Opusculum de Herone et Leandro

Description

Title: Opusculum de Herone et Leandro
Creator: Musaeus, Grammaticus
Contributor: Mousouros, Markos, approximately 1470-1517.
Published / Created: [ca. 1800]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of a facsimile of the edition Venice, Aldus Manutius, [1495-1497]. In contrast with the edition, in which the Greek text is interleaved with the Latin translation by Marcus Musurus (c. 1470-1517), in the facsimile the Greek text is followed by the Latin translation and the copy of the two woodcuts illustrating the Hero and Leander story is placed between both on ff. 11v-12r
Description: In Greek and Latin.
Script: "Typographic" Greek and Latin script.
Binding: De luxe binding by Francois Bozerian called Bozerian Jeune, 19th century. Black morocco over cardboard, both covers with gold-tooled frame and corner-pieces and the Aldine anchor and dolphin in the centre. Spine with seven raised bands with in the compartments the gold-tooled inscriptions "MUSAEUS", "ALDUS / 1495", "REL.P.BOZERIAN.JEU" and "IN MEMBRAN". The other compartments tooled. Gilt edges. Gold-tooled green silk doublure and silvery silk pasted on the facing flyleaf.
Provenance: Acquired by William Loring Andrews for £9.00 (his signature and bookplate), who presented it to Yale in 1894.
Extent: ff. ii + ii + 22 + ii + ii : 200 x 140 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Musaeus, Grammaticus.
Subject (Topic): Classical literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Musaeus, Grammaticus
Classical literature
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Musaeus Grammaticus, Opusculum de Herone et Leandro. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.