Geographical and other treatises
Found In:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Geographical and other treatises
2026466
Description
- Title
- Geographical and other treatises
- Creator
- Dati, Leonardo, 1408-1472
- Published / Created
- [1423 - 1500]
- Publication Place
- Florence, Italy
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on paper containing Leonardo Dati O.P. (1360-1425), or Gregorio Dati (1362-1435), La Sfera; a Libro di ricordi (1480-1501); sermons; extracts from Brunetto Latini, Il Tesoro; magical treatise; a "Portolano"; three sonnets; and 10 maps or views in watercolor and 18 colored circular diagrams
- Description
-
In Italian.
Script: Art. 1 in Gothica Cursiva Libraria; art. 2, in two hands, same script as art. 1; artt. 3-9, one hand, writing in Gothica Cursiva Currens (Mercantesca)
Decoration: only from f. 25r onwards: red stroking of majuscules; illustrations (watercolor diagrams and maps) to art. 6 include: sky scenes (stars; sun illuminating the earth; eclipse of the moon); maps of the earth (diagram with the equator; earth among the other elements; the horizon; the four regions, or plagae; directions of the winds); Ptolemaic system; T-O map; seas and geographic regions (unidentified sea; Black Sea and Caspian Sea; Tyrrhenian Sea; Dardanelles; Sea of Azov and Don; coast of North Africa; Mesopotamia, Arabia, Palestine; Tower of Babel; view of Tunis; western coast of Asia Minor, with burning Troy) - Provenance
- Formerly owned by Neri di Miniato (d. 1468); Domenico di Neri; and Neri di Domenico (born 1484). Purchased from Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. on the Frank Altschul Fund, 2003.
- Extent
- ff. 108 : 295 x 220 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Wanting ff. 43, 45.
- Language
-
Italian
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1030
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- Paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
-
Dati, Leonardo, 1408-1472.
Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1435.
Latini, Brunetto, 1220-1295.
Giamboni, Bono, ca. 1292. - Subject (Topic)
-
Astronomy, Medieval
Charts, diagrams, etc
Early maps
Italian poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Sermons, Italian - Subjects
-
Dati, Leonardo, 1408-1472
Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1435
Latini, Brunetto, 1220-1295
Giamboni, Bono, ca. 1292
Astronomy, Medieval
Charts, diagrams, etc
Early maps
Italian poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Sermons, Italian
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
- Leonardo Dati, Geographical and other treatises. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9893409
- Object ID (OID)
- 2026466
Manifest Link
