De instruendis aciebus

Description

Title: De instruendis aciebus
Creator: Aelian, active 3rd century
Published / Created: [ca. 1560]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Aelian, De instruendis aciebus. The scribe attempts to establish the correct text from a defective exemplar. For example, on f. 2v there is a note, in red, referring the reader to the proper portion of the text on f. 7v. There are several such corrections as well as marginal notes giving variant readings
Description: In Greek.
Watermarks: Harlfinger Couronne 25 from two manuscripts copied in Venice by Camillus Venetus, and dated 1561 and 1562.
Script: Written in a highly calligraphic Greek minuscule by Angelus Vergecius.
Decorative floral headpiece and initial, in red, on f. 1r; headings and marginal notations, in red. A number of beautifully executed diagrams, in black and red, often extend well into the margins.
Binding: 18th-19th centuries (?). Limp vellum wrapper, with the title on spine and "Aelianus Angeli Vergecij" on cover.
Provenance: Purchased from Laurence Witten with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust in 1957.
Extent: ff. iii + 20 + iii : 217 x 146 (150 x 85) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Aelian, active 3rd century.
Subject (Topic): Charts, diagrams, etc
Greek literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Strategy
Subjects: Aelian, active 3rd century
Charts, diagrams, etc
Greek literature
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Strategy
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Aelian, De Instruendis Aciebus. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.