De claris mulieribus
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2021108
Description
- Title
- De claris mulieribus
- Creator
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
- Published / Created
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on paper (watermarks: unidentified mountain) and parchment (inner and outer bifolios, of poor quality) of Boccaccio, De claris mulieribus; translated into Italian by Donato degli Albanzani
- Description
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In Italian.
Script: Written by three persons in round gothic script: Scribe 1, ff. 1r-33v (except f. 8, replaced in 16th century); Scribe 2, ff. 33v-36v; Scribe 3; ff. 37r-74r. In portions written by Scribes 1 and 2 some elaborate ascenders and descenders in upper and lower margins, touched with red.
Initials, 3- to 2-line, in red or blue, sometimes with red penwork. Rubrics throughout. Initial added [date?], f. 2v, to replace one removed: blue, with leafy filler in green outline, and foliage extending down margin and across top and bottom of column, drawn in green, red, and blue.
Initial removed from f. 2v; leaf was then reinforced with paper covering f. 2r, col. b (blank). Lower margins of ff. 1, 33 and 37 cut off.
Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Vellum spine and fore-edge strip with marbled paper sides. Label on spine: "Donne Illust. del Boccacc. MS". - Provenance
- Belonged to Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827). Acquired by Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 7452). Purchased from H. P. Kraus in 1970 by Edwin J. Beinecke for the Beinecke Library.
- Extent
- ff. i + 74 + i : 280 x 213 (199 x 170) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Italian
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 398
- 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)
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
- Subject (Topic)
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 14th 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
- Giovanni Boccaccio, De Claris Mulieribus. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9777411
- Object ID (OID)
- 2021108
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