Satirae, etc

Description

Title: Satirae, etc
Creator: Juvenal
Contributor: Beccadelli, Antonio, 1394-1471.
Persius.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Published / Created: [ca. 1450]
Publication Place: Italy (?)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of 1) Juvenal, Satirae I-XVI (with XVI preceding XV). 2) Persius, Prologue followed by Satirae I-VI. 3) Miscellaneous sententiae, all unidentified. 4) Excerpts from Seneca. 5) Antonio Beccadelli, Carmen de hermaphrodita. 6) Short dialogue between a nun and a cleric
Description: In Latin.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Couronne 4639-40 and unidentified bird.
Script: Written in humanistic script by a single scribe. Marginal and interlinear notes in several contemporary hands.
One original initial, in red, on f. 1r; all other initials appear to be later additions, some drawn in lead.
Most leaves mended in lower outer corner.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Narrow brown calf spine with traces of gold tooling, small vellum corners and purple paper sides. Much rubbed and worn.
Provenance: Obtained (ca. 1820) by Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 292) from the Abbey of S. Ghislain in Belgium. Purchased from Maggs by Thomas E. Marston who presented it to Yale in 1936.
Extent: ff. i + 100 : 212 x 143 (142 x 82) 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): Juvenal.
Subject (Topic): Didactic literature, Latin
Latin poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Satire, Latin
Subjects: Juvenal
Didactic literature, Latin
Latin poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Satire, Latin
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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