De prima guerra punica, etc

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Title: De prima guerra punica, etc
Creator: Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
Published / Created: [between 1425 and 1450]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of 1) Leonardo Bruni, La prima guerra punica, in an anonymous Italian translation. 2) Leonardo Bruni, Vita di Dante. 3) Leonardo Bruni, Vita di Francesco Petrarca
Description: In Italian.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Monts 11684.
Script: Written by two scribes: ff. 1r-51v in humanistic semi-cursive script, above top line; ff. 51v-59v in fere-humanistic script, above top line.
Decoration of poor quality: 12-line divided initial in red and blue, f. 1r; 5-line blue initial with red penwork decoration, f. 51v; 5-line divided initial red and blue, f. 51r. Plain red and blue initials, 4- to 3-line, alternate throughout. Headings in bright red.
Binding: Twentieth century, England (?). Hard-grained, brown leather case. Gold-tooled title and date on spine: "L. Bruni Guerra Punica/ Vite di Dante e Petrarca/ MS. Sec. XV". Bright blue marbled edges.
Provenance: Purchased from H. P. Kraus in 1957 by Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. ii + 60 + ii : 288 x 213 (190 x 115) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Subject (Topic): Biography
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Punic wars
Subjects: Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374
Biography > Middle Ages, 500-1500
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Punic wars
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Leonardo Bruni, De Prima Guerra Punica, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.