subject (Topic): Epigrams, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval
Verse satire, Latin
Subjects: Martial
Epigrams, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Verse satire, Latin
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Martial, Epigrams. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.