Genre: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library / Subject Heading: Music > Greece

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Creator:: Nicomachus, of Gerasa
Published / Created:: 1585.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 272
Image Count:: 180
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of 1) Nicomachus Gerasenus, Harmonicum enchiridion, I-II. 2) Gaudentius, Introductio harmonica
Description:: In Greek., Watermarks: similar to Harlfinger Croix 42; a similar watermark occurs in Beinecke MSS 273 and 274., Script: Written and signed by the scribe Andreas Darmarius, who completed the work in Venice on 26 March 1585., Much rubrication of the text. Small initials, 3- to 1-line, some with floral motifs. Simple headpieces in black and red at beginning of each section., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Lavender edges. Tan leather, flesh side out, over wooden boards with a blind-tooled X and a single line border on each. Probably by the same binder who bound MS 301; almost certainly done in the same bindery.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Greece.
Subject (Name):: Nicomachus, of Gerasa.
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval, Music, and Music theory
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harmonicum enchiridion; with Gaudentius, Introductio harmonica