Collection of rhetorical texts on theology, rhetoric, diplomacy, astrology, and literature
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2007511
Description
- Title
- Collection of rhetorical texts on theology, rhetoric, diplomacy, astrology, and literature
- Published / Created
- [1350-1399]
- Publication Place
- Italy (Florence?)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of a collection of texts, including: 1) A number of works by Albertano da Brescia, 2) Robertus Grosseteste's Templum De, 3) Laurence of Aquileia's Practica sive usus dictaminis, 4) Correspondence between Charles of Anjou and Peter III, King of Aragon, 5) Henry VII, Emperor, Letter to the citizens of Bologna. Manuscript also includes a number of other works
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: except for the table of contents (and possibly the final section) copied by a single hand writing Gothica Cursiva Currens (Mercantesca); the orthography is very incorrect.
A collection of texts, including: 1) Albertano da Brescia, De doctrina dicendi et tacendi, Liber consolationis et consilii, De amore et dilectione Dei et proximi et aliarum rerum et de forma vitae, a sermon delivered before a congregation of Genoese notaries and causidici 1243 December 6, and Sermo. 2) Petrus Damiani, De omnibus ordinibus hominum in saeculo viventium. 3) Pantaleon Barbo, Sermon on the Incarnation and Nativity. 4) Robertus Grosseteste, Templum Dei. 5) Laurence of Aquileia, Practica sive usus dictaminis. (In tabular form, each table covering two facing pages). 6) Iohannes Bondi de Aquilegia or Laurentius de Aquilegia, Theorica sive ars dictaminis. 7) Charles of Anjou (1226-1285), Letter to Peter III, King of Aragon 1276-1285, after the latter's conquest of Sicily, 1282, and a response by Peter III, King of Aragon, to Charles of Anjou. 8) Letter of the cardinals to the newly elected pope Bertrand de Got, archbishop of Bordeaux (pope Clemens VI, 1305-1314). 9) Henry VII, Emperor (1308-1313), Letter to the citizens of Bologna, 1311. 10) Astrological treatise ascribed to Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy, 2nd century) with extensive gloss. 11) Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Historia Griseldis, Latin translation by Franciscus Petrarca (Petrarch, 1304-1374). 12) A number of other letters, poems, and treatises.
Binding: parchment wrappers over pasteboard made from leaves of a 15th or 16th century printed book; three white leather straps preserved. - Provenance
- Several articles have links with the city of Perugia. Pencil note on the front pastedown: “Coll. compl. G. Martini. Goodspeed's Bookshop, Boston, 31 Ott. 1917”. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. 156 : 295 x 220 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1059
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Brescia, Albertano da, active 13th century.
Damiani, Petrus, Saint, 1007?-1072.
Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.
Charles, of Anjou, 1226-1285.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Peter III, King of Aragon, 1239-1285. - Subject (Topic)
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Astrology
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Diplomacy
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval
Rhetoric, Medieval - Subjects
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Brescia, Albertano da, active 13th century
Damiani, Petrus, Saint, 1007?-1072
Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253
Charles, of Anjou, 1226-1285
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Peter III, King of Aragon, 1239-1285
Astrology
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Diplomacy
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Rhetoric, Medieval
Italy > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Collection of Rhetorical Texts. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9894097
- Object ID (OID)
- 2007511
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