Historiae Alexandri Magni (fragment).
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2004137
Description
- Title
- Historiae Alexandri Magni (fragment).
- Creator
- Curtius Rufus, Quintus
- Published / Created
- [between 1390 and 1410].
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
-
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Quintus Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni
- Description
-
In Latin.
Script: written in rounded gothic bookhand (gothico-humanistica).
Decoration: 1-line initials are brown capitals; there are brief notes on the text written in the margin in a cursive humanistic script of the fifteenth century; punctuated with the punctus. - Provenance
- Gift of the Yale University Library Associates; purchased from Kraus in 1948; the bifolium was used as the wrapper for another volume; a large number of miscellaneous pen trials, notes, and jottings are represented in the margins of the fragment.
- Extent
- ff. 1-2 : 307 x 211 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 484.7
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Manuscripts, Medieval
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven.
Greece - Subject (Name)
-
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Curtius Rufus, Quintus. - Subject (Topic)
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Manuscripts, Medieval
History
Historiography - Subjects
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Curtius Rufus, Quintus
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. > Historiography
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12851101
- Object ID (OID)
- 2004137