De vita Caesarum
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Description
- Title
- De vita Caesarum
- Creator
- Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1450]
- Publication Place
- Bologna
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment (hair side mottled) of Suetonius, De vita Caesarum
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: Written by a single scribe in a round humanistic script that inclines slightly toward the left.
Illuminated title page with partial border in upper and inner margin, white vine-stem ornament against vibrant blue, green and red ground with white dots and gold balls, terminating in pen inkspray with gold balls and large blossoms, yellow and red with gold highlights in upper margin, blue with white highlights in inner margin. Inner margin interrupted by a scrolling banderole (no inscription) in blue and red with white highlights. Floral border in lower margin, pen inkspray with flowers in blue, red, green and pink, and gold balls, surrounding a wreathed medallion with unidentified arms (azure 3 bendlets argent, a chief or with 3 birds sable beaked and membered gules) and the initials VI and M (arms and initials are later additions), on a parchment ground. 12 illuminated initials, 8- to 6-line, gold. Some against green and red grounds with yellow and white highlights, filled with yellow shaded white vine-stem ornament against blue, green and red grounds with white and yellow dots. Other initials on blue, green and red grounds with yellow shaded white vine-stem ornament, yellow and white dots. Initials on ff. 1r, 26v, 83v, 119r, 140r, 170r are enclosed within faceted rectangular frames. Headings and marginal notes by original scribe in red.
Binding: Fifteenth century, Italy. Resewn on four supports and rebacked. Edges yellow. Covered in brown leather over wooden boards, blind-tooled with concentric frames alternately filled with rope interlace. A triple cross in the central panel. Badly cut tools and impressions burned into the leather. Four fastenings, the catches on the lower board. - Provenance
- Purchased by Thomas E. Marston from Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., in 1952.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 180 : 275 x 195 (180 x 108) 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
- Marston MS 52
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Caesar, Julius.
Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122. - Subject (Topic)
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Biography
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Caesar, Julius
Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122
Biography > To 500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
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
- Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9807056
- Object ID (OID)
- 2018330
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