Hystoria tartarorum

Description

Title: Hystoria tartarorum
Alternative Title: Tartar relation
Creator: C. de Bridia, Brother, active 1247
Published / Created: approximately 1450.
Publication Place: Basel
Abstract: Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of the Hystoria Tartarorum (The Tartar Relation), a detailed account of the history and customs of the inhabitants of the Mongol Empire, composed in 1247. Originally the Vinland Map (Beinecke MS 350A), Speculum historiale (Beinecke MS 350), and Hystoria Tartarorum were bound together in this order in a single volume, as is indicated by the patterns of the wormholes
Description: In Latin.
Watermarks: Briquet Tête de boeuf 15056.
Layout: Double columns of 39-41 lines.
Script: well-formed running hand with bâtarde shading.
Decoration: incipit and explicit in red.
Binding: Modern. Heavy tan calf, blind- and gold-tooled.
Provenance: MS 350A.1 was acquired from a private collection in Europe by L. C. Witten, who subsequently determined that the Vinland Map and Hystoria Tartarorum were once bound with another manuscript then in the possession of Thomas E. Marston (now Beinecke MS 350). Presented to the Beinecke Library by an anonymous donor in 1965.
Extent: ff. i + 11 + iv : 206 mm x 150 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): C. de Bridia, Brother, active 1247.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Mongols
Tatars
Subjects: C. de Bridia, Brother, active 1247
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Mongols > Early works to 1800
Tatars > Early works to 1800
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Hystoria tartarorum. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.