Remedia amoris, etc

Description

Title: Remedia amoris, etc
Creator: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Published / Created: [between 1490 and 1500]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Ovid, Remedia amoris. Followed by two series of short poems by Pseudo-Vergil and Johannes Fabri de Werdea (b. 1450).
Description: In Latin.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Balance 2411, and similar in design to Piccard Ochsenkopf 732-735 and Briquet Tete de boeuf 14552.
Script: Written in running script exhibiting batarde influence for both text and commentary.
Plain 2-line initial, in red, on f. 2r. Some underlining and initial strokes, in red, for ff. 1r-6r only.
Some of marginalia lost in gutter.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Half red-brown goatskin, gold-tooled. Marbled paper sides. Emblem and motto ("Endure fort") on front cover.
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. David Wagstaff in 1944.
Extent: ff. ii + 52 + ii : 320 x 212 (280 x 108) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Subject (Topic): Erotic literature, Latin
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholia
Subjects: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Erotic literature, Latin
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholia
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Ovid, Remedia Amoris, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.