L'Acerba

Description

Title: L'Acerba
Creator: Cecco, d'Ascoli, 1269-1327
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1450]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (polished) of Cecco d'Ascoli (Francesco Stabili), L'Acerba, Bks. 1-4 with the final 214 lines of Bk. 4 and all of the fragmentary Bk. 5 missing
Description: In Italian.
Watermarks: unidentified cherries (?) in upper margin, trimmed.
Script: Written by a single scribe in mercantesca script, above top line.
Blue initial, 6-line, with nice penwork designs, f. 1r. Smaller initials, 2-line, red with purple designs or blue with red designs, alternate throughout. Headings in pale red. Paragraph marks alternate red and blue. Later addition of arms in lower margin, f. 1r, effaced and covered with mending strips.
Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Vellum stays adhered inside and outside of quires. Backs of quires cut in for original sewing. Bookblock tacketed to a semi-limp paper case, reinforced at the spine. Handwritten paper label with title and a printed medallion with Flora (?) standing on an anchor and globe (?), both on spine.
Provenance: Purchased from B. M. Rosenthal in 1959 by Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. ii + 120 + ii : 206 x 138 (110 x 76) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Italian

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Marston MS 259
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Genre: Early works to 1600
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Cecco, d'Ascoli, 1269-1327.
Subject (Topic): Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Italian poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Cecco, d'Ascoli, 1269-1327
Encyclopedias and dictionaries > Early works to 1600
Italian poetry > To 1400
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Cecco d'Ascoli, L'Acerba. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.