Miscellany

Description

Title: Miscellany
Published / Created: [ca. 1650]
Publication Place: Italy (Sinigallia)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of 1) Poem warning against sin. 2) Sermons. 3) Notes on Christian, historical and other subjects, sermons, commonplaces, recipes etc. This is followed by notes on the churches and other buildings of the city, and the relics kept in the churches. 4) Latin proverbs and quotations in alphabetical order. The sources as far as indicated are the Bible, the Church Fathers, a few Christian authors of the Middle Ages, pagan authors and philosophers. 5) Notes on monuments in Sinigallia. 6) Latin verses in honor of the Virgin. 7) Text of epitaphs in churches at Sinigallia, dated 1600-1602, in which the family names have been replaced by "N." With historical notes, astronomical tables, and a list of herbs
Description: In Italian.
Script: Various scribes, mostly writing Humanistica Cursiva Currens difficult to decipher. Some parts are written by a more calligraphic hand, especially the original parts of artt. 4, 6 and 7.
There is no decoration.
The paper badly damaged by the acid ink, often impairing legibility. Some texts much faded.
Binding: Modern blue paper wrappers; on the spine a paper label with the printed inscription "ITALIAN MISCELLANY. MS. c. 1650".
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. ii + 102 + ii : 190 x 125 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Early works to 1800
Commonplace books Italy 17th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Senigallia (Italy)
Subject (Topic): Christian literature
Italian poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Sermons
Sermons, Italian
Subjects: Christian literature
Italian poetry > 17th century
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Sermons > Early works to 1800
Sermons, Italian
Senigallia (Italy)
Italy > 17th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.