BEIN Rosenthal 39: From the collection of Bernard M. Rosenthal. Contemporary ms. notes in a Spanish hand. Imperfect: c8 mutilated., Ends (p. [56]: Augustini Dati Sene[n]sis oratoris primarii Isagogicus libellus in elocutionis precepta finit feliciter., Signatures: a-c⁸ d⁴., and The text is set in Roman type, 30 lines per page. The Proctor type measurement (20 lines) is 97-98 mm. The only ornamental initial is the white-on-black 4-line C at the opening of the text on p. [2].
Manuscript on paper, composed of two distinct parts. Part I: Agostino Dati (1420-78), Elegantiolae. Part II: Pier Paolo Vergerio, De ingenuis moribus
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks, in gutter: Part I: similar in design to Piccard Waage VII.261-66 and similar to Piccard Werkzeug IV.1162-63; unidentified crossed arrows and balance within a circle. Part II: similar to Piccard Waage V.378 and similar in design to Piccard Waage VII.261-66; unidentified bull's head and same unidentified balance in a circle as in Part I., Script: Part I (ff. 1-48): Written in humanistic bookhand, below top line. Part II (ff. 49-77): Written by multiple scribes in different styles of humanistic bookhand., Part I: 3-line red initial, f. 1r, with penwork designs extending length of inner margin. Headings, marginalia, paragraph marks, initial strokes, in red, through f. 39r only., and Binding: Eighteenth century, France. Tan, mottled sheepskin; gold-tooled spine and red label with title: "Passio/ M. S. XIII. S".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Dati, Agostino, 1420-1478.
Subject (Topic):
Education, Humanistic, Latin letters, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
