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91. Venetian document
- Published / Created:
- 1513.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 381
- Image Count:
- 37
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of a Ducale issued in the name of Leonardo Loredan, doge of Venice (1438-1521), giving instructions to Andrea Marcello as Governor of Dulcigno (now Ulcinj, Yugoslavia). The document is dated 8 August 1513, and signed by "Victor Blanchus Secretarius," the same individual who signed Beinecke MS 104, a Venetian ducale dated 1515. On ff. 12v-13r is a directive from the Venetian Council of the X, signed by Rafael Iordannis, regarding Andrea Marcello, captain of Dulcingo, and the payment of custom duties; followed by a yearly and quarterly outline of salaries owed, in a different but contemporary hand, signed Zune (Giovanni) Spineli [?].
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian., Script: Written in elegant italic., One full border (f. 1r), flowers and swirling leaves extending from a vase in lower right corner, gold on a dark purple ground, executed in a style related to Benedetto Bordone; two inset panels at top of folio (framed by thick gold bands), the upper containing the lion of St. Mark stepping out of water and holding an open book, dolphins, and a castle on a cliff in the background, the lower an inscription in gold majuscules on blue ground. In lower margin the Marcello arms (azure a bend wavy or) against a landscape., 2-line initials, on f. 1r only, gold on green and on red grounds respectively. 1-line initials, red, for ff. 1v-10r., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Rigid vellum gold-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Venetian document
92. Vita Nicolai Albergati
- Creator:
- Zeno, Jacopo, 1417-1481
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 684
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Iacobus Zeno (d. 1481), De vita et moribus Nicolai Albergati
- Description:
- Niccolo Albergati (1375-1443) became bishop of Bologna in 1417 and cardinal in 1426. See about him Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, v. 1 (Rome, 1960), pp. 619-621., In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in late Humanistica Cursiva Libraria., Undecorated., Several margins and folds strengthened by means of strips of paper pasted on them., and Binding: Half blue marbled paper, the covers of white cardboard. On the front cover a large paper label with engraved flowery cartouche and 18th-century handwritten title: "Vita B. Nicolai Albergati a Iacobo Zeno descripta. Ms.". At the top an oval label with the number "33" (19th century).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Albergati, Nicolò, 1375-1443. and Zeno, Jacopo, 1417-1481.
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita Nicolai Albergati
93. Vita beati Laurentii Iustiniani
- Creator:
- Giustiniani, Bernardo, 1408 or 1409-1489
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 510
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Bernardo Giustiniani (Bernardus Iustiniani, 1408-1489), Vita Beati Laurentii Iustiniani, translated into Italian by the Venetian Niccolo Manerbi (Malherbi, 1422-81).
- Description:
- St. Laurence Giustiniani (1381-1456) was the first patriarch of Venice. The author of this biography was his nephew., In Italian., Watermark: anchor in circle, closest to Briquet 471 (1527)?., Script: Written by one scribe in an unusually bold, angular and decorated Southern Gothica Textualis Formata., Red headings. Heightening of the majuscules in dark yellow. Red plain initials, 2 lines, at the opening of the chapters. Flourished red paragraph marks. A flourished initial in red with blue penwork, with extension the height of the text area in the left margin, on f. 1r., Many pages are deteriorated by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Original blind-tooled half brown leather over wooden boards; two clasps (?) attached to the front cover. Spine with three raised bands and gold-tooled title "VITA DI S. LOREN. IUSTI". Endpapers with coloured floral pattern.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Giustiniani, Bernardo, 1408 or 1409-1489. and Lawrence Justinian, Saint, 1381-1456.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, Italian, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita beati Laurentii Iustiniani
