Manuscript on paper (various watermarks), composed in four parts, of 1) Pomponius Mela, De chorographia libri tres, ending abruptly in III.107. 2) Vibius Sequester, De fluminibus, fontibus, lacubus, nemoribus, paludibus, montibus, gentibus. 3) Unidentified text(s) on the names of the Roman provinces and their regions (ff. 47v-48v) and the names of the cities in the provinces (ff. 48v-50r). 4) Dares Phrygius, De excidio troiae historia, ending abruptly and missing f. 54. Arts. 5-9, a series of exordia, appear to be school exercises in Latin prose composition, all poorly written and heavily corrected. They follow approximately the text of Justinus' Epitoma, but are much abbreviated; the Latin is often incomprehensible without a prior knowledge of the historical narrative. 10) Short unidentified passages on Epirus
Description:
In Latin., Script: Part I (ff. 1-38): Written by multiple scribes in humanistic cursive script, above top line. Part II (ff. 41-50): Written by several scribes in humanistic cursive, above top line. Part III (ff. 51-76): Written by several scribes in varying styles of humanistic cursive, above top line. Part IV (ff. 72-76): Written by a single (?) scribe in humanistic cursive script., Part I: Plain red initials, 5- to 1-line. Epigraphic heading on f. 1r; other headings in humanistic bookhand, in red. Part II: Epigraphic headings and plain initials, 3- to 1-line, in black. Part III: Epigraphic heading, f. 51r, and plain intials in black. Part IV: Heading on f. 72r in red., The patterns of stains suggest that the parts were originally separate booklets., and Binding: Eighteenth century, Italy. Paper case, once white.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Rome (Italy), and Troy (Extinct city)
Subject (Name):
Mela, Pomponius.
Subject (Topic):
Cosmography, Education, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
Manuscript on paper (coarse) of 1) Prudentius, Praefatio. 2) Prudentius, Psychomachia. 3) Final verses from Francesco Filelfo, Satyrarum hecatostichon septima decas, hecatosticha quinta. 4) Franciscus de Fiano, Deprecacio pulcherrima ad gloriosissimam matrem. 5) Fortunatus, selected verses from Carmina III.9.1 (Ad Felicem episcopum de pascha). 6) Sedulius, Carmen paschale. 7) Sedulius, Hymnus I. 8) Two unidentified poems. Written by a Cistercian monk
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks, in gutter: similar to Briquet Lettres Assemblees 9607; similar to Piccard Blume II.900, but with prominent stitching holes., Script: Written in humanistic bookhand with gothic features by a single scribe, above top line., Some headings, in red, for art. 6 only., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy (?). Bound in tan sheepskin, over wooden boards. Bluish green edges. "Prudentii" scratched on leather of upper board.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Prudentius, 348- and Cistercians.
Subject (Topic):
Christian poetry, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscript on paper of Boniohannes de Messana (previously attributed to Ps.-Cyrillus), Quadripartitus figurarum moralium
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks, in gutter: similar to Piccard Waage VI.29-31; unidentified anchor in a circle with linking ring at top, the whole surmounted by a star., Script: Written by a single scribe in neat, even humanistic cursive., Plain initials, 3- to 1-line, and headings in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. "Alla rustica" paper case.
In Latin., Beinecke MS 897 and MS 898 are parts of the same manuscript., Script: copied by one hand writing Gothico-Humanistica with single-compartment a. The majuscules, at the beginning of each verse, are Gothic., Watermark: a Circle surmounted by a Cross. Parchment stays at the outer and at the inner sides of the quires, made from scraps of various manuscripts., All headings are missing (one line is blank between the various satires). Red stroking of the majuscules on f. 1r only. 2-line red plain initials at the beginning of the satires, with guide letters. The Prologue opens with a 5-line plain initial with some decoration., and Binding: unbound.
