Harmonicum enchiridion; with Gaudentius, Introductio harmonica

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Title: Harmonicum enchiridion; with Gaudentius, Introductio harmonica
Creator: Nicomachus, of Gerasa
Contributor: Gaudentius.
Published / Created: 1585.
Publication Place: Venice
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of 1) Nicomachus Gerasenus, Harmonicum enchiridion, I-II. 2) Gaudentius, Introductio harmonica
Description: In Greek.
Watermarks: similar to Harlfinger Croix 42; a similar watermark occurs in Beinecke MSS 273 and 274.
Script: Written and signed by the scribe Andreas Darmarius, who completed the work in Venice on 26 March 1585.
Much rubrication of the text. Small initials, 3- to 1-line, some with floral motifs. Simple headpieces in black and red at beginning of each section.
Binding: Sixteenth century. Lavender edges. Tan leather, flesh side out, over wooden boards with a blind-tooled X and a single line border on each. Probably by the same binder who bound MS 301; almost certainly done in the same bindery.
Provenance: Purchased from C. A. Stonehill with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust in 1957.
Extent: ff. iii + 82 + xxx : 199 x 147 (132 x 91) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Greece.
Subject (Name): Nicomachus, of Gerasa.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Music
Music theory
Subjects: Nicomachus, of Gerasa
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Music > Greece
Music theory > Early works to 1800
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Nicomachus Gerasenus, Harmonicum Enchiridion; With Gaudentius, Introductio Harmonica. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.