Manuscript on parchment of Persius, Satirae 1.22-6, with argumenta added in the 15th century
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand writing Italian Gothica Hybrida Libraria, with a preference for round r and d with relatively short shaft., Paragraph marks in red. All the majuscules, those at the opening of the verses and the others, are heightened with dark yellow. The Satires open with a 2-line flourished initial (a 3-line flourished initial for Satire 6) with marginal extensions, alternately in red with purple penwork and blue with red penwork., and Binding: 20th-21st century. Plain brown leather over cardboard. Yellowish paper endleaves.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Persius.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and Verse satire, Latin
In Latin., Script: copied in Humanistica Textualis Libraria, probably by two hands: A (ff. 1r-6v), who writes an even and small script, and B (ff. 7r-54v), whose script is larger and more rapid., Decoration: almost completely missing. There is ample space for headings above each Satire and space for 2- or 3-line initials at the opening of the Satires., and Binding: early quarter, bevelled wooden boards and leather spine. Two leather clasps attached to the front board with two lily-shaped brass catches on the rear board.
Manuscript on parchment of a collection of anonymous sermons, mostly drawn from the Italian Homiliary
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in a nice large early gothic script, above top line., Attractive pen-and-ink drawings throughout the manuscript, in red, though much of manuscript now stained. Folio 1r with a partial border formed of fantastic beasts, dragons and grotesques. Other drawings in margins include a fantastic bird, f. 9r; a dragon with a human head issuing forth stylized scrolls, f. 40v; a scroll inhabited by a fantastic bird, f. 49r; a lizard-like creature, its tail forming a partial border, f. 53r; a grotesque, f. 73v. Several drawings in the lower margin have been trimmed. Plain initials in red, some with penwork scrolls or simple flourishing. Headings and underlining of Biblical passages in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century (?), Italy (?). Brown leather case with title, in ink, on spine: "Homil. in Evangel". Fragment of an unidentified 13th-century Latin document (monastic register?) bound in as second front flyleaf.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Homiliaries, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Latin
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Pseudo-Augustinian Sermons, possibly from an Alan of Farfa Homiliary
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule, which Bischoff has dated to the first third of the ninth century., and Decoration: the homily begins with a 7-line decorated initial "F" outlined in brown and filled with orange, dark orange, ochre, and olive green; 1-line initials in brown uncials; rubric written in red uncials; punctuated with the punctus and punctus versus; a leaf has been drawn in red in the space between the columns on the verso.
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria., Alternately red and blue paragraph marks. Alternately red and blue 2- or 3-line (sometimes 4- or 5-line) flourished initials, half inset, with penwork in the opposite colours extending in the left margin or in the intercolumnar space. On f. 1r at the beginning of the text a 9-line littera duplex with penwork, badly rubbed. Guide letters., The leaves are badly soiled and rubbed, making reading often difficult or impossible (especially f. 1, which is waterstained and missing the lower corner)., and Binding: undecorated cardboard cover, sewn on three leather thongs.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Latin language, Grammar, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389-1459
Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1475]
Call Number:
Marston MS 163
Image Count:
522
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of St. Antoninus of Florence, Summa moralis (extracts on sins, virtues and vices arranged thematically).
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks, buried in tight binding: unidentified flower., Script: Written by multiple scribes in small informal styles of gothic bookhand with humanistic features, below top line., Decorative initials, 9- to 5-line, for main text divisions, blue with red penwork designs (red much faded); headings, initials (5- to 3-line), paragraph marks in bright red; initial strokes in yellow., and Binding: 17th-18th centuries, Northern Italy. Resewn and bound in alum tawed pigskin, blind-tooled. Lower board cut in for the strap. The boards and cover are probably early (15th century) and reworked and reshaped to fit the text block, given the large number of later blank leaves inserted at end of text and the way the text block appears to have been trimmed at the tail and the new endbands added. In addition, the title written twice, 15th century, on upper cover ("Rationale diuinorum offitiorum" of Guilielmus Durandus) does not correspond to the present text. Title, written in ink, on a square paper label on spine mutilated and largely illegible. Strip of liturgical manuscript with musical notation, 15th century?, used as spine lining.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389-1459.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Vices, and Virtues